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Subject: Re: Shep Championship: Fritz 5.16 - Shredder II 1-0 (brilliant game!)

Author: Alois Ganter

Date: 05:46:50 10/31/98

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Does this mean that Fritz plays speculation rook sacrifices without calculating
properly!?!

Alois


On October 30, 1998 at 05:18:48, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>On October 30, 1998 at 00:08:08, Howard Exner wrote:
>>
>>Here on black's move 21 let Fritz have a long think here. Instead of
>>Qe5 does it come up with Rg8! That move looks like it keeps a comfortable
>>black win in hand. It needs further confirmation though from programs
>>as I don't totally trust my ability in this position. If Rg8 holds on it
>>does not detract from Rxg7 as it seems to be White's best practical choice
>>from a poor position. Does any program play Rg8 here instead of Qe5?
>
>"DarkThought" chooses 21. Rg8 after 15 sec. in iteration #10 and scores it as
>roughly +2 for Black. Then, in iteration #12 it switsches to 21. h5 after
>2 min. and fails high on 21. h5 later (score >= +3).
>
>Instead of 20. Rxg7 "DarkThought" suggests to play 20. Bd4 which it scores
>as leading to nearly equal play (only slight advantage for Black).
>
>=Ernst=



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