Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:35:40 07/11/02
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On July 11, 2002 at 16:39:08, Vine Smith wrote: >Did you have any other clues for reconstructing the game besides knowing the >position at move 14? The sequence leading to this point is less than obvious, >especially the sacrifice offered at move 12, implying that either this game was >copied from some other source, or a fairly strong player assisted in its >creation. I'm pretty sure that either GM Larry Evans or GM Yasser Seirawan annotated this game. I have no idea if the game was recreated by the annotator or not, however. >By the way, HAL never announced mate in two. It was simply engaging in >conversation during a casual game, and merely pointed out that Poole had >overlooked the tactical sequence allowing the queen to go to f3. >Did Poole really "resign" AFTER being mated, as the notes imply? Stupid human. >Maybe this is what drove HAL to start killing the crew. > >Regards, >Vine Smith I guess I'll have to watch the movie again. From what *I* remember, the final few moves were not actually played out and Poole DID resign after HAL claimed mate. That annotation probably SHOULD be included in Black's 15th move, but I think we just added the final moves for amusement's sake.... :-) jm
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