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

Author: Chessfun

Date: 10:47:01 03/16/00

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On March 16, 2000 at 06:33:22, Terry Godat wrote:

>On March 15, 2000 at 20:57:07, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote
>>
>>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
>
>You're joking, right?  Don't tell me you were serious when you suggested
>capturing the pawn on g7.


Terry,
     Remember the black queen on c4 is also under threat and therefore
after Qxg7+ Kxg7.....bxc4. It therefore isn't as odd as it looks.
Thanks.







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