Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 05:17:04 12/15/98
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On December 11, 1998 at 05:45:44, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>On December 10, 1998 at 16:34:20, Georg Langrath wrote:
>
>>In the begining chesscomputers never made real sacrifices for position. Super
>>Constellation was the first chesscomputer that was able to do that.
>>
>>Dear members of CCC. Have you nice examples of genuine sacrifices from your
>>chesscomputers? They are nice to look at, and it is interesting to examine if
>>other programs make the sacrifice. Of course all sacrifices are not healthy, but
>>they are always nice to look at, especially from chesscomputers.
>>
>>Please answer this notice with sacrifices from your computers. I think we all
>>like to examine them.
>
>Here is one against a strong human in a blitz game. The move 6. ... d5
>sacrifices a pawn, is by no means forced, and black's compensation is nebulous.
>I asked an IM what he thought of this move and he told me it was "stupid".
>
>bruce
>
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>
>[Event "ICC 5 5 12/22/97"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "1997.12.22"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "KTW"]
>[Black "Ferret"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "2847"]
>[BlackElo "3103"]
>[ECO "A22"]
>[NIC "EO.11"]
>[LongECO "English: Bremen, Smyslov system"]
>
> 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6
> 6. Bg5 d5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5
>11. Bg2 Rd8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4
>16. O-O Be6 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 e4 19. Nxe4 Bxf2+
>{White resigns} 0-1
Maybe the IM is wrong. Black seems to get a huge development for the pawn.
Even before 14. Qb3, I didn't think White's position was so hot.
But yeah, it is a little surprising. :-)
But hmm, would it be as much of a surprise if it was white sacrificing a pawn
for a large development advantage in the Sicilian? We know that's been done
before!
Dave Gomboc
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