Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:21:59 10/28/98
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On October 28, 1998 at 21:56:53, Peter Kappler wrote: >On October 28, 1998 at 15:09:21, Will Singleton wrote: > >>All, >> >>In a game last night on ICC, my program had the following position: >> >>r2q1rk1/pp1bppbp/5np1/2Pp4/5B2/2NBP3/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - >> >>White's last move was 10.dxc5. The logical move is 10...Qa5, allowing for the >>recapture of the white pawn. But it switched in ply 7 to 10...Rc8, permitting >>11.b4, leaving white a pawn up. >> >>I thought this was a bug until I ran gnuchess on it, and it also switched to >>10...Rc8 after awhile. Hiarcs, on the other hand, shows +0.80 for white after >>that move. >> >>My thought is that some programs might consider white's position weakened enough >>to offset the loss of the pawn (looks like white might end up with 2 doubled >>pawns). But I consider 10...Rc8 a bad move, since it gives up a pawn >>speculatively, with no real advantage to show for it. I lost the game (against >>Hossa), unable to push any advantage. >> >>What do other programs think of 10...Rc8? >> >>Will > > >Will, > >I think 10...Rc8 is a good move. You mentioned that this allows 11.b4, holding >the pawn, but 11...b6 seems like a good response. I don't see any way for White >to hold on to that pawn. In fact, I think 11.b4 is a weak move which weakens >White's queenside pawn structure, and gives Black's g7 bishop more scope. > >Oh, my program likes 10...Qc8. > >--Peter Hi Peter, I'm not the best chessplayer in the world, so I will have to admit to a certain level of confusion re your comments. You say the line 10...Rc8 11.b4 b6 is good for Black?? What about 12.Ba6? You say that White can't hold the pawn, but I don't see it. What is the continuation? Will
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