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Subject: Re: no tactical mistakes in the match

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:44:56 04/26/01

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On April 26, 2001 at 07:18:17, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>On April 26, 2001 at 02:37:39, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>game 1:
>>
>>In this position
>>R7/3r2k1/4b1p1/P2N3p/5P1P/3K1BP1/5b2/8 w - - 0 1
>>>position happened
>>
>>Deep Fritz played 56.Kc4 0.47/15 Rc7 57.Kb4 0.28/16 Rd7 and the following
>
>>
>>[D]R7/3r2k1/4b1p1/P2N3p/1K3P1P/5BP1/5b2/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Deep Fritz played 58.Nb6 0.09/16  time when it pondered 8:57
>>and used 1007 knodes per second.
>>
>>I believe that it is a mistake in the time allocation of Deep Fritz.
>>It should use more time for 58.Nb6 and the time of pondering was not enough.
>>
>>The following facts are obvious:
>>
>>1)Deep Fritz had a possible move that force repetition(58.Kc4)
>
>White is a pawn up and should avoid a draw.

Draw is the best that white can do in the position.
In the game white lost.


>
>
>>2)The score of Deep Fritz dropped and was only slightly above 0
>>
>>I believe that programs should use more time in these situations.
>>The time control was 40/90 and it means that Deep Fritz probably had more than
>>45 minutes to calculate and in this situation that is not common I would prefer
>>to use at least half of them.
>>
>>After Rd3 it played 59.Bc6 and the score dropped to -0.06 and after the expected
>>move Rb3+ the score dropped again to -0.53
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>game 3:
>>
>>
>>[D]8/q3kp2/3p1p2/r3pP2/1p2P1PP/8/P1PQNb1R/1K6 w - - 0 1
>>
>>It seems that Nc1 is the only move for white not to lose material
>>
>>Deep Fritz played Qxb4 with 0.00 evaluation(it used 163 seconds and searahed 906
>>knodes per second).
>>Only after Rxa2 the score dropped to -0.34
>>
>>How much time do chess programs need to find Nc1?
>>Does it save white?
>
>No Nc1 is a weak move.

This is correct that Nc1 is also losing and the mistake was probly one move
before.

Uri



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