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Subject: Re: Ivanchuk vs Gelfand

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 05:29:22 01/29/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 15:06:37, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:

>[D] 2q3k1/5pp1/3Rn3/4P2p/2QP1p2/2n3P1/P4PKP/1r3B2 b - - 0 40
>
>Here Ivanchuck traded queens ?????????  Unbeleivable !!!  I guess even Super
>GM's can miss a move that even in 1 0 bullet is obvious. f3+ with queen and 2
>Knights and a Rook seem so obviously a mating net that it is hard to believe
>that Ivanchuk missed it.  I was watching this game and completely stopped
>looking at it thinking it was 0-1.  Rybka gives a +11 for f3+ ....  I guess we
>can all make fun of how computers play endgames ... but they must be making fun
>of how even a top 10 Super GM can miss such a elementary win.  I really would
>have liked to have seen the look on Gelfands face when Ivanchuk trading queens.

This shows one advantage computers have over humans. Computers will never settle
for a good solid move when a more complex but stronger one exists.

Although maybe time trouble was a factor here?

Vas




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