Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:36:16 10/01/01
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On September 30, 2001 at 17:36:18, Slater Wold wrote: >When Junior 7 was released a few months back, most people who used it said that >it was too aggressive, and sometimes would give material for almost no reason. > >Those claims were hushed shortly after it won the WMCCC. > >This game was a game against Chess Tiger 14.0, played on playchess.com. It >shows a great example of Deep Junior giving away a piece, for little if any >compensation. > >I understand that in essence, it is trading a piece for 3 pawns. But any human >can look at the board and see, it's a trade that won't pay off in the end. > > >Chess Tiger 14.0 - Deep Junior 7 [D53] > > 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qd2 dxc4 {Last book >move for Deep Junior 7} 8.e4 c5 9.d5 exd5 10.e5 Nd7 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qe3+ Qe7 >13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.0-0-0 Be6 15.Re1 Rhc8 16.g3 d4 17.Nb5 c3 18.bxc3 a6 19.Na3 Kf8 >20.Bc4 Bh3 21.Ne5 Rc7 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.Kd2 Rac8 24.f3 Bf5 25.Rc1 Re8 26.Rhe1 Bh7 >27.Bb3 Rxc1 28.Kxc1 b5 29.Nc2 Rc8 30.Kd2 Bxc2 31.Bxc2 Rc3 32.f4 a5 33.Bb3 g5 >34.fxg5 hxg5 35.Bxf7 b4 36.Be6 a4 37.Ng6+ Ke8 38.Bb3+ Re3 39.Bxa4+ Kf7 40.Bc2 >Rxe1 41.Kxe1 Ng4 42.h4 Kf6 43.h5 Ne3 44.Be4 Kg7 45.Ne5 g4 46.Nc6 Kh6 47.Nxb4 Nc4 >48.Bg6 Kg5 49.Nc6 d3 50.Bxd3 Nb6 51.Bg6 Nd5 52.Ne5 Nb6 53.Kf2 Na4 54.Nxg4 Nc5 >55.Kf3 Ne6 56.a4 Nd4+ 57.Ke4 Ne2 58.Be8 Nxg3+ 59.Kd5 1-0 > > >The key position is this: > >[D]rnbqk2r/pp3pp1/5b1p/2ppP3/2p5/2N2N2/PP1Q1PPP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 10 > >Here Deep Junior 7 plays 10...Nd7?? with this eval: > >W,S - Deep Junior 7 >rnbqk2r/pp3pp1/5b1p/2ppP3/2p5/2N2N2/PP1Q1PPP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1 > >Analysis by Deep Junior 7: > >10...Bh4 11.Nxh4 Qxh4 12.Qxd5 > ³ (-0.32) Depth: 3 00:00:00 >10...Bg5 11.Nxg5 Qxg5 12.Qxd5 > ³ (-0.33) Depth: 3 00:00:00 >10...Bg5 11.Nxg5 Qxg5 12.Qxd5 > ³ (-0.33) Depth: 3 00:00:00 >10...Bg5 11.Qxd5 Qxd5 12.Nxd5 c3 13.Nxc3 > = (-0.10) Depth: 6 00:00:00 3kN >10...Bg5 11.Nxg5 > = (0.20) Depth: 9 00:00:00 94kN >10...Bg5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.Qxc4 Nd4 13.Rd1 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qc7 15.f4 Bh4 16.Qa4+ Bd7 >17.Bb5 Bxb5 > = (0.23) Depth: 12 00:00:01 1645kN >10...Be7 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.Bxc4 Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Bd8 14.0-0-0 > = (0.21) Depth: 12 00:00:02 2218kN >10...Be7 11.Nxd5 b5 12.b3 Bg4 13.bxc4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 > = (0.18) Depth: 15 00:00:07 12048kN >10...Nd7 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qe3+ Qe7 13.Nb5 Be6 14.Qe5 Ng4 15.Qxg7 0-0-0 16.h3 Rhg8 >17.Nxa7+ Kb8 18.Qc3 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Kxa7 > = (-0.01) Depth: 15 00:00:37 23534kN >10...Nd7 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qe3+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.Ne5 Be6 15.0-0-0 d4 16.Na4 >Ne4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Nxf2 > = (-0.12) Depth: 18 00:03:58 448237kN > >(W, 30.09.2001) > > > >Slate That seems wrong, of course. I get a score of near zero for Be7. Bg5 is the suggested book move. After Nd7 I get a score of roughly +1 for white. A piece for three pawns almost always loses unless it ends up in a king and pawn ending quickly and the pawns are mobile. This certainly isn't that case..
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