Author: Jason Kent
Date: 15:40:44 03/06/04
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On March 06, 2004 at 18:25:47, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On March 06, 2004 at 18:18:57, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>Sometimes you just play a move because you just want to know what comes out of
>>it. And to quote Tal "I don't know if it is sound, but if it's difficult for me,
>>it's difficult for him". I am only a mediocre chess player, but do play chess
>>with friends on a regular basis. Here is one fun (well at least for me) game I
>>played this evening:
>>
>>[Event "?"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2004.03.07"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Bas Hamstra"]
>>[Black "Hans Serier"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>
>>1. e3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 {4s} a6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8.
>>Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Qh4 Ng6
>>
>>[D] r1b2rk1/1pq2ppp/p2b1nn1/2pp4/7Q/1PN1PN2/PBPPB1PP/R4RK1 w - -
>>
>>12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd5 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Kh8 15. h4 h5 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Ng5 Nxh4 18.
>>Ng4+ f6 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nxd8 Rf8 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24.
>>Nf7 1-0
>>
>>The computer found some holes, especially 20. ... Rxf6? seems to be sub-optimal.
>>But still, to play a long-term queen-sac and win the game is *extremely*
>>satisfying :-)
>>
>
>I would never have even thought of that move. I am very sure I would never play
>it. And another thing; if I am playing against a decent player and he makes a
>move like that, it always scares the pants off of me. I can see that there is
>no way he makes that move by accident, so I am going to assume a deep tactic or
>sacrifice. So I would probably study for a very, very long time to try to
>understand why. Likely, I would not have figured out the reason, which will
>leave me even more uneasy.
>
>I think if you had played that game against me with the same output, I would
>have been disturbed by it for several hours afterwards.
Ditto, Mr. Corbit. I react exactly the same as you when people gambit anything
over a pawn.
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