Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:35:05 01/20/03
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On January 20, 2003 at 15:15:23, Richard Pijl wrote: >On January 20, 2003 at 13:12:06, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 20, 2003 at 12:39:51, Richard Pijl wrote: >> >>>CCT5 was the first time that the Baron participated in an online tournament and >>>from the seeding I understood that it would be one of the large group of >>>outsiders. Nonetheless I was hoping for a nice result >>> >>>But opposition was tough. The first game against Movei was very equal until >>>Movei allowed the Baron's rooks (pigs according to IM Schroer) to reach the 7th >>>rank. The game was over soon after that. >> >>I believe that Movei got an advantage during the game and Movei could win by >>Kg3 instead of Kg1 > >I agree that Kg3 is better than Kg1. I'm not sure that Movei will win after that >though. >> >>I believe that Thebaron simply underestimated passed pawns when it did not agree >>with that opinion. > >The Baron was quite optimistic on his own chances, I agree. But still, I don't >think it is a clear cut win. >> >>I am not sure if Kg1 is losing because the passed pawns are still dangerous. >> >>Movei's last chance for a swindle was 54.g6 that set the following trap: >> >>[D]k7/1p6/p2pp3/P3p1P1/1P2Pn1P/3P2B1/r1r5/5Q1K w - - 0 54 >> >>54.g6 Nh5 55.Qg1 Nxg3+?(Kb8 is winning) 56.Qxg3 and the white pawns give white a >>draw or a win dependent on the decisions of the opponent. >> >>I think that the position after Qg1 is a good test position >> >>[D]k7/1p6/p2pp1P1/P3p2n/1P2P2P/3P2B1/r1r5/6QK b - - 0 55 am Nxg3+ >> > >It takes Baron just 3 seconds with a clean hashtable to find Kb8. > >Richard. I thought that it is a good trap because yace and crafty cannot find Kb8 in a reasonable time. Baron seems to be more than 100 times faster than them(I admit that I did not try the latest versions but I doubt if they do better. If it can only be 100 time faster than them in all positions it will become a champion. Uri
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