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Subject: Re: Dj vs. GK game 4 - GREAT GAME, my Congratulation!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:26:57 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 04:04:39, Uri Blass wrote:

>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

depth=17 +0.96 b7a8 c2e3 c7c1 f1c1 e5c6 d4b2 d6d5 e4d5 f6d5 e3d5 e6d5 e2b5 f8c8
g1f2 e7d8 f3f4 d8b6 f2f3 d5d4 b5c6 a8c6 f3g4
Nodes: 722088416 NPS: 162233
Time: 01:14:10.92

I wonder if there is something that Movei does not see
Maybe I will try better programs to see if white has something here

Mobvei see clear advantage for black even after more than an hour of search.

[D]5rk1/1br1bppp/P2ppn2/4n3/3BP3/1P3P1P/P1N1B1P1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 21

Uri



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