Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:27:17 10/09/00
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On October 09, 2000 at 05:22:59, Aaron Tay wrote:
>On October 08, 2000 at 17:37:16, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>sorry but your rules do not tell me if the following sacrifice is good or bad.
>>[D]r2r2k1/pp1qb1p1/2n4p/2p1p3/2P1B3/P2PBQ1b/1P3P1N/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Gambittiger sacrificed the exchange by Qh5 and won against Crafty
>>Is it a good move?
>>
>>Gambittiger won but I could not find more than a draw after a better defence
>>for black.
>>
>>The fact that I could not find does not prove that there is no win because I do
>>not see everything even with computer's help.
>>
>>
>>What can I learn from steinitz rule.
>>
>>They say to attack if I have the advantage.
>>Who has the advantage?
>
>True. But i suppose to win , you must have had an advanatage at least once in
>the game!
Maybe not, and that's what's new in the Gambit Tiger approach.
You can create a position where by perfect play your opponent will win, but with
the pratical play of today's computers or grandmasters, it is not possible to
find the refutation (because in order to find it you need to compute 20 or 30
plies ahead).
You create a position where you have no advantage at all until your opponent
"blunders" (from the perfect play point of view).
That's very tricky. It's all speculative. That's what Chris Whittington was
trying to demonstrate I think.
And it's almost impossible to draw the line between good and bad in this case.
Tricky. You have to think differently, because you deal with problems too
complex to be solved by brute force. You outsearch your opponent by creating a
problem neither him or you is able to solve. You'd better have a good nose in
this case.
Christophe
> In fact, you could be losing all the way, untill your opponent
>blundered by giving you a forced mate. The psoition after your opponent
>blundered you had the advanatage!
>
>But I know what you mean, it's hard to tell whether you have advanatage, though
>sometimes it's clear you don't have a advanatage..Eg beginner attack with
>scholar mate etc..
>
>>I can learn nothing from steinitz rules.
>
>Too extreme i think..
>
>
>>Uri
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