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Subject: Re: Ashley-Nakamura

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 06:21:49 01/13/03

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the 2 hosts of chess fm are below expert rated players. they rely upon the
judgement of an im guest and crafty engine. they run a live show and tend to
focus on a single game, which was not the game you cited.
i think they do a pretty good job of entertaining and instructing their audience
even though they can't see everything you do.




On January 12, 2003 at 21:02:54, Will Singleton wrote:

>The Ashley-Nakamura game today was fascinating, with great play and blunders all
>around.
>
>Big blunder 1:  Nakamura played Rd8 after very long think, which should lose
>outright.  Nc5 was the correct move.
>[D]r3k2r/1b1nb1p1/pq2Bn1p/1p2p1B1/8/2N4Q/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 b kq -
>
>
>Then, in a completely won position, Ashley blunders bigtime with Nd5.
>[D]3k3r/1b4p1/pq1rB2p/1p2Q3/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/2K1R3 w - -
>
>
>A word about chess_fm: they provide an interesting service, but strangely they
>tend to miss the relevant moves of the games they cover.  When Nakamura won,
>they had no idea why.  When Larry C won, they had no idea why.  How tough can it
>be, when a guy like me with little chess knowledge can see far more than they?
>
>Will



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