Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:36:40 12/14/98
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On December 14, 1998 at 04:43:57, blass uri wrote: > >On December 14, 1998 at 04:07:12, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >> >>On December 14, 1998 at 00:12:19, blass uri wrote: >> >>>I do not know if it is a good sacrifice. >>>I suggest a simple test for it. >>>can you beat chessmaster,fritz5,Junior5 with the sacrifice(You have the right to >>>take back moves)? >>> >>>If you cannot then I suspect that it is a wrong sacrifice. >> >>I think this has to do with what a "real sacrifice" is. >> >>I wouldn't use the term to describe a situation where a piece is sacrificed in >>return for massive compensation against the king, in the form of increased >>tactical complexity. I would tend to use it in a case where you're still >>playing chess after the sacrifice, a case where there aren't extremely specific >>threats that need to be made and defended against, a case where there are >>resources for either side, and where compensation tends to be long-range. > >If the sacrifice is right then you can prove it by a game against programs. >I did not say a short game. >If you cannot beat chess programs by the sacrifice even after many moves when >you have the right to take back moves then I suspect that the sacrifice is >wrong. It doesn't matter if it's right, or if you win as a result, it's still real. The notion that you can't have a real sacrifice in a blitz game doesn't make sense. bruce
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