Author: Will Singleton
Date: 15:10:37 11/06/00
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On November 06, 2000 at 13:51:38, Peter McKenzie wrote: >With a little luck, LambChop had a nice result in CCT2 but LambChop didn't have >all the luck! Round 3, black vs StormX and LambChop manages to get out of book >in a main line Queens Gambit Accepted - one of the worst openings to be out of >book in :-) An interesting position occurred: > >[D]2kr1b1r/ppp1qppp/5n2/3Pn3/2p5/2N1BB2/PP3PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - > >LambChop just played Ne5, which allows Bxa7! Of course Chop thought it was >trapping the Bishop but after Bxa7 b6 a4 things start to get pretty nasty and >Chop lost in a screaming heap. > >So, how long do programs take to play Bxa7? > >I'm guessing that StormX doesn't have the trapped B code? Or maybe it has >exceptions coded, or just a good king safety eval? > >Game vs Nimzo was a bit of a disaster too as LambChop refused to castle for some >reason and paid the price. > >On the other hand, it played nice attacking games vs Arasan and Diep. Game vs >Shredder was interesting, Chop was doing fine on black side of a Ruy then it >decided to give Shredder a chance by throwing it k-side pawns forward. Shredder >did a nice exchange sac that was probably winning but Chop managed to exchange >to a drawn pawn down ending. > >cheers, >Peter I let mine run for an hour, it never showed Bxa7. I have a fairly high trapped bishop penalty, since I used get trapped all the time. I was going to take out the penalty and run it again, but I'm sure it would take it, so why bother. I guess the penalty helps more than it hurts, on balance. It was a good tourney. I'm just glad I didn't have to play Storm, I think he was getting several million nps. Will
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