Author: Steve B
Date: 23:59:09 01/20/05
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> >Some call it "beauty". I would call it "foolish". I'd prefer the safer, smarter >way :) > >If the "pretty" way fails 1 time out of 100 (i.e. the human overlooks something >while trying to be "cute"), when there was a safer, clearer choice, it's not >worth it IMO. as i mentioned..i would happily and eagerly take the rook in fact if i had a mate with the Knight on B6 or NO mate by taking the rook,but i am now up a Knight a pawn and i can still win albeit it in several more moves by eventually Queening the pawn..i would go for the Rook only to prolong my opponents misery and instil in him/her such a mental depression that it would cause him/her to play like a child should we ever meet again in future competiton and let me add..i would play out those remaining moves VERY slowly using every last second on my clock(hours even) to punish him/her for not resigning in the first place :) Best Steve
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