Author: Will Singleton
Date: 09:02:09 10/18/04
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On October 18, 2004 at 04:13:44, Richard Pijl wrote: >The first weekend of the Dutch Open had its up and downs for the Baron. After >the first day, with 1 draw and two losses I was quite unhappy. The loss against >Chess Tiger wasn't the worst one. Although the Baron got a drawish position >after leaving the book, the Tiger showed how the ending should have been played >and won. The Baron didn't have a clue this time. Unfortunately, the next round >another drawish endgame emerged when leaving the book, and Goldbar did hold the >draw. In fact, in the end the Baron had to make a perpetual to save the game. I >_really_ still have a lot to do in the endgame evaluation! >After two drawish booklines, the third game against Tao was an interesting one. >Bas created a fun-book that only seemed to contain off-beat openings. Against >the Baron Tao played 1.c3 and was out of book after Baron's reply 1..d5. In that >game The Baron reached a very nice position, and would probably have won if it >would have played the logical 28..Nd3. >[D] r6r/3qb1k1/p3pp1p/4n1p1/2pNb3/2P5/P2BBPPP/2R1QRK1 b - - 28...Nd3 turns out to be pretty hard to find, no amateur program gets it in a reasonable time of the programs I tried. But it's one of those positions that, shown the move, most programs see the light pretty fast. I suppose it's a case of pruning after the pawn loss, so that the bishops trapping the rooks isn't seen. I wonder if some extensions triggered by the rooks trying to evade the bishops would help. [d]r5kr/1b1qb3/p3Np2/6p1/2P5/3p4/P2B2PP/1R2QRK1 b - - 0 34 Avoiding Rh4 seems to be an eval issue, since Amateur sees the follow up quickly. Good luck next week. Will
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