Author: Robin Smith
Date: 10:32:16 10/08/04
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On October 07, 2004 at 21:34:04, John Merlino wrote:
>On October 07, 2004 at 16:35:21, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>[Event "?"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "????.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
>>[Black "Junior"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "B90"]
>>[Annotator "Robot 1"]
>>[PlyCount "83"]
>>
>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
>>Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 h4 14. O-O h3 15.
>>g3 O-O 16. Na5 Qc7 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Rac1 e4 20. f4 Qd7 21. c5 dxc5
>>22. bxc5 Bf8 23. d6 Nc6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Rb3 g6 27. Nb6 Bg7 28. Nd5
>>Qd7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bc4 a5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Rb5 a4 33. Qe2 Bg7 34. Bd5 Ra7 35.
>>Kf2 Bf6 36. Rb6 Kf8 37. Rdb1 Bg7 38. g4 Bh8 39. Kg3 f5 40. g5 Qh7 41. Bxc6 bxc6
>>42. Rxc6 {Junior Team resigned 1-0} 1-0
>>
>>There is a lot to do for the computers to reach this level of chess. Sorry, but
>>i have to say this, because here in germany we have this "experts" from the
>>css-magazine that told us every day that the computers are too strong for
>>2700-Elo players. Sorry, but people with this view of the world have to learn a
>>lot about chess. It´s always the same, if you don´t learn positionalchess you
>>will never play in the league of 2700 Elo.
>>
>>TL
>
>A great game, no doubt. Junior was backpedalling pretty much the entire game
>after the ill-advised series of h-pawn pushes, culminating in 14...h3?
>
></Conspiracy Theory On>
>However, I have an odd feeling that this game was prematurely resigned. White is
>only up a pawn in material, and humans can make tactical mistakes that can get
>crushed by the computer, especially when all of the major pieces are still on
>the board.
>
>Somebody with a little more horsepower can judge the ending position, but
>CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500 after three minutes still shows a score of only a little
>over +2 for White, which doesn't look like resignation territory to me.
></Conspiracy Theory Off>
>
>jm
Hi John,
When to resign is somewhat a matter of taste, however in the final position
there is little to no hope; the connected passed pawns are killers and White's
king is quite safe. Most programs agree (Fritz, Shredder, Junior, Hiarcs,
Tiger), seeing 3 or more pawns advantage. Shredder even goes so far as to say +6
after a few minutes. I think CM9's eval is too low here.
-Robin
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