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Subject: Re: From Nimzo/Rebel round 5 ...

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:36:03 06/29/99

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On June 29, 1999 at 20:02:07, Dann Corbit wrote:

>8/2p2kp1/p1N2b2/8/1PP1pp2/P6P/5PK1/8 w - - bm Nb8; id "WCCC99@Paderborn Round 5
>Nimzo/Rebel";
>
>Look after that move -- black has *no* sensible reply.  It does not show up
>until very deep and even when it is found to be bad, there is no good
>alternative.  Most amazing move of the whole tournament.
>[YMMV]
Actually, now that I look at it with computers, maybe it is not so amazing.  I
was enamored because a computer found it even though the benefit is farther than
seven fullmoves away.  But none of the alternatives look better to the computer
anyway.  So a darn good move, but I guess an obvious one.




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