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

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 10:01:42 03/16/00

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>>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.

Dr. Hyatt,

Well, I think that Capablanca would disagree with both of us if he were still
alive.  I would not have taken the pawn at G7 but then I am not a computer.
Junior 6a made that move. I fear isolated doubled pawns when playing against
machines that do thirty to forty ply searches. As you know, it only takes the
loss of one pawn to lose to a computer in an open position.  I play open
positions because "it is me".

Keep up the good work Bob,


Tim Frohlick



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