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Subject: Re: Ikarus vs Rybka

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 13:41:43 12/30/05

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On December 30, 2005 at 10:45:08, Jan Kiwitter wrote:

>Hi djordje
>
>>I think that you misunderstood the overall concept of this game.  Actually the
>>open g-file was the key to the win.
>
>Here I disagree: If white plays 20.g3 instead of 20.gxh3 he has nothing to fear.
>Therefore I think 16...g4 was not the best from blacks side.
>
>Also 31.Rgxh6 was not so good from white because after that black could get rid
>of his cramped pieces for only a small material disadvantage.
>
>Apart from that I agree with you that the playing style of Rybka in general is
>very entertaining and it would be a pity to 'tame' future versions only because
>from time to time its pawn sacrifieces are not completely correct.
>
>Greetings
>Jan

Actually IMO 20. gxh3, accepting the second pawn, was very strong. In case of
20. g3 my first impression is that black has more than enough comp, there is
always discomfort around the white king.

Vas



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