Author: Rex
Date: 21:51:01 12/22/02
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Chessmaster9000 likes Bf4 with black Qd8 then Kb1. On December 22, 2002 at 22:36:23, Howard Exner wrote: >This position is from one of the SSDF Games. Ct15 played Rg1 allowing Bxa2. >After this white's position gradually fell apart into an eventual loss. >I was puzzled by this but then remembered how programmers try to deal with the >"trapped bishop" theme. ie: Bxa2 followed by b2-b3 and then the bishop capture. >However this case does not apply here for obvious reasons of the kingside being >exposed. What do other programs prefer. Rebel XP for example plays c4. Is there >an oversight here in the implementation of the trapped bishop theme? > >[D] r4rk1/p1p1bppp/1p1qpn2/3bN1B1/3P3P/3B4/PPP1QPP1/2KR3R w - -
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