Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:04:39 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 02:59:18, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 02:12:30, J Mike wrote: > >>On February 03, 2003 at 00:13:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >> >>>This is an opening that worked 20+ years ago. David Levy used it to beat >>>Chess 4.x, and then Cray Blitz, in his much-publicized "wager". But it is >>>no longer something that a program can't handle, if it understands anything >>>about blocked pawns at all. >>> >>>He was fortunate that this didn't go nuclear in his face... >>> >>>I'd be surprised if he tries it again in game 6. >> >>The comp actually played the position very badly. h3 and latter a3??? What the >>hell was that? Even an 1800 won't play moves like h3 and a3 ... Kasprov should >>have tried b5 after a3 or maybe b5 one move before a3 .. The comp was lucky that >>this didn't go nuclear in it's face ... > >actually this was the best game of DJ so far. >17...b5? 18.cxb5 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Rxc3 20.Bd4 Rxc7 21.bxa6 with big advantage for >white. Movei cannot see the big advantage for white Are you sure that the sacrifice is correct? I will give Movei more time but after your line Movei says 0.8 pawns for black. depth=12 +0.82 b7a8 c2e3 c7c1 f1c1 e5c6 d4b2 f6d7 c1d1 d7c5 e2c4 e7g5 e3c2 g5f4 Nodes: 14530425 NPS: 166271 Time: 00:01:27.39 depth=13 +0.82 b7a8 c2e3 c7c1 f1c1 e5c6 d4b2 d6d5 e4d5 f6d5 e3d5 e6d5 e2b5 f8c8 b2d4 Nodes: 24806449 NPS: 165718 Time: 00:02:29.69 depth=13 +0.82 b7a8 c2e3 c7c1 f1c1 e5c6 d4b2 d6d5 e4d5 f6d5 e3d5 e6d5 e2b5 f8c8 b2d4 Nodes: 28468215 NPS: 166451 Time: 00:02:51.03 depth=14 +0.80 b7a8 c2e3 c7c1 f1c1 e5c6 d4b2 e7d8 g1f2 f6h5 e2b5 d8h4 f2g1 h4g5 c1e1 h5g3 e3c4 Nodes: 44885197 NPS: 167350 Time: 00:04:28.21 Uri
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