Author: Joshua Haglund
Date: 00:17:47 11/28/02
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On November 27, 2002 at 23:25:02, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 27, 2002 at 15:18:27, bobby palacios wrote: > >>On November 27, 2002 at 14:55:34, Joshua Haglund wrote: >> >>>On November 27, 2002 at 14:50:25, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On November 27, 2002 at 14:39:34, Joshua Haglund wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 27, 2002 at 10:52:09, bobby palacios wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>[D] r3qrk1/pp1b3p/1nn1pbp1/3p2N1/3P4/2N5/PPB2PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Here is a position that occured in a game between Ruffian vs Hiarcs 7.32 at game >>>>>>in 25. Ruffian won the game with a brilliant attack, but does Hiarcs 7.32 have >>>>>>better defensive moves? >>>>>> >>>>>>The game continued: >>>>>> >>>>>>17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Bxg6 Qe7 20.Re3 Be8 21.Rg3 Bxg6 22.Rxg6+ Bg7 >>>>>>23. Bh6 Rf5 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Re1 e5 26. Qh5 Qe8 27.Nb5 Nc4 28. b3 a6 29. Nc3 Nb6 >>>>>>30. dxe5 Re7 31. Qg5 Qf8 32. Re3 Nd4 33. Rxb6 Rc8 34. Rf6 Qe8 35. Rg6 Qf8 >>>>>>36. Bxg7 Rxg7 37. Qh5 Rxg6 38. Qxg6+ 1-0 >>>>> >>>>>If I were playing this game I would of definately taken the h7 pawn! I came up >>>>>with a Sicilian version along with an Advanced version of the French Defense >>>>>that led to a rather quick mate. While my rating is only around twenty two >>>>>hundred, I think if a computer isn't programmed good enough, if it doen't even >>>>>consider the gamble or possiblity of such a sacrafice, it's not programmed well >>>>>enough. >>>>> >>>>>Joshua >>>>>toneewa@yahoo.com >>>> >>>>You can be sure that almost every program considers Nxh7. >>>>They do not choose it as the best move but it is another story. >>>> >>>>programs consider millions of lines and you can be sure that if the program has >>>>no bug Nxh7 is the first move of part of them. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>Indeed, that might be the case, but unlike Ruffian it does see the move rather >>>quick. Thus, showing with rather impressive wins against top engines. >>> >>>Thanks for you response. :) >>> >>>Joshua >>>toneewa@yahoo.com >> >>Ruffian along with TheKing are two programs that are fun to watch. They seem to >>have "intuition" and are less materialistic than other programs (sacrificing for >>an attack). They may not be the best, but I prefer their style over Tiger or >>Fritz. > > > >Chess Tiger 15.0 Gambit aggressive style would play Nxh7 instantly. It then >rejects it in favor of Be3, then picks Nxh7 again in 1min 24s (P4-1.6GHz, 96Mb >hash). > >You want to see something fun to watch? Try Tiger with the Gambit styles... > > > > Christophe I like Chess Tiger's playing style. It's rating is so high on chess servers (ICC) Great program! Joshua toneewa@yahoo.com
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