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Subject: Re: Pro Deo 1.1 plays the famous ...Bxh2+??

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 12:41:16 02/15/05

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On February 15, 2005 at 14:48:45, Mark Young wrote:

>On February 15, 2005 at 06:15:02, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>
>>On February 14, 2005 at 23:47:13, Mark Young wrote:
>>
>>>sorry...16 g3!
>>
>> Yes against humans Kasparov perhaps would play it, but against Junior after
>>16...Nh2+ 17.Kf2 Ng4+ 18.Kg2 Qh2+ 19.Kf3 h5 the positions starts to be TOO
>>complicated for any human to play against a tactical monster and especially Deep
>>Junior!
>>
>>But how about 18.Ke1!.....? I think if Kasparov have seen this it would play
>>16.g3! So perhaps you are right.................After 18.Ke1! Qh2 19.Kd1 and
>>white has the advantage...............
>
>I think he saw the right plan after g3!. He just did not want to risk missing
>something. Looking at it now, it seems he made a mistake. I don't think it was
>very risky at all for a player like Kasparov's.

 It is a suicide to play a game full of tactics with your King in the center,
against a Chess engine EVEN if you are Kasparov..........

>White is just clearly winning.
>The point is Bxh2? is not a good move, but a losing move by force.

No. The position is much more difficult and tricky than you think and it's far
from a winning one. One main reason is the weak e3 Pawn which causes many
problems for white even after having his King at d1 or c1.



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