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

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 06:36:15 05/14/04

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On May 14, 2004 at 09:30:57, stuart taylor wrote:

>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

Well, Blacks light squared bishop is quite bad, and his QR and Q are not well
placed for defence. That might indeed be worth more than a third pawn.
S.Taylor



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