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Subject: Re: Chess Tiger - Deep Sjeng. Deep Sjeng ist lost after only 24 moves

Author: martin fierz

Date: 00:37:59 10/25/04

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On October 24, 2004 at 18:44:59, Vasik Rajlich wrote:

>On October 24, 2004 at 16:11:29, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On October 23, 2004 at 12:33:07, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
>>
>>>On October 23, 2004 at 12:12:25, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>>> According to Ed it's not a Nommen book. I have fond memories of meeting 9. ...
>>>>Bd7 Especially when I was up against a wunderkind. He was under the impression
>>>>that he was good in a tactical skirmish and that I was a positional player :)
>>>>
>>>>MvH Dan Andersson
>>>
>>>I play this move 9. .. Bd7 myself - it seems ok. Sjeng played it horribly though
>>>- 12. .. Qa5 is suspicious and then 15. .. Nc4 is just a blunder no human would
>>>make - not even blindfold while casually browsing CCC :) ...
>>
>>Please suggest a better move than Nc4. (And note that Qa5 was book)
>>
>>Both engines agreed black is DEAD LOST after the opening.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>Well - maybe 15. .. h5. White can win a pawn with 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ but
>that should be playable.
>
>You can also play 15. .. Rxc3, those endings are often ok.
>
>Another move is 15. .. b5.
>
>Martin's advice is quite sound though - the Dragon is very hard for computers to
>play right. Black often needs to sacrifice material.
>
>Vas

i agree, specially in connection with the move 15...Rxc3. in the dragon, black
very often can take on c3 with no or little apparent compensation, and still
hang on. but try explaining that to your computer program...

cheers
  martin



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