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Subject: Re: to melvin and mark

Author: Mark Young

Date: 18:03:40 07/24/99

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On July 24, 1999 at 19:22:26, blass uri wrote:

>I do not know enough about chess to decide if the moves a4 and h4 are the right
>moves.
>
>It is clear that my hiarcs evaluated a4 as not the best move after 3 hours and
>prefered Rf1 but it only proved that my hiarcs believed after a long time that
>a4 is not the best move(Hiarcs7 may be wrong in this evaluation so it does not
>prove that a4 is not the best move).
>I do not know enough about chess to know which move is really best in the
>position.
>
>I do not see a problem with the fact that another hiarcs has another opinion
>because of the following possible reasons:
>1)another hiarcs may have another learning file
>2)Hiarcs is not deterministic
>
>
>About the second position:
>7k/6p1/7p/pR6/1p2N3/6P1/2r4P/6K1 w - - 0 1
>
>I think that h4 is leading to a draw and the same for Nc5
>It is easy for white to get draw after Nc5 Ra2 (for example Nb7 a4 Rxb4 a3
>Ra4 Rb2 Rxa3 Rxb7)

I came to the same conclusion, there is no way to stop both pawns without losing
the knight. I know the computers think white has the advantage, but all the
winning chances are black. White must take care in defence and be ready to give
up the knight for the pawn or lose the game if he chooses the wrong line.

>
>white do not have to play Nb7 but I do not see a way for white to make progress
>in a different way.
>
>Uri



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