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Subject: Re: Fruit - Crafty ... finished or not?

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 08:11:20 08/18/05

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On August 18, 2005 at 10:40:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I think the criticism for the g5 move came from two different GM players, one on
>ICC (Goldmund) and another that wanted to remain nameless.

I already took the blame for it. It was a bad move to have in our book - shit
happens. There should not be many lines like that I hope. The Scotch four knight
game didn't get much attention in preparation.

But I think there are some other issues to think about when it is about this
game. One example would be time management. Crafty played all the critical moves
soo fast.

And maybe 12. ..h6 is another interesting one (with Rg8 looking like a sensible
alternative to me). Crafty *never* considered to *not* castle short in the
mainlines - just something to think about for future versions, nothing more,
nothing less.

>The Sjeng opening was not as good, but Crafty managed to
>equalize and then simply misplay the resulting ending badly due to a problem _I_
>had introduced way back in the 19.x series.

You think the opening against Sjeng was bad? I don't think I agree :) - but
let's stick to the topic.


>6 rounds played, 4 blacks.  Time for some whites now, I hope?  :)
>
>Particularly white against strong opponents.  :)

Nope - Crafty really had bad luck with the lots. After the tournament it will
have had black in *all* important games.

So it will be black against Jonny and Zappa too .

And white against Futé, The Baron and Isichess.

Peter



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