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Subject: Game 4 Xie Jun had a better position and should have won with best play

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 17:57:07 03/15/00

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>>>Didn't see anyone post this peculiar game yet, so here it is:
>>>
>>>[White "Xie Jun"]
>>>[Black "Deep Junior"]
>>>[Round "4"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7
>>>8. f4 Be7 9. O-O Kd8 10. a4 Ke8 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe1 h5 13. Kh1 Kf8
>>>14. Rd1 Rh7 15. Bc1 Kg8 1/2
>>>
Final position :)

[D]r1b3k1/1pqnbppr/p2ppn2/7p/P2NPP2/2N2B2/1PP3PP/2BRQR1K w - -

>>The Position at the time of drawing is definitely winning for white asuming both
>>are rated equal, but this position would have turned to be an open position
>>which is the reason why Xie agreed so fast to a draw.
>
>I do not think that the position is definitely winning for white.
>
>I prefer white but it is not definitely winning for white.
>I do not think that white is going to score something close to 100% assuming 2
>humans players with equal strength.
>
>I expect black to get more than 20% in human-human games when the rating of
>humans is equal and also in comp-comp games(it is easy to check if I am right
>about comp-comp games)
>
>Uri

Uri,

[D]r1b3k1/1p1n1pp1/p2bp2r/8/P1qN1P1p/1PN3QP/2P3P1/3R1RBK w - -

This is a possible continuation after ten more moves that I played with Junior
6a at 6 minutes per move on a PII 333 with 32 Mb hash.  As you can see Xie Jun
merely has to capture the pawn on g7 +!  and blacks position comes apart.  I
think that she accepted a draw too readily.

The cramped position for Deep Junior was the cause of the potential win. The
doubling of the pawns on the c-file after queen capture will not be too much
trouble for a player like Xie Jun.  I wonder why she gave up for a draw?


Tim Frohlick





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