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Subject: Re: How to win in 16 moves...!

Author: Robert Sherman

Date: 11:27:13 02/08/99

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On February 06, 1999 at 12:11:31, Robert A. Basham wrote:

>This neat game was posted by an expert player here in this forum --
>about one or two years ago now...
>
>I post this game again to show all you expert players out there that it can be
>done --so keep trying..!
>
>I do not remember this person's name, but I do remember his game.. :-)
>

I posted this game about one and a half years ago.  So you can attach my name
the next time you post it :-)  When I posted the game, I writing how it could
defeat Rebel on my computer at the time an obsolete Pentium 100mhz.  I
complained about Rebel taking only 30 seconds to play the losing Qxc7 move.
This was explained by Rebel author Ed Shroeder that Rebel has a piece recapture
algorithm that forces the program to take substantially less time when having to
recapture a piece.  I disagreed that this timing algorithm should be in place
for this type of position because it involves a tremendous material and
positional imbalance and is not just simply recapturing a piece.  Ed mentioned
that having this algorithm in place didn't usually hurt Rebel and that customers
appreciated that Rebel would almost instantly recapture a QxQ move or the like.
With the advent of the more powerful Pentiums, Rebel no longer falls for this
trap dispite the timing algorithm.


>Here are the moves: (enjoy)....
>
>1. e4       e5
>2  Nf3      Nc6
>3. Bc4      Bc5
>4. Nc3      Nf6
>5. Nd5!      Nxe4

I think you are being overgenerous by giving Nd5 an exclam.  Nd5 !? is more
appropriate.

>6. d3!       Nxf2

d3 doesn't deserve an exclam.  More appropriate and fun to put d3!!??

>7  Qe2      Nxh1
>8. Ng5!     O-O   ?

Agreed.

>9. Nxc7!    Q x c 7

Qxc7 obviously deserves a ?? because it causes a forced mate.  How nice of you
to give me four exclams in the first nine moves :-)

>10.Q h 5     h6
>11.Bxf7+     Kh8
>12. Q g6 mates
>
>regards, Robert

Best regards,

             Robert Sherman (Original poster of the aforementioned game)



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