Author: Paul Massie
Date: 16:58:39 08/25/00
Go up one level in this thread
On August 25, 2000 at 19:07:49, Amir Ban wrote: >On August 25, 2000 at 10:33:41, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>On August 25, 2000 at 10:24:18, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>Hi Enrique, >> >>Believe it or not, this is preparation! After the novelty Rb1 all computer >>programs do not see enough compensation. >> >>Jeroen >> > >So you are to blame. I was looking for someone to strangle all afternoon and I >guess it should be you and Karpov. > >Junior saw some compensation. My score never went below -0.50. Tiger's evals of >1+ were drunk, and I don't care if Shredder agrees with him. Programs make the >worst mistakes when they are most happy. It was just below zero before Bd3, so >it went for Rc8 (which it thought leads to a draw by repetition, but Tiger >refused to repeat, again a misjudgement IMO). > >But all things considered I would rather start a game with even material. Nice >job. > >Amir I've run afoul of Jeroen's work a number of times when playing Rebel myself. I happily go down some theoretical line that's supposed to give me equality or a plus, then suddenly Rebel's book springs a novelty on me that clearly improves on published theory and I'm in trouble. I've frequently considered strangling him:) I've developed great respect this way for Jeroen's work - in fact, I've sometimes wondered if some of the top grandmasters shouldn't consider using his services as well. Paul
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.