Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:51:52 01/13/03
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On January 13, 2003 at 14:29:51, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Lieven, > >You are correct Sir. Nemeth's attack is an unsound one. Kasparov would ream him >a new "you know what" if Nemeth played like this. Hiarcs 8.0 even on my slow PII >333 chose g7-g6 after a couple of seconds. Mr. Nemeth appears to like blitz >chess in order to show his superiority over "dumb" programs. His posts are >amusing however. > Are you sure Fritz 8 is "dumber" HIARCS 8? I doubt it! >TJF > >On January 13, 2003 at 10:36:44, Lieven Clarisse wrote: > >>On January 12, 2003 at 17:19:23, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On January 12, 2003 at 17:15:46, Luis Smith wrote: >>> >>>>In a recent Ed Nemeth vs. Fritz game the following position occoured >>>> >>>>[D] rnbq3r/pppp1kpp/8/2b4Q/3pn3/8/PP3PPP/RNB1K1NR b KQ - 0 7 >>>> >>>>Fritz chose to play Ke6 rather than b7-b6, which seems much more sound to me. >>>>Is there something hidden in the b7-b6 move which contains a hidden attack for >>>>White that I cannot see? Or is it simply "one of those things" that computers >>>>do? >>>> >>>>Aristarch 4.4 and Yace 0.99.56 along with several other of the top programs >>>>opted for Ke6...why? >>>> >>>>Reguards >>>>Luis >>> >>>You mean g7-g6, and if that is played rather than Ke6, Qd5+! wins. >>> >>>Terry >> >> >>I don't think so, white queen cannot take knight, otherwise has to face queen >>loss (rook e8). Yes I see that, but White can complicate with Qd5+! The N or B can be snagged later without the Rel threat. But it's not easy for White to win. Maybe White can't, but in blitz even comps., screw up! Terry
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