Author: Ray Rogers
Date: 14:27:01 08/30/05
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On August 30, 2005 at 17:11:54, Dan Andersson wrote: >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 Hi there. I don't remember thinking of ANY other move here! Perhaps this highlights a weakness in my play. I see a winning move and so I play it! Cheers. >> >>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.
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