Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 12:28:16 04/03/03
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On April 03, 2003 at 13:55:16, Peter Berger wrote:
>On April 03, 2003 at 13:07:53, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On April 03, 2003 at 08:36:40, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>Which chess engine, Winboard or UCI, understands positional games very well and
>>>is best at long time control games?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>>Eran
>>
>>No engines understand positional chess very well. Even the commercials dont.
>>
>>Many Capablanca games are good to test engines.
>>Here is an example from Winter-Capablanca Hastings 1919:
>>
>>[D] r4rk1/ppp2p2/3b3p/2p1p1p1/4P3/3P1PBP/PPP2P2/R4RK1 b - - 0 15
>>
>>White was lost after 15...f6!.
>>All engines I have tested like to play f5 sooner or later.
>>This is a mistake because white is able to draw after exf5.
>
>I can understand to some extent why f5 could be bad, but I don't get what is so
>great about ..f6. It would be nice if you could post the annotations, too, or
>maybe add some explanation.
>
>Thanks,
>Peter
[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nd5 $2 g5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. gxf3 f6 $1 {
The white bishop is in the cage and has no chances to get out.} 16. Kg2 a5 {
Black is actually a piece up. He prepares an approach on the queenside.} 17. a4
Kf7 18. Rh1 Ke6 19. h4 Rfb8 20. hxg5 hxg5 {Opening the h-file does not help
White as Black has no weaknesses on the kingside.} 21. b3 c6 22. Ra2 b5 23.
Rha1 c4 $1 24. axb5 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rxb5 26. Ra4 Rxb3 27. d4 Rb5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29.
Rxc6 Rxd4 0-1
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