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Subject: Re: Fritz wipes out IGM Ivan Sokolov (ELO 2620) in 22 moves

Author: Sarah Bird

Date: 18:14:45 06/20/99

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On June 20, 1999 at 19:19:39, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On June 20, 1999 at 16:30:21, Brett Clark wrote:
>
>>Very impressive day for the programs.  1 win, 1 loss and 3 draws.
>>
>>[Event "WCCC99"][Site "Paderborn"][Date "1999.06.20"][Round "?"][White "Fritz"]
>>[Black "IGM Ivan Sokolov"][Result "1-0"]
>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6
>>6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1
>>a5 11. h3 Bc5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Bh6 f5 15. exf6
>>gxh6 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Bc5 19. Rad1+ Bd6
>>20. Nxh8 Nxh8 21. Re7+ Kd8 22. Ne5 1-0
>
>It looks like 16. ...Ng6 was the real blunder here.

16.....Ng6 is a blunder that in my mind knowone over 2000 let alone 2600 should
make. I wonder how long he spent on this move.


>It looks like 16. ...Nd5 at
>least doesn't lose immediately.  I'll be searching this further.
>
>Jeremiah



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