Author: Howard Exner
Date: 23:04:53 11/24/97
Cilkchess is doing nicely on the scoresheet at the Dutch Championship but it looks to me like the chess gods are smiling on it just a bit. 8/p3pp1p/6p1/4P3/2K2P2/6P1/1k5P/8 b - - id"Cilkchess 2.0 - Nimzo 98"; Here Nimzo98 played h7-h6 but doesn't the move Kb2-c2 put the nail in the coffin? 6k1/pp3p1p/2p1p3/P1P2p2/8/1n2P3/1bR2PPP/6K1 w - - id"Shannon - Cilkchess"; Here too the Cilkchess team must have been relieved when Shannon played a5-a6. The straight forward Rxb2 would lead to a win and a huge upset given the Cilkchess Hardware. This 2nd position would perhaps be more difficult for computers to eval since the material is balanced. But the Knight is no match for the rook in this ending especially with that weak isolated h pawn. So Cilkchess got 1.5 points here instead of 0. I better add that I think Cilkchess is a strong program. It's Aegon97 game vs Seirawan was a noteworthy draw.
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