Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:31:31 06/04/01
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On June 04, 2001 at 04:20:59, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >The choosen opening [Stonewall] is in so far already old fashioned as there are >hundred of examples showing that with this pattern you can beat all chess >computer programs. AnMon is therefore not to blame for the defeat, the chess >programs are nowadys [still] absolutely helpless against this kind of attack. >What I however do not understand is why people can be proud of such wins using >the same pattern all the time. >Kurt Anmon is not good enough in tactics and it is possible that a better program in tactics could avoid the defeat. Here is the last blunder of Anmon [D]3r1rk1/1b2npp1/1q1bp3/pp1pN1PQ/2pP1P2/P1P1P3/1P1N2K1/R1B2R2 b - - 0 1 Anmon played g6 when white has a simple forced mate after it. The right move is probably Bxe5(f5 is probably also better than the game move). I do not say that objectively Anmon could save the game without g6 but it had better practical chances. Uri
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