Author: Peter Davison
Date: 04:19:00 09/08/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 00:18:00, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On September 07, 2000 at 17:51:06, Peter Davison wrote:
>
>>On September 07, 2000 at 17:14:31, Peter Davison wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>[Event "Random Outbreaks of Zero-Sumness"]
>>>[Site "Bored"]
>>>[Date "2000.09.07"]
>>>[Round "1"]
>>>[White "Mogens Larsen"]
>>>[Black "Fernando Villegas"]
>>>[Opening "Random"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>
>>>
>>>1. e4 {Are you writing all this because you didn't get chosen as Rebel Tiger II
>>>tester, or is there another more profound reason?} e6 {No, Mogens. I did not
>>>even asked to be one. I cannot be. I have not the time and
>>>the will to do such a thing. Besides, my PC is an old one, 200 Mhz mmx. Time ago
>>>I lost my desire to keep pace with this race of speedier pc, each week. And I do
>>>not have the need to be a tester as much as I am rich enough to buy my own
>>>programs when they are available, neither I have the ilusion I can be "part" of
>>>a glamourous software team because I found a glitch in the gui or so. I was just
>>>remembering what factuaklkly happens each time we get a new program. Or you have
>>>another experience? Maybe is my bad luck :-)
>>>Fernando parries with the well-known Hedgehog Defense -0.17}
>>
>>2. Ke2 {I didn't mean to imply that you're writing out of bitterness, though it
>>may read as such :o). Just a little surprised about what suddenly sparked this
>>interest in betatesting and how you do it. Especially right after Schröder's
>>search for volunteers. I can recall software misbehaving except for Windows, but
>>I gather that is intentional :o).
>>
>>Mogens.
>>
>>PS: I hope this isn't too complicated to comprehend for our zero-sum annotator.
>>}
>>
>>2. Ke2 {OFFERS DRAW}
>
>Declined, black plays 2... N to f(-2), check!
>
N on f(-2) doesn't check a king on e2. The wrap-around check joke only works
against all white moves except Ke2.
Fritz 5.01 fails high with 2... d5 on ply 15 (+1.78). Is Mogen's Gambit {1.e4 e6
2. Ke2 Draw?} busted? What does your computer say?
>Dave
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