Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 00:58:17 10/28/04
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On October 27, 2004 at 18:20:46, Will Singleton wrote: >Amateur: > >Pos 1 -- plays Ka5, fails to see the exchange of rooks leading to the draw. >After Bd1, the score is only a little worse, so Amateur fails this one. > >Pos 2 -- plays fxe4; not sure that it's worse than taking with the rook. I believe fxe4 is worse or at least very risky, due to the huge majority on the king wing including defended passer against the "weak" isolated passer. Rxe4 probably leads to a draw. > >Pos 3 -- plays Qd6; thinks it's about half-pawn better than Qg7. Yes, keeping the queens on the board seems necessary here. Maybe it's lost anyway. > >Pos 4 -- plays Qc1; thinks Qc1, Qa1 and Rg1 are all about the same. > >Pos 5 -- plays R3h2; but Rg3 looks better: Rg3 Qe6 Rxg5 Qxc4 Qa1 > >The last is interesting because of the long checking sequence which >could occur if Qh2 rather than Qa1. Some engines might think all those >checks should reduce the score due to the possibility of a rep draw. Yes, that was the case with IsiChess ;-( Gerd
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