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Subject: Re: finally... my first win (40/90) against Rebel-Tiger...

Author: Alvaro Rodriguez

Date: 05:16:20 03/20/00

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On March 19, 2000 at 22:31:04, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On March 19, 2000 at 17:50:58, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>
>>Yes, the chances that Rebel-Tiger wins the game where it "castled under the line
>>of fire" is much more bigger then its opponent. I mean, if you do a sacrifice
>>like that against RT, I think you have more chances then playing a normal game
>>against it. IMHO
>>I would really like to see those games where RT won the game even that it
>>"castled under the line of fire".
>>Regards,
>>Alvaro
>
>
>Well... I have some such games, but they are now archived and I fear I do not
>have the time to look for them.
>
>But it's pretty easy to produce games like this by playing them yourself!
>
>
>    Christophe


I will try :-)



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