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Subject: Re: Hydra . Kasi - the error is not at 26 but at 34 (revised)

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 14:55:28 11/20/05

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On November 20, 2005 at 15:41:30, A. Steen wrote:

>On November 20, 2005 at 13:39:30, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 20, 2005 at 13:12:09, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>[Event "II Man vs Machine, Bilbao"]
>>>[Site "?"]
>>>[Date "2005.11.20"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "Hydra"]
>>>[Black "Kasimyanov"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[Annotator "Hob"]
>>>[PlyCount "59"]
>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
>>>c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3
>>>Qe7 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 f4 18. b4 b6 19. h3 Nf7 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rb2 Nh6 22. Be1
>>>Bf6 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nb5 Rg6 26. Bd1 Rag8 27. Nxa7 g4 28. fxg4 Bh4
>>>29. Nc6 Qg7 30. Bc3 *
>>>
>>>
>>>99,999% sure 1-0?
>>>
>>>JOuni
>>
>>I do not understand 26...Rag8
>>Even I could easily avoid that move against a computer because it is easy to see
>>that it gives a pawn.
>>
>>[Event "II Man vs Machine, Bilbao"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2005.11.20"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Hydra"]
>>[Black "Kasimyanov"]
>>[Result "*"]
>>[Annotator "Hob"]
>>[PlyCount "59"]
>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
>>c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3
>>Qe7 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 f4 18. b4 b6 19. h3 Nf7 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rb2 Nh6 22. Be1
>>Bf6 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nb5 Rg6 26. Bd1 Rag8 27. Nxa7 g4 28. fxg4 Bh4
>>29. Nc6 Qg7 30. Bc3 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Nxg4 32.Bxg4 Bxg4  33.Rxf4 Bh5 34.Qf1 Bg3
>>35.Rf7 Qh6 36.Bd2*
>>
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>[D]r6k/p2bq3/np1p1brn/1NpPp1pp/1PP1Pp2/P2Q1P1P/1R3NP1/3BBRK1 b - - 0 26
>
>Uri, with great respect, in this position 26 .. Ra-g8 is a fine move and made at
>the perfect time (in my opinion).  White's pieces (especially the N on b5) are
>not well-placed for a defence on the K-side, and white has not yet begun a pawn
>push on the Q-side. To delay is not wise, white may regroup and bring his
>misplaced N back.


Nonsense, to delay would have been _very_ wise.
Black has nothing to fear on the Qeenside and should strive for a quiet
manouvering game, not for an all-out suicidal attack against the Supercomputer.

Michael



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