Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:01:19 03/16/00
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On March 15, 2000 at 20:57:07, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >>>>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 I disagree. I think that after (if) white plays Qxg7+, white is a pawn up, but ends up with three isolated pawns on the queenside. I think white will be happy to draw in such a position as black still has two rooks, and the two pawns on the c file are a serious weakness.
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