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Subject: Re: Did Junior miss a chance? (Junior misses a win!?)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:57:19 08/22/00

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On August 22, 2000 at 17:16:46, Shay Bushinsky wrote:

>On August 22, 2000 at 16:31:17, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2000 at 16:21:33, Shay Bushinsky wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>
>>>    Checking with Junior X (the London version) yields perhaps
>>>an improvement for Junior on move 67. Rather than 67... Rxb4 how about
>>>67...Qd2 for after 68. Qxg3 Qd4+ looks strong as after 69. Rf2 Rb1+
>>>and 70. Kh2 Qxe4 with at least clear advantage for Junior!
>>>
>>>
>>>Fritz - Junior X [B83]
>>>WMCCC London
>>>
>>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0
>>>9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Rxf4 Ne8 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Rf2 Bf6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be5
>>>16.a3 Nf6 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Qe3 Rfc8 19.Bf3 Nd7 20.Nb5 a5 21.Rfd2 Rc6 22.Be2 h6
>>>23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Nd6 a4 25.Bb5 Rc7 26.Qg3 h5 27.Bxd7 Bxd7 28.h3 h4 29.Qf3 Rf8
>>>30.Qf2 g6 31.Qe3 Be6 32.Qa7 b5 33.Qb6 Bc4 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Kh1 Kh7 36.Rg1 Ra8
>>>37.Re1 Rca7 38.Red1 Rc7 39.Kh2 Raa7 40.Kg1 Ra8 41.Rf2 Rd8 42.Kh2 Rcd7 43.Rfd2
>>>Qf6 44.Qc5 Kg8 45.Kh1 Be2 46.Ne8 Rxe8 47.Rxd7 Bxd1 48.Rxd1 Rb8 49.c3 Kg7 50.Qd5
>>>Kh6 51.Kg1 Qe7 52.Rf1 Rb7 53.Qc6 Kg7 54.Kh1 Rb8 55.Rf3 Rd8 56.Qxb5 Rd2 57.b4 Ra2
>>>58.Rf1 Rxa3 59.c4 Rc3 60.c5 a3 61.Kh2 Qe6 62.Qe2 Rb3 63.Qd2 Qe7 64.Kg1 Rb2
>>>65.Qc3 Qg5 66.g4 hxg3 67.Qxa3 Rxb4 68.Qxb4 Qe3+ 69.Kg2 Qe2+ 70.Kxg3 Qxf1 71.h4
>>>Qf4+ 72.Kh3 Qf3+ 73.Kh2 Qd3 74.Kg2 Kh6 75.Qb7 f6 76.Qa8 Qe2+ 77.Kg3 Qe1+ 78.Kg2
>>>Qd2+ 79.Kh3 ½-½
>>
>>I don't understand your post.  You say "Checking with Junior X (the London
>>version)" but what does that mean?  Why would Junior X give a different move
>>than the one played.  Do you mean it found Qd2 with more time?  Anyway Fritz 6a
>>likes Qd2 very quickly and has a score of -0.66 indicating black is better.
>>Jim
>
>Nothing special - I just wanted to differenciate between our London version
>and Junior6 that might disagree. Anyway I'm now even more convinced we missed
>a win in this game!
>
>-- Shay


I'm not sure it is winning. but it certainly looks better than what
happened.  What was junior thinking about with rxb4?  I can't even get
Crafty to consider that move, it likes Qd2 starting at 6 ply and doesn't
change thru 14 plies.  Score is +1.01 at depth=14...



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