Author: James Robertson
Date: 10:49:34 11/09/99
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On November 09, 1999 at 10:20:21, Howard Exner wrote: [snip] >There's lots of venom in Kxf4. Nimzo could have lost also. It's probably a move >that's more comfortable for a human to make, given the counter play with the >advanced black g pawn. Not that computers won't plat Kxf4 (I think Bob H posted >that Crafty played Kxf4). I don't have the fast machine or the tablebases at home, so I can't look at the position any more. Maybe I will let it think for a while later. > >By the way, were you there at the tournament or did you have another person >operate insomniac? If there, what were your impressions of the event? - >anecdotes and such. I operated Insomniac. Josef Zwinger (he provided the hardware) copied the moves to the score sheet as they were played. I had a good time at the event; lots of fun. I'm too tired to think of anything to say, so maybe in a day or two I can provide more information. The draw with Diep was interesting; Bxb4 really surprised Vincent. He was connected to ICC and told me for the next 20 moves that every program thought black was completely lost. Rxe8 was especially criticized as a bad move. It can't have been that bad, as a few moves later the position was obviously drawn. :) Against Quest, Insomniac spoiled an excellent defensive effort by first declining the Bishop/Knight trade and then later with the blunder Qxa3. Neither program realised black was lost until two moves later (Quest was actually toying with the idea of a draw by repetition), but things then went downhill rapidly. A spectator suggested black play Bf6; I set up the position again and it takes Insomniac 17 minutes on the P500 to play this move. The win against GoldBar was cool; a move or two before GoldBar resigned, Insomniac announced mate in 11. :) Zzzzzz and Xenix really scared me. Xenix had a fantastic position before it blundered with Qg8??, and Zzzzzz looked like it would easily hold the draw. This game was the longest of the final round, so there were a lot of spectators; I was happy with the speculative Bxf2+!. It was a nice way to end the tournament. James
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