Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 20:14:57 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 20:54:19, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >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 >************************************************* >******************************************************* Hi Mel, After you play on move 10.exd6 0-0(Hiarcs) 11.c4 Nb6 12.Be3 Ba6(.27/10)----- 13.b3 f4(=.14/10 Equality!!!))))))) Regards, Terry
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