Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:32:47 10/03/99
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On October 03, 1999 at 04:42:40, Ed Schröder wrote: >>Posted by Lawrence S. Tamarkin on October 03, 1999 at 02:48:13: >> >>Congratulations to Rebel Century on its win against GM Scherbakov. We here at >>the Marshall Chess Club Salute you! (I may just set up some match in the club, >>involving an IM or GM, just for fun, but especially if Rebel company (Ed), >>wants to draw a player from the NY chess mecca... > >You know I am always in for a challenge. And the Marshall Chess Club is >quite a name to remember. > >>This makes me more excited about getting Rebel Century & studying with it (I >>have long ago stopped playing with these programs), various positions out of >>chess books, and my tournament games. Bigger book, custem levels, more >>training features, test positons, utilities, etc, etc. It is definately a fantastic >>bargain, that we (I), look forward too. > >Don't tell me about it. The data on the cd is 620 Mb. It was quite difficult to >decide what should be left out as the limit is 640 Mb. How can one handle that >in one year? I wonder. Seems to me DVD has the future and will be required >within 2-3 years. > >>I hope Rebel Century will keep winning (No GM has yet lost in 30 moves or less >>to it:)), and that the GM's pride will keep them coming back for more, rather >>than fear scaring them away! > >We shortly discussed the possibility of a re-match. In principal we agreed to >that but of course we have to figure out the details in email first. > >About the game: I am pretty impressed by the attacking style. It sacrifices >a piece for a promising king attack. Then later counting the pieces on the >board Rebel is behind a full rook. Still it shows +3.xx, a dream game. > >Ed Rebel played well, obviously. However this is _not_ a sac. A sac is where you give up material for positional gain. This is a pure tactical combination as it wins more material than it gives up... > >>Larry - the chess software addict!
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