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Subject: Re: u2600 Club ICC Rating List - Mar 8

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:22:28 03/08/99

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On March 08, 1999 at 22:52:02, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On March 08, 1999 at 16:22:51, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>I think this might have been the line that was followed in the game, I don't
>>know, but it really gets bad for black if white plays cxb7 instead of Qb3 after
>>Qxa1.  So Nd4 might be the better move for black instead of Qxb2.
>
>Wasn't the point of this that black messed up on the previous move, and
>Nunn destroyed that old version of Nimzo with d5?
>
>bruce

I don't know that Nimzo messed up, given that it was 1993.  It was a bit deep
for the 486 running at 50mhz, so I think the point might have been that it was
tough for even the best programs to beat humans back then.

I don't have the article in front of me, but I think Donninger used the position
also to show how Nimzo performed with and without null move.  As I recall, the
time to solve it (ply 9) was very high (> 10 minutes).  I think that's right,
anyway.

Will



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