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Subject: Re: VK v DF - What A Difference A Queen Makes!

Author: martin fierz

Date: 09:15:28 10/15/02

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On October 15, 2002 at 11:41:02, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On October 15, 2002 at 11:27:54, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On October 15, 2002 at 11:23:20, Graham Laight wrote:
>>
>>>In the first four games, we saw Fritz embarass itself with its inability to make
>>>any progress.
>>>
>>>Now, by selecting openings where the queens stay on, they win two games in a row
>>>(assuming Fritz completes the job on this won game).
>>>
>>>What an incredible difference keeping the queens on the board has made!
>
>>Kramnik had a winning position until 19. Nxf7, which appears to not have been a
>>sound sacrifice, though it is still a little unclear.
>
>Maybe 19.Nxf7 simply wins against any human, against a comp better have it
>calculated 100% right!
>
>anti-computer strategy says: 19.Bd5! Rf8 20.bxc4!
>
>[d]2rq1rk1/p2n1ppp/bp1N1b2/3B4/PBPp4/6P1/5P1P/R2Q1RK1 b - -
>
>And black is completely paralysed.
>
>Ed

so much for kramnik being 100% prepared against fritz. i think it cannot be said
often enough that against the comps it is best to avoid tactics, except if you
are 100% sure that they are in your favor. if you are right then this had to be
played. however, i'm not sure that 19. ..Rf8 is forced -it's only an exchange...
not having a chess program handy i'll suggest something like 19...c3 as a
possible improvement and leave it up to the guys with computers to see if ...Rf8
is forced!

aloha
  martin



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