Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 11:10:50 11/07/04
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On November 07, 2004 at 10:30:13, Steve B wrote: >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 Certainly, but (in retrospect) the game is probably only a draw as after 20..Nd7 (instead of 20..f5?) I can not find a win for white. Nevertheless 11.h5! remains the best move as it seems to ensure a draw in a lousy position. >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) Tell you, 90% of such wild sacrifes I play simply fail, the satisfaction is when one succeeds :) Ed
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