Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 17:54:19 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 18:37:35, Steve Lopez wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 18:23:41, Steve Lopez wrote: > >>On July 02, 1999 at 18:03:08, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >> >>>This is the Sicilian that Hiarcs 7.32 plays on my program. I re-installed the >>>program and it still plays this line that both of you say is not possible. I >>>suggest you open the tree, make the board small so you see the info, and check >>>it out! >>> >>>White: Schwartz >>> >>>Black: Hiarcs 7.32 >>> >>>1.e4...c5 2.Nf3...e6 3.d4...cxd4 4.Nxd4...Nf6 5.Nc3...Nc6 6.Nxc6...bxc6 >>>7.e5...Nd5 8.Ne4...f5 (here Hiarcs first choice is Qc7 which it should play; >>>however, f5 is listed as the other choice here. IMHO f5 should not be played at >>>all). 9.Nd6+ >>>...Bxd6 (and here the info screen says Bxd6 no highlighted in red) >> > >My apologies to all. If you *manually* make the move 9.Nxd6+ (a non-book move), >it *transposes* into another book line. Following that line of play out to the >end of book (14...0-0), we get to a position that's come up twice in my master >database: Byrne-Day, Buenos Aires ol, 1978 (1-0) and Sandor-Szelenyi, >Balatonalm, 1996 (0-1). > >I'll leave it to stronger players than myself to debate the relative merits of >this position, but various chess engines I've examined this with give the >position as equal or as a slight edge to White. > >Crow -- ummmm-ummmmm! Good eatin'! > >-- Steve Lopez ************************************************ That's intersting. The evaluation by Hiarcs had me around a +0.53. After Nd6+ Hiarcs played Bxd6 and then I played exd6. And the score is me slightly better. Also checked the evaluation on Fritz with me again slightly better. If there is a rated Master or higher who likes 8...f5 better than Qc7, I'd like to hear from him or her. Mel ************************************************* *******************************************************
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