Author: Vine Smith
Date: 17:31:24 04/18/02
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On April 18, 2002 at 19:52:25, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Rex, > >You might be correct Sir. However, Smirin is playing drawish chess. >Nevertheless, Tiger can certainly kick my butt. > >Tim, a satisfied Tiger 14.0 owner > >On April 18, 2002 at 19:42:42, Rex wrote: > >>Tiger is the only program the GM's hope to keep up with. "Smirin is playing drawish chess"?! You've got to be kidding! There was nothing drawish about the drastic defeat he inflicted on Shredder, and he certainly was not to blame for Hiarcs' choice of the Exchange Variation of the King's Indian in the second game (where he got a much better position anyway). And Junior must be running on a lucky processor to have escaped losing a piece down versus Smirin in the last game. If it weren't for the truncated time control, Smirin could be leading 3-0. Nonetheless, Tiger may present some new problems. Not only its "anti-human" setting, but also the book, both work together to avoid closed positions. When a couple of Argentine GMs tried to get away with the Old Benoni last year, Tiger just played 5.f4 (or at move 6, I can't exactly remember) and reopened the position, winning both times. The f4 move wasn't objectively best according to theory, but it was best for a program playing a human, and this is the kind of approach needed against Smirin, who obviously knows a few things about typical program weaknesses. Regards, Vine Smith
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