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Subject: Re: CSTal2.03 - Shredder8 2nd game - Great !

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 06:30:57 05/14/04

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On May 13, 2004 at 15:02:17, Harald Faber wrote:

>On May 13, 2004 at 14:01:47, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>On May 13, 2004 at 12:47:25, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>CSTal2.03 - Shredder8, cst2.03-shredder8 2004
>>
>>[D]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/p1bppn1p/1p6/4P3/P1N1BP2/1PPQB1PP/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
>>
>>CSTal2.03 played now Bxh6!! Very strong tactical move.
>>
>>Eduard
>
>
>In clearly more than 90% of such CSTal sacs they had come up as incorrect and
>later on CSTal lost. This example here is just a lucky punch. If Bxh6 wouldn't
>work, CSTal would play it anyway.

And in this case it's a perfect winning sacrifice? (I can't easily follow games
with my computer as I don't have the setup for it).
It gets 2 Pawns for a Bishop, and hurts Black King position, but is there so
much after that? (Or did Shredder 8 just defend badly?)
S.Taylor



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