Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:01:57 04/13/02
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On April 13, 2002 at 20:48:11, Antonio Dieguez wrote: >On April 13, 2002 at 20:25:11, martin fierz wrote: > >>On April 13, 2002 at 18:39:48, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>http://www.kasparovchess.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20902&p_docLang=EN >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>interesting article - i've snipped a part: >>_____________________________ >>Chess Genius – Ilya Smirin >>ICS u 2 12 09/04/94, 1994 >>B60: Sicilian: Richter Rauzer >> >>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Bxf6 More standard >>is: 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 gxf6 8.Nd5?? This is the critical moment. White >>can still settle for the standard 8.Nb3 but can’t resist what seems as a hung >>rook – elementary childish combo Qxd4 9.Nc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Rook taken >>in return for a knight and pawn – only to realize the no exit sign for the >>knight at a8 f5 Smirin simplifies for a confident win 12.Qxe4 fxe4 13.Rd1 Be6 >>14.b4 Nxb4? Smirin can avoid giving slight counter play by the simpler 14…Bg7 >>but is winning anyway of course >>______________________________ >> >>question: how long does it take today's programs not to play 8.Nd5?? ? >>and do they really see it because of software advances, as shay says, or do they >>see deep enough to see the knight is stuck? (i.e. does Nd5 appear as PV in the >>beginning? how long?) > >[D]r1b1kb1r/pp2pp1p/1qnp1p2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 8 > >the position may be a bad example, amyan doesn't even know the horse is lost. Amyan knows more than you think. It does not need to know that the horse is lost. It needs to know that horse in the corner is bad enough not to play Na8. The position is very easy for amatuers with the right knowledge but genius had no the right knowledge and it wanted to win material that is eqvivalent to pawn. Uri
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