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Subject: Re: ...Bxh2, a book move?

Author: Pierre Bourget

Date: 15:42:21 02/06/03

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On February 06, 2003 at 17:59:11, GuyHaworth wrote:

>
>Due to a late-running dinner, I linked up with the chess.fm/ICGA broadcasts of
>Game 5 just as 10...Bxh2+ was being played.
>
>Shipov (worldchessrating) says that Junior played this quickly:  timings would
>be interesting - doesn't sound like the regulation 3 minutes.
>
>After 11.Kxh2, I noted chess.fm saying that DJ was now out of book.
>
>
>Are these two pointers to the fact that 10...Bxh2+ was a book move?
>
>If so, although one cannot assume that all moves left in book are ok for the
>engine, I think the DJ team do a thorough job.  Is it therefore reasonably to
>conclude that it had already been thoroughly analysed and found to be good for
>DEEP JUNIOR?
>
>Is it in any other opening books - part of opening theory - or is it a Boris
>special TN?
>
>
>Presumably, the jury is still out on 16.g3?  Are the lines being collected
>together anywhere?  I'm getting the impression that White might have been up no
>more than a pawn in computer-scoring terms but that it was v much a 'computer'
>type of position afterwards.
>
>g

I don't think it was a book move since DJ take some time to play it ,about 3 min
if i remember well.En passant Amyan 1.57 is one of the rare program that play
Bxh2+ ,under a minute on my computer !

Pierre



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