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Subject: Re: What do you think of my program's Knight sac?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 10:16:12 02/20/99

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On February 19, 1999 at 16:08:29, Will Singleton wrote:

>On February 19, 1999 at 11:26:15, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>	drone blah blah drone
>
>>[Event "ICC 5 0"]
>>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>>[Date "1999.02.18"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "GNUChess"]
>>[Black "PostModernist"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[WhiteElo "2309"]
>>[BlackElo "2430"]
>>[Opening "Caro-Kann: Steinitz variation"]
>>[ECO "B17"]
>>[NIC "CK.09"]
>>[Time "17:37:46"]
>>[TimeControl "300+0"]
>>
>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Ne4 8.
>>Nf3 Nd6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. b4 a5 15.
>>g4 axb4 16. gxf5 bxc3 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Be4 Qc4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
>>Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Bf6 23. Be5 Be7 24. Rac1 Kg8 25. Re3 f6 26. Bg3 Bb4 27. Qd7
>>Rxe3 28. fxe3 c2 29. Qxb7 Rxa2 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Bf4 Ba3 33. Qc8+
>>Kh7 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. e4 Bxc1 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8
>>40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ Ke6 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg8
>>46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Ng5+ fxg5 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7
>>{Game drawn by repetition}
>>1/2-1/2
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Andrew
>
>

Hiya Will,

>
>Interesting game!  You must have put in some heavy terms for opening up the g
>file on the king, as well as the passed pawn.  I?d have to agree overall with
>Laurence?s analysis, but it is certainly interesting play.  Wonder what CSTal
>would do.  Though I wouldn?t call it an outright blunder, but rather highly
>speculative.

Thanks. Yes. My passed pawn eval was the main reason for the move. I've
recently changed the way I analyse a PP's chances and it's still a bit
too enthusiastic. I have a long-standing weakness in King Safety - I've
worked on this more than anything, I think.

Andrew




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