Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 03:35:23 05/25/99
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On May 24, 1999 at 23:19:13, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >Hi Francis, > >I'd like to first thank you for taking an interest in this position. We probably >could have received more responses had it not been for the Rebel-Rohde match >which has drawn so much attention. I should tell you that Hiarcs and Rebel were >set at 40/2 for them to respond. The move by Rebel, Bxb2+, really made me flip >for it has to be the wrong move. One can only wonder how such a supposedly top >program could make such a mistake. >Now, Kd2 doesn't impress me a whole lot because black doesn't have to leave his >Bishop at g1. After a move like Kd2, I would consder Bh2 which seems like white >is giving up a Rook for nothing! I fail to see how Kd2 is even worth >considering. After Kd2 black plays Bh2 and then what does white play? Qg1? Then >black can play Bf4+! After the exchange of Bishops, then what does white have?? >I do not believe white can attain a draw by playing Kd2. I do believe that white >has to capture the Bishop or else he's down a Rook with really nothing for >compensation. Try Kd2...Bh2 and then Qg1...Bf4+! I honestly can't see Kd2 as a >move worth considering. What do you think about it now? > >By the way, my Hiarcs 7 which is playing with only 160K maximum Hash Tables >because on my computer - 64 megs of RAM - I cannot invoke the -x switch. The Ram >is there but it just won't work even with the H701 update. Even the technician >at ICD has tried to help but at this point we're waiting for MarK Unlacke to >respond. It's been about a week and still nothing from Mark! > >Best regards, >Mel Hi Mel My pleasure! It's a 'dynamically charged' position, and great fun to explore. I agree this one got upstaged, but given the circumstances (and the result!) it would be churlish to mind! We seem to be at some cross-purpose re Kd2, I'm assuming it as a reply to Bh2+, after which Black has still to capture the rook, ie Bxg1 Qxg1. Does this make sense? I've convinced myself (and I think, Hans who suggested it) that Black still has a win -- perhaps I should send you all the analysis lines I've made 'for your perusal'? I have the same problem with Hiarcs 7 -- is there any *surefire* way of increasing memory allocated under Win 3.1 or 95? All the best Francis
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