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Subject: Re: Computer difficulties

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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