Author: Howard Exner
Date: 22:57:25 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 22:33:19, Howard Exner wrote: >This is exactly the type of position that computers excel in. Black has two trys >here and cannot >possibly lose. One try is to decoy whites pieces >with advancing the f pawns, aided by the king. >Another try is manoevering the king to the >blockade square, d8 thus freeing the Queen. >White in the meantime has to play very precisely >and with the clock ticking it's that much more >nerve racking. I agree with Lasker who said, >chess is a fight. Kick them when they are down! > >Set this up all you computer enthusiasts and >run an autoplay to see what you come up with. >Do any of the two themes I mention emerge? I followed my own suggestion and ran Rebel 8 on autoplay in 40/2(K6-233). This is what it came up with. 40. Kxa2 Qa5+ 41. Kb3 Qd8 42. h6 f5 43. Rd5 Kf7 44. Rxf5+ Ke7 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rd5 Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kg5 48. Kc4 a5 49. Be4 a4 50. Bxh7 a3 51. Bb1 f3 52. h7 f2 53. Rd1 Kf4 54. Rh1 Qh8 55. All this of course is a draw but who knows how Anand would have defended given the current state of the match? Maybe he would have found an easier draw or maybe he would have erred under pressure. It would have required concentration on his part, given the wide open nature of the position. > >Perhaps Anand's demonstration at the games start >had the psychological effect on the operators as >in, let's not annoy Anand any further and offer the draw.
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