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Subject: Re: Junior-Fritz at WCCC. and when did Junior leave the book?

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 09:27:02 06/18/99

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On June 18, 1999 at 11:51:19, Amir Ban wrote:

>On June 18, 1999 at 07:05:37, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>On June 18, 1999 at 05:33:37, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>On June 17, 1999 at 18:20:17, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>>>
>>>>	Which as actually the last move of the fifth round game Fritz-Junior? The pgn
>>>>file at the WCCC site (and some other sources too) show 47...Qc3, but that is
>>>>highly unlikely.
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Qc6 of course.
>>>
>>>The threat of Bxg2+ is deadly.
>>>
>>>Amir
>>
>>I just wondered, when did Junior leave its book? It looked like the game was
>>lost from the moment Junior played BxNb4 the game looked like it was lost!
>>But was the new move 17.Qh4 ( 17.Qg3 = ) in book or was it something that Junior
>>thought up?
>>
>>Torstein
>
>Bxb4 was the first move out of book. This is a line prepared by GM Boris
>Alterman, but Junior did not understand the intention. According to Alterman &
>other experts here, white has an almost forced win at this position.
>
>Amir

Then I have something in common with Junior! :-)
I can see no reasonable point in 17.Qh4 and after Bxb4 it look plain lost.

Torstein



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