Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:42:23 10/23/04
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On October 23, 2004 at 23:07:19, Tanya Deborah wrote:
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>Hi!
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>Is really amazing to see the way that this engine, play in some games. Is very
>very strong in tactics! and have always a very agressive style. There are some
>games, that are very impressive, ans seems that this engine is better than any
>other engine playing agresively. The King understand very well, how to atack!,
>how to push against the enemy King with some of wonderfull sacrifices and like
>to play even down in material in many games. For a long time i was testing this
>program, and i can say that it is a fantastic program. Indeed i will want to
>know more about this engine, to know how good is the king against the other Top
>engines like Deep Fritz, Junior, Chess Tiger or Shredder.
>
>And can you please tell me if it is really the best agressive engine of all?
>
>What can you say? What do you think about this engine? Which are the weak
>points of this engine?
>
>I want to know your opinion.
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>Regards.
>Tanya
Hi Tanya
The King is sometimes (still) too optimistic and king
safety not sufficient. Please study the game below.
As to optimistical play: just this weak point leads
often to short wins vs other programs.
Kurt
[Event "CM10_Tao56 P3 650/32 40'/40"]
[Site "Wetzikon"]
[Date "2004.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tao 5.6"]
[Black "The King 3.33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Both last book move} 6.
e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 {? too optimistic} (9... cxd4 10.
cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Rxc6 Qxa2 15. Rc7 Qe6) 10.
Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Qa6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4
16. Bh6+ Kg8 {? The only try was of course 16...Bg7} 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Rfd1 e5
19. Kh1 Ra8 20. f4 Qf8 21. Bxf8 1-0
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