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Subject: Re: Beauty In Chess..The Differences Between Human And Computer Play

Author: Michael Watters

Date: 14:30:48 01/20/05

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On January 20, 2005 at 16:07:17, Clive Munro wrote:

>
>>
>>the funny thing about all this is..
>>if i were White in this position and i was playing a rated tournament game..i
>>would snatch that rook off with my knight and slam it down on c7 with as much
>>fanfare as  possible..not forgetting of course to bark out...MATE!
>>
>
>LOL. I am with you on this one Steve. Of course the Rook must be taken. Only
>some conceited and smug player would mate without taking the Rook. Minimum force
>indeed!
>
>Best Clive

OK. Conceited and smug?
I thought it was just laziness not bothering to snatch the rook. I would move to
b6 with an apologetic shrug :)

Watching the Corus games unfold this afternoon many GM games strike me as
beautiful, in terms of the harmony between the pieces and the geometry of the
movement e.g. the simplicity with which Mickey Adams won back his pawn and put
Ms Polgar under pressure. When I see how my pieces get in each others way I
think it all depends who is playing.



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