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Subject: Re: How to progress?

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 06:22:16 01/15/02

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On January 15, 2002 at 06:41:43, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On January 14, 2002 at 21:21:16, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2002 at 17:03:53, David Rasmussen wrote:
>>
>>>Chezzz reached the following position as black:
>>>
>>>2r1q1kb/5p1p/4p1pP/1p1pPn2/pBrP1P2/P2Q4/1P2NP2/3RK2R b K - 0 37
>>>
>>>What are the key elements (for a program) to understand in this position? How to
>>>make progress, and how to tell the program that?
>>>
>>>Chezzz believed it stood best, which might very well be wrong.
>>
>>Original position analyzed by Chess Tiger:
>>[D]2r1q1kb/5p1p/4p1pP/1p1pPn2/pBrP1P2/P2Q4/1P2NP2/3RK2R b K - ce 56; acd 14; pv
>>R8c6 Bc3 Qf8 Ra1 Rc7 Ba5 Rc8 Bb4 Qd8 Bc5 Qe8 Ng3 Ne7 Rg1;|!90
>>
>
>Mmm. Tiger doesn't seem to be progressing at all here. I don't know. The simple
>lesson I will take to heart from peoples comments in this thread is that the
>"best" idea and probably the simplest to explain to a chess program, is that f6
>is the right move here. So I will make the engine understand that the h8 bishop
>needs more scope, and that capturing on e5 with the pawn, followed by a
>recapture of either the d- or the f-pawn will weaken one of white's f-pawns.
>
>/David

Don't know which Tiger you have, but my Tiger 14.0 thinks "f6" is the correct
move at this point of the game!

Regards,Terry



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