Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:27:37 02/22/99
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On February 22, 1999 at 15:24:38, James Robertson wrote:
>On February 22, 1999 at 15:06:49, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 22, 1999 at 14:27:24, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>Wow! Today I started testing a new version of my program on FICS. It played it's
>>>first sacrifice! It was only to save a bad position, but still.... I am really
>>>happy. 42. ... Bxe3! Here is the game, played on FICS:
>>>
>>>[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
>>>[Site "freechess.org"]
>>>[Date "1999.02.22"]
>>>[Round "-"]
>>>[White "SapphireII"]
>>>[Black "JRCP"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2121"]
>>>[BlackElo "1936"]
>>>[TimeControl "120+12"]
>>>
>>>1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8.
>>>b3 Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd4 Nxf3+ 14.
>>>Bxf3 a5 15. Qa7 b6 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Bd8 20.
>>>Qa6 Be7 21. Qc4 Qg6 22. a4 Kh8 23. Ba1 Qf7 24. Kh1 Bd8 25. Rf1 Qg6 26. Nc3
>>>Bf6 27. Rdd1 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. Rdd1 Bc2 30. Rd2 Bg5 31. e3 Qf5 32. Kg1
>>>Qg6 33. Nb5 Bf5 34. Rc1 Rf7 35. Qc6 Kg8 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Qa6 Qh6 38. Nd4 Bd7
>>>39. Qb7 Qg5 40. Bb2 Qh6 41. Nc6 Bg5 42. Rdc2 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Kh1
>>>Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+
>>>{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>
>>I don't believe this is a 'sac'. IE your opponent shouldn't take it. If
>>he does (he did) you should have blown him out:
>>
>> 8 3.78 ++ 43. ... Qxe3+!!
>> 8 14.12 2.52 43. ... Qxe3+ 44. Kh1 Rcf8 45. Qa6
>> Bf5 46. Rg2 Bd3 47. Ne7+ Rxe7 48. Qb7
>> Rff7
>> 8-> 15.11 2.52 43. ... Qxe3+ 44. Kh1 Rcf8 45. Qa6
>> Bf5 46. Rg2 Bd3 47. Ne7+ Rxe7 48. Qb7
>> Rff7
>> 9 21.14 ++ 43. ... Qxe3+!!
>> 9 40.89 3.48 43. ... Qxe3+ 44. Kh1 Rcf8 45. Ne7+
>> Rxe7 46. Rg2 Qxb3 47. Qxc7 Qxd5 48.
>> Kg1 Ref7
>> 9-> 42.57 3.48 43. ... Qxe3+ 44. Kh1 Rcf8 45. Ne7+
>> Rxe7 46. Rg2 Qxb3 47. Qxc7 Qxd5 48.
>> Kg1 Ref7
>>
>>(the above from my PII/300 notebook)
>
>Hmmm. My program has to wait until ply 9 and a very long think before it
>realizes it is ahead.
>
>James
Don't sweat it.. just keep working... you'll be surprised how soon you
can find this. Main thing is that you have a working chess program that
you wrote...
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