Author: Robert Sherman
Date: 20:56:41 11/11/97
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On November 11, 1997 at 13:43:24, Howard Exner wrote: >Howard = >> >Robert = > > >>>I think Qxc7 is the dud. Time to play d7-d5 here. Rebel 8 >>>plays d7-d5 in just over 2 minutes on a K6-200. What do >>>other programs play here? >> >>Is this with a 40/2 time control. Like I said in a previous post a >>faster machine may produce different results. But I have other games I >>have played that I haven't had time to play out because I have been too >>busy with work. When work slows down I will see if these games bear out >>similar results. > >At 40/2 Rebel 8 rejects Qxc7 in 12". At 1:56 it plays the correct d7-d5. >I read your original post to highlight Qxc7 as the blunder. Others >thought >0-0 was bad also, but like you I believe 0-0 will win easily. Actually >when I set up Rebel 8 at 40/2 it at first likes 0-0 but then it finds >the >Nxc7 reply for white in the search and continues a longer think. It >finally >decides to play d7-d6 (CSTal plays this also) at around the 9 minute >mark. > >Back to the d7-d5 move. It looks like Genius, according to those who are >posting, plays this the quickest. I still didn't get what computer you have, I presume PII-200mhz or the like. Does CSTal play Nxc7 for white? It would seem like a natch for a program based on sacrificial attacks. It looks like the laddies from England play this position the best, both with vastly different search techniques!!
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