Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 16:19:08 05/19/02
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On May 19, 2002 at 18:15:58, Will Singleton wrote: > >It seems that in the following position (from round 4 of the games below), >lambchop avoids the draw (out of book?) by 10.Qxf3, going down more than a pawn. > >Seems like a rather large contempt factor, or am I missing something? Of >course, chop came back to win due to brilliant endgame play (or lousy opponent >play, take your pick), so maybe it knew what it was doing. > >[D]r2qkb1r/pp2pppp/2n1b3/3P2B1/2P5/5p2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 10 > I doubt that a contempt factor was at work here. My guess is that Chop simply liked the position after 14...Kd7. Perhaps it thought Black's lack of development and homeless king compensated for the material deficit. -Peter
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