Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 07:37:14 09/08/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 07:19:00, Peter Davison wrote:
>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.
Don't assume that a knight on f(-2) moves in the same way that a knight on the
normal 8x8 board moves! That's a dangerous error indeed. :-)
>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?
abnormal program termination
Dave
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