Author: Amir Ban
Date: 12:24:34 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 12:45:31, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >What about simply playing 28. a3 for White which "DarkThought" prefers >and scores as roughly +0.7 for Black? > Possibly. Junior likes 28.Bc3 here. Judging by ICC kibitzes, Junior evaluates the position after the exchange sac closer to equality than any other program. The way Junior looks at the position, e4 gives away half the position, Ka1 gives away the remaining half. But that's not really the point: This is the sort of position where I would ignore what the computers say and rely on the grandmaster's judgement: Uneven material, opposite castling, mobile pawn masses, endgame possibilities. We KNOW that our programs have only vague understanding about those things. I think it's amazing that in such a position Anand's judgement turned out so badly, as he clearly was not able to execute any plan that he had there. Amir
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