Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 10:18:01 10/31/02
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On October 31, 2002 at 12:11:50, stuart taylor wrote: >What I'm really interested in is REAL genius. When I was younger, sacrifices >which are quite normal for me to imagine now, were then quite unbelievable. > But now, whenever I think something might be really great, a computer normally >shows it not too be sound. In fact, I haven't seen anything truly extraordinary >and unexpected for a long time. Perhaps I'm already familiar with all the >warning signs that one encounters in practical games, so things are not so >unbelievable-for me. > Didn't Tal have some things which no one else would have imagined? were they >sound? > But I mean REALLY unexpected! >S.Taylor [D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 24 There are some warning sings here, but it would never even occur to me that Rxd4 is playable, let alone correct. I remember at that time the combination was considered unfindable. Nowadays Sjeng finds it in half a minute. -- GCP
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