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Subject: Re: Deep Junior's 17...Rae8

Author: Rex

Date: 06:08:20 01/27/03

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Running my personal settings on CM9000 it played Rae8 also.


00:00:00.0	-1.34	3001	1827	Rae8 Qb4 Nb6 Nxe8 Rxe8
00:00:00.0	-1.34	3001	1827	Rae8 Qb4 Nb6 Nxe8 Rxe8
00:00:00.0	-1.13	4001	6039	Rae8 Qb4 Ba6 Nxe8 Rxe8
00:00:00.2	-1.34	5001	32684	Rae8 Qb4 Ba6 Nxe8 Rxe8 Qd6
00:00:00.7	-1.10	6001	91647	Rae8 Qb4 Rb8 Qa5 Nf4 Bxf4 exf4
00:00:02.2	-0.95	7001	317792	Rae8 Qb4 Rb8 h4 Ba6 Qc3 Nf4 Bxf4 exf4
00:00:04.7	-0.89	8001	714447	Rae8 Qb4 Rb8 Qa5 Nf4 Bxf4 exf4 Kb1 Qc5
00:00:19.7	-0.66	9001	3180050	Rae8 Qd2 Rb8 Rhe1 Qa4 Kb1 Ba8 Qc3 Nf4
00:00:47.0	-0.81	10001	7812137	Rae8 Qb4 Rb8 Bxa7 Nf4 Bxb8 Rxb8 Qxc4





On January 27, 2003 at 08:00:07, Mike Hood wrote:

>Like many other spectators I was surprised by Deep Junior's 17th move.
>
>[D] r4rk1/pb1n1ppp/2qN4/4p1Pn/2p1P3/2Q1BN2/PP3P1P/2KR3R b - - 0 17
>
>The quality sacrifice seems to achieve nothing. Chessbase's commentary on the
>move is "Gives a rook for a knight in order to save the pawn on e5" and gives a
>brief alternative line. I'm sure there is more to it than this. Could someone
>please post an analysis of what would have happened if DJ had played other
>moves, in particular Rab8? I don't see how Rab8 could have lead to anything
>worse than what actually happened.



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