Author: Will Singleton
Date: 12:37:29 06/22/03
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On June 22, 2003 at 06:27:26, Andrew Williams wrote: >Hi, > >PostModernist lost a game against Amateur on ICC this morning. When I had a >brief look at PM's output, I noticed that the score had been +0.47 on one move >and went down to -5.2 on the next. The move that Amateur found was 29...Rf4: > >[D] 4r1k1/5pp1/p6p/3Q1Pb1/1B1p3P/1P1P4/PPq2rP1/1R1R3K b - - bm Rf4 > >It seems that PostModernist went wrong on move 28. I *believe* that 28.Rf1 is >better in this position than 28.h4? However, I still don't like the look of >Amateur's attack: > >[D] 4r1k1/5pp1/p6p/5Pb1/1B1p4/1P1P1Q2/PPq1r1PP/1R1R3K w - - > > Yeah, as you surmise, h4 leaves white dead. If Rf1 instead, black still seems to have a good deal of pressure. I set the position up after Rc1 and let Amateur play black against Yace and Ruffian. Both games ended in draws, though Amateur had almost a won position late in the Yace game. I liked the way the attack was set up. Not hard, giving up a backward pawn for attacking chances, but still a nice way to open the C file. From the following position: [D]r1q2rk1/1p3ppp/p3bb2/3p4/3p1P2/1B1P1Q2/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 16 Bg4 Qxd5 Be6 Qf3 BxB cxb3... Then, in the next position, Re3 sacs the b pawn. I guess the idea is to get pressure around the king, but I'm surprised it would value the move so highly. Other progs don't want to make this move, probably because it's unsound. Sometimes speculative play works, I guess. [D]4r1k1/1p2rppp/p4b2/5P2/1B1p4/1P1P1Q2/PPq3PP/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 24 9 0 447 1541188 Rc7 Bd6 Re3 Qf2 Qxf2 Kxf2 Rc2 Kf1 Re2 g4 Rxb2 Rxb2 Rxb2 10 -5 826 2924787 Rc7 Bd6 Re3 Qf1 Rd7 Rc1 Qxd3 Qxd3 Rxd3 Rc8 Rd8 11 -14 1756 6211758 Rc7 Bd6 Rd7 Bf4 Qc5 Re1 Re7 Rxe7 Rxe7 Bb8 Qc2 Qd1 12 -43 3758 13419790 Rc7 Bd6 Rd7 Bf4 Qc5 Re1 Re7 Rxe7 Qxe7 Rc1 Bh4 g3 Bf6 9 -43 3758 13419791 Rc7 10 -43 3896 13949802 Rc7 11 -43 4098 14766745 Rc7 11 -40 4726 16953976 Re3 Qxb7 Re2 Kh1 Bg5 Ba5 12 -36 5980 21493556 Re3 Qxb7 Re2 Kh1 Bg5 Qd5 Rd8 Qf3 Re8 Bd6 Be3
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