Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:04:11 07/15/00
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On July 15, 2000 at 13:35:46, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On July 15, 2000 at 12:46:32, James Robertson wrote: > >>On July 15, 2000 at 11:58:26, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On July 15, 2000 at 11:43:30, Daniel Chancey wrote: >>> >>>>Can anyone tell me where Junior went wrong? And can any other program find the >>>>correct move? >>>> >>>>Castle2000 >>> >>>After Bxa3 there is no computer that can find anything better than to resign, >>>not even Deep Blue, which was capable of calculating over 200 Millions moves per >>>second and is 66 times faster than the Primergy, could save itself from defeat >>>after the Bishop sacrifice. >>> >>>Pichard. >> >>By that point it was obvious the game was hopeless. I think he was talking about >>mistakes between about moves 15-25. > >In that case move 20.Nd2 forcing the knight out off it centralized post, instead >of Bd2 could have secured a draw. Black would just leave his knight on c4. If white captures it, the b-file opens, which is to Black's advantage. Either way, there is still a lot of chess to be played in that position, and there aren't any moves that just "secure the draw". --Peter
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