Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:28:22 03/19/00
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On March 19, 2000 at 15:32:15, Christophe Theron wrote: >On March 19, 2000 at 15:13:10, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote: > >>On March 19, 2000 at 14:58:13, Dan Ellwein wrote: >> >>>Christophe... Tiger is a tough program to beat... :) >>> >>>I played this game with the following settings... >>> >>>Celeron 400 Mhz >>>Windows 98 2nd edition >>>64M memory >>>NSEW=1 >>>MoreSel=1 >>>Hash Table = 32M >>>Permanent Brain = ON >>>Analyze Brain = OFF >>>Time Control = 40 moves / 90 minutes >>> >>>Date: 18/3/2000 >>>White: Dan Ellwein (PilgrimDan) >>>Black: Chess Tiger 12.0e >>> >>>finally! >>> >>>1. e4 c5 >>>2. Nf3 d6 >>>3. d3 e5 >>>4. Be3 Nf6 >>>5. h3 h6 >>>6. Qc1 b5 >>>7. Be2 a6 >>>8. Nbd2 Nc6 >>>9. Nf1 Be6 >>>10. g4 Be7 >>>11. Ng3 d5 >>>12. Kf1 Qd7 >>>13. Kg2 0-0 >>> >>>[D]r4rk1/3qbpp1/p1n1bn1p/1pppp3/4P1P1/3PBNNP/PPP1BPK1/R1Q4R w >>> >>>i couldn't resist takin' the h pawn... i was surpised that Tiger castled into >>>the 'line of fire'... >>> >>>14. Bxh6 dxe4 >>>15. dxe4 gxh6 >>>16. Qxh6 Rfe8 >>>17. Rad1 Qc7 >>>18. Ng5 Bd8 >>>19. c3 c4 >>> >>>[D]r2br1k1/2q2p2/p1n1bn1Q/1p2p1N1/2p1P1P1/2P3NP/PP2BPK1/3R3R w >>> >>>20. Rhg1... >>> >>>Tiger did not consider this move... was analyzing for Rxd8... >>> >>>20. ...Qc8 >>> >>>21. Kf1 Nd5 >>>22. Nf5 Bf6 >>>23. exd5 Re7 >>>24. Qxf6 Qf8 >>>25. Ne4 Nd4 >>>26. Qg5+ Kh7 >>>27. Qh5+ Qh6 >>>28. Qxh6+ Kg8 >>>29. Nf6# >> >>Congratulations! I haven´t beaten RT yet, it´s tough like you said. >>Nice game, though, Rebel-Tiger shouldn´t have castled "into the line of fire". >> >>Alvaro > > >Yes and no. I can find you many examples of games where Tiger castled "under the >line of fire", and the opponent lost by trying such a sacrifice attack. > >Actually it was the player's favorite game in my chess club. They were trying to >do that every time. But once you have sacrificed your piece, you have to play >very accurately in order to win, and most of the time Tiger won the game! And it >was of course really getting on their nerves, that's why they tried over and >over again. > > > > Christophe You are looking at the wrong kind of players. GMs will _also_ do this kind of attack. And then you can't depend on them making a huge mistake. You can more likely expect them to hand your your head in a paper sack. :)
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