Author: John Hatcher
Date: 12:39:10 07/30/01
Automatic game annotation in Chessbase products is a great feature, but sometimes the verbiage that's added to a line makes no sense - and sometimes it's just funny. An example of annotation by Chess Tiger 14 (Chessbase): [D]r1b5/pp1Pkn2/2ppr2b/7p/2PP1p2/2NB3P/PP4P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1 The annotation of this position by Chess Tiger reads: 27. dxc8Q Rxc8 28. Bf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1+ Kd8 30. Bxc8 +- Worse is 27. dxc8R Rxc8 28. Bf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1+ Kd8 30. Bxc8 +- Which is a bit comical since both lines result in exactly the same position. Maybe it makes sense to the computer mathematcially because in the first line the pawn promotes to a Queen - a piece of higher value -- but the remark "worse is" makes no sense chessically. This game features a gutsy Queen sac by White on move 20, which must be declined as it leads to a long mate. A nice bit of calulcation by White: [D]r1b2r2/pp1nqn2/2pp2kb/4Pp1p/2PP1p2/2N3BP/PPQ1B1P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1 White to play: 20. Qxf5+ Here's the entire game: [Event "Continental Open"] [Site "Las Vegas USA"] [Date "2001.07.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Shulman, Y."] [Black "Ginsburg, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2568"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2001.07.26"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rfe1 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. Bg3 Kh7 16. Nh4 Bh6 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 f5 19. Nxg6 Kxg6 20. Qxf5+ Kg7 21. Bd3 Rh8 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. e6 Rg8 24. Bh4 Rxg6 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. exd7+ Re6 27. dxc8=Q 1-0 JOHN
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