Author: Michael Fuhrmann
Date: 15:23:36 08/14/00
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On August 14, 2000 at 18:02:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 14, 2000 at 17:15:03, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On August 14, 2000 at 13:55:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 14, 2000 at 00:25:54, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>On August 13, 2000 at 23:04:06, robert blackwell wrote: >>>> >>>>>People should check out a position more carefully before claiming a move is bad. >>>>>bxa2 in the position given in the earlier post is the right move and it is the >>>>>move nd5 which loses as it breaks the pin on the d file preventing bxb3! any >>>> >>>>1..Bxa2 2.b3 Nd5 and black holds the position. If this is what you >>>>mean I am in agreement. >>>> >>>>Ed >>> >>> >>>If by "holds" you mean doesn't lose material, then I agree. If you mean >>>"maintains near-equality_ then I don't agree... >> >>Regardless of whether it is good or bad, I don't want to see my program play >>Bxa2, since it is often a losing blunder, and even when it isn't, it looks like >>a gross computer move. >> >>bruce > > >Couldn't agree more. Except for those cases where the bishop takes and then >escapes. It is ugly to see programs that some argue play at a strong GM level, >play a move like Bxa2 that no beginner would play (may be ok in this position, >although black seems to get into trouble). > >I used to cringe at such moves. This debate recalls (for me) a similar move Fischer played vs Spassky in the world championship. (Think it was Bxa7, leading to a trapped bishop.) At the time I remember the commentators being incredulous that Fischer played a moved that no club player would play, etc. If I remember correctly, Fischer lost that game badly.
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