Author: Steve B
Date: 07:30:13 11/07/04
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Hi Ed >Last night I played a game against my own brainchild, I sometimes still do that. >The game got interesting when I played a wild sacrifice which I couldn't oversee >till the end but as it seems is correct after all. It's my bet (in case the >sacrifice is correct) no engine will find this move. > >I want to find out if the sac is correct so I can label this game as my own >personal immortal game. the sac was beautiful! as is discussed in this months Chess Life(magazine of the United States Chess Federation) ..the "best move" or a "beautiful move" is now considered in two different ways by annotators of chess games 1.would it stand up to the cold ,hard,brutal,lifeless, calculations of todays chess programs? 2.assuming the sac is not an obvious blunder,would it offer a human opponent several chances to go wrong under tournament conditions? as you can see Ed ,the cold number crunchers actually give you a small (less then a pawn) disadvantage after the sac. but against a human player it would have caused great emotional turmoil for the player of the black pieces not only have you wrecked his King side ,you have the attack and now the opponent will have to play a defensive game on the edge of disaster for many moves go right ahead and consider this game as deservedly belonging in your"my great games" collection i know i have several such wins against Mephisto Risc(both I and II),not to mention the MM IV and the Polgars(both 5Mhz and 10 Mhz) for some reason though i cant win against Lang's programs :)) Joke! Best Steve
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