Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 00:33:35 03/05/03
I played the following game between Knight Dreamer and Rebel Century 4.0 and
it finished in 20 seconds with a draw, from the opening book!
Why Knight-Dreamer has an opening book with this line?
Is there any better move instead of 8.Ng5 which leads to
an almost forced draw?
Yes there is 8.Bxf7 and we have a sharp game.
But also Rebel Century played for a draw.It played with tournament
mode on, so it had to play lines in the opening that favor it.
But it played 7...Bg4?? although there is 8.Ng5 that leads to a draw.
Well after a move different than 7...Bg4 Rebel thinks white
is slightly better, but i don't like the idea to play for a draw
in the first 10 moves to avoid a slightly worst position (Rebel thinks white is
better by +0.12 (nothing) after 12 plies after 7...Bf5).
I even found 20 games with this opening line.
Why people play such damn lines?
And why an engine like Rebel has this line in it's opening book in
tournament mode.
Also Shredder's 7 book has this line and will play it with
black even with tournament book. Why did they add this line when the engine play
with black pieces. Why allow Shredder play 7...Bg4?
if there is a clear draw after 8.Ng5.To take a draw?
Every top engine is supposed to play for a win and not a draw.
No one of the top GM's would play such a game.
I changed Shredder's book so it don't play again this line(I
added ?? after 7...Bg4 in the opening book).
Does anyone know how this can be done in Rebel's book?
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knight-Dreamer"]
[Black "Rebel Century 4.0"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20/09"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Time "22:03:30"]
[Variation "Huebner variation (3...Nf6)"]
[TimeControl "40/2400:40/2400:2400"]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Ng5 Bxd1
9.Bxf7+ Kd7 10.Be6+ Ke8 11.Bf7+ Kd7 12.Be6+ Ke8 13.Bf7+ Kd7 14.Be6+ {3-fold
repetition} 1/2-1/2
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