Author: Dan Andersson
Date: 14:11:54 08/30/05
Go up one level in this thread
On August 30, 2005 at 16:40:55, Ray Rogers wrote: >Human Style or Lazy? > >This position occurred during a game in Margate in 2000. > >[D] 8/1p6/p1bk4/2R2Pp1/4p1P1/P3K3/1P5P/8 w - - 0 46 > >White, a stronger player than I, went with Kd4 and of course black resigned but >only on move 57. I was watching and thought Rxc6 might produce instant >resignation! The next day I put this to my electronic friends, RISC 1mb and >Rebel 7 agreed in a few seconds whilst HIARCS 7.32, R30 (1995) and others liked >Kd4. > >Clearly RxB snuffs out any chance of black sticking a "cheapo" on him. > >Was I thinking like a human or just being lazy? A practical reasonable decision made by you. The move would probably break most opponents resistance. I would probably have played the 'showy' move f6 to demonstarte that all his pieces are wrong footed. MvH Dan Andersson > >I'm not a programmer but would be interested in the programmers' point of view. > >What would you WANT your program to play here? > >Thanks. > >Ray. > >ps. If you think you've seen this before Eric Hallsworth published my letter in >Selective Search No. 89.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.