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Subject: Re: Rebel - Anand Game8 move 25

Author: Hans Christian Lykke

Date: 06:38:29 07/26/98

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On July 26, 1998 at 02:51:30, Howard Exner wrote:

>On July 25, 1998 at 23:37:56, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>
>>On July 25, 1998 at 09:12:10, Howard Exner wrote:
>>
>>>On July 25, 1998 at 08:02:54, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 24, 1998 at 23:48:30, Howard Exner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Here Rebel played h5, pushing the pawn. Ke2 might be good here with the
>>>>>idea of connecting the rooks and getting the King eventually to d3. It may
>>>>>cost white a pawn but it untangles his pieces(R,R and K). I don't think
>>>>>computers would play this move but how might the game go after
>>>>>25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 Rf2 27. Rhf1 Rxh2 . My assessment is that untangling
>>>>>the pieces should be a priority even at the cost of the h pawn. What do
>>>>>others think ?
>>>>
>>>>As you can see in the analysis posted here, The King 2.54 will play 25 Ke2
>>>
>>>Hi Hans, sorry I missed this. I went back and tracked it down. Here is
>>>the line:
>>>
>>>25.  h2-h4              [  1.01] 25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 Rd2+ 27. Kc3
>>>
>>>You described the analysis timing set at 15 min./ply. I'm not familiar
>>>with what this means. Is it 15 min per move?
>>
>>
>>Yes, 15 min. for white and 15 min. for black.
>
>Lucky for Anand that Rebel did not play that sequence.
>I'm looking at this:
>
>25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 Rd2+ 27. Kc3 Re2 28. Rhf1 Rxh2 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1
>
>I think white is fine here. Not sure how the game would end up but
>black winning from here is unlikely. White is actually up material
>at a time in the game where it really counts - the endgame.
>
>Bravo for the King 2.54. Is that the same engine that is in CM5000?
>
>>

Yes, I think so. The engine in CM5000 is called 2.55 I think, so maybe there is
a small difference.

>>>
>>>I noticed Rebel 8 wanted to play Ke2 for a while but switched over to h5
>>>and held on to h5. When does the King play Ke2? Does it hold on to it also?



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