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Subject: Re: Seirawan analysis of Chessmaster 9000-Christiansen match,For John M.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:52:35 10/09/02

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On October 09, 2002 at 16:52:37, martin fierz wrote:

>On October 09, 2002 at 15:51:26, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On October 09, 2002 at 15:12:24, martin fierz wrote:
>>
>>>On October 09, 2002 at 15:07:16, John Merlino wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 09, 2002 at 11:01:45, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 09, 2002 at 05:02:15, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://chessmaster.ubi.com/NR/exeres/DDFE83D9-77B9-40D8-852F-EA1D1B982B28.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The analysis seems very interresting, but could we get the analysis in pgn
>>>>>>format?
>>>>>>It's way easyer to look at it while browsing the game
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There's a big error in the analysis.  In game 3, 58...f2+ was indeed losing as
>>>>>stated, but Black had at least a draw with 58...Rf4!  The article says Black was
>>>>>lost anyway.
>>>>
>>>>I would not necessarily call this an error. It appears to be Yasser's opinion
>>>>that Black is lost after the rook sacrifice. He is probably in the minority with
>>>>this opinion, but this opinion does have the advantage that the result of the
>>>>game itself bears it out.
>>>
>>>...which only makes it worse! that is no advantage at all, that's just
>>>commenting according to result, which is a common error.
>>>there is another error in that Qh1+ instead of ..f3 will draw, and it's not even
>>>mentioned in the analysis. yasser just didnt look at some critical lines and you
>>>say that that is an advantage??
>>>
>>>aloha
>>>  martin
>>
>>I was not saying anything about the analysis being correct or incorrect, because
>>I was saying that it appears to be his opinion that the game is lost after the
>>rook sacrifice. This is obvious given his comments:
>>
>>"difficult to fathom"
>>"the best he can achieve following his Rook sacrifice"
>>
>>I AM sure that he looked at the critical lines. Yasser is a pro.
>>
>>jm
>
>you know, it is completely un-obvious that ...Qh1+ instead of ...f3 loses (e.g.
>susan polgar, also a pro, suggested that it even wins!), and it is also
>completely unobvious that the Rf4 move instead of f2+ loses. yasser does not
>even mention those moves! if he had seriously looked at them, he would either
>have given a refutation, or have suggested them as improvement.
>throughout the whole game 3 commentary i get the impression that yaz is not
>happy with the way larry plays this game. no wonder, because it's completely
>against his style (but in larry's style).
>why don't you just ask yaz about these moves? i'll bet you he will change his
>mind :-)
>or can you come up with a refutation of my claim that Qh1+ instead of ...f3 will
>lead to a draw?
>
>aloha
>  martin

I, personally, certainly could not refute anything that any GM says! I'm just a
patzer. However, Seirawan does mention Qh1+ in the annotation for 58...f2+. So,
I expect that he felt that Qh1+ in that position is superior to the
not-mentioned Rf4, but who am I to say?

I do not know how to contact Yasser, so that is not an option.

jm



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