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Subject: Re: Move......Rg6........Too Risky for white...! Not for a strong player

Author: Thomas Lagershausen

Date: 07:08:28 08/07/04

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On August 07, 2004 at 09:53:25, Rob Basham wrote:

>On August 07, 2004 at 08:51:51, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>[D]3r2rk/3n1pp1/2p1b2p/3q3P/pp1PNQ2/2P2P2/PP6/KB4RR w - - 0 29
>>
>>In this speedchessgame in round two of the fide-wcc 2004 the IM Neelotpal
>>(2457)found with 29.Rg1-g6 !! with the thread to sacrifice the rook on h6 the
>>strongest move to show that white is not(!) worse in this position.
>>
>>I bet that every computer of the world wouldn´t have found this in a compareable
>>time.
>>
>>So this is a lesson in tactics where computers can learn form human players.
>>
>>Do you agree?
>>
>>TL
>
>This move...Rg6 is too "risky" for computers to find...
>Even with rooks at g1 and g2, the best move is Nf6!
>
>If this GM won by playing Rg6, I think he (or she) was just having a lucky
>day.....:-)
>
>However, I agree with you, it is a great surprise move, but white's evaluation
>drops emediately!
>
>But like many of the Paul Morphy "great moves"....most chess computers just do
>not find them
>(because they are too risky)!
>
>Rob

Nobody understands your term "too risky". If you see the variation than you will
win with white by best play. If not you have a uncomfortable position with
white. It is a question of calculating and nothing else.

TL



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