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Subject: Re: Your all crazy....kidding!:> bxa2 is fine~! bxa2 is sound as a pound!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:23:17 08/14/00

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On August 14, 2000 at 03:17:00, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 14, 2000 at 03:01:54, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2000 at 00:13:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On August 13, 2000 at 22:57:11, robert blackwell wrote:
>>>
>>>>can someone show me the winning line because bxa2 is fine! b3 cannot be played
>>>>as bxb3 wins! i hope this was a joke ! or did anyone analyse this. b3 nd5 is the
>>>>mistake! bxb3 is the killer~!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Would you please post a line that wins after Bxa2 b3 Bxb3 Nxb3 as my program
>>>claims white is winning easily here.
>>>
>>>You are down a bishop, up two pawns.  That loses.
>>
>>
>>I think you are right and Tiger should not play Bxa2, however after Bxa2 b3
>>things are not so simple.
>>
>>Tiger 12.8 analysis at 15 plies deep:
>>
>>Nd5 R7e5 Nb4 Ra1 Rxd4 Nf3 Rxd3 cxd3 Bxb3 Rb1 Nxd3 Rxb3 Nxe5 Nxe5 ...
>>
>>score is still +0.58 for black.
>>
>>The problem is that white must defend d4, or else it's a bishop against 3 pawns,
>>and white's queenside is badly shredded.
>
>Crafty played in the game R7e4 and not R7e5.
>
>What is tiger's opinion about the position after R7e4?
>Can tiger win Crafty at longer time control?
>
>If the line is good for black then I expect tiger to win Crafty at longer time
>control.
>
>Uri

Sorry for writing Tiger with small t and Crafty with big c.

I guess that it was because of the fact that crafty won the game but I did not
think about it and payed attention to it only after I posted.

Uri



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