Author: Albert Silver
Date: 15:23:06 12/29/99
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On December 29, 1999 at 15:51:39, ERIQ wrote:
>
>On December 28, 1999 at 13:16:22, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>Can anyone find a win for white in this damm game I just can't believe that
>>All I had was a draw, but with only two minutes to play 12 moves I decided
>>To chicken out :-(. Also I just guessed about crafty's rating on my machine
>>But it's tough whatever it is. Maybe I shouldn't upgrade my old linux box :)
>>
>>[Event "practice game"]
>>[Site "home"]
>>[Date "1999.12.28"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Eriq"]
>>[WhiteElo "2282"ICC]
>>[Black "Crafty 16.8"] linux 166mmx 48mb sdram
>>[BlackElo "2350+"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>
>>1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5
>>7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O Qxh4 10. Qe1 Qe7 11. Nc3 f3 12. Nb5
>>Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. gxf3 Rg8 16. f4 Ng3 17. Be3
>>Nxf1 18. Rxf1 h5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rh8 21. e6 Nb4 22. Bb3 Bc8
>>23. a3 Na6 24. Ne4 b5 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27. Nxh5 Bb7
>>28. Nf6 fxe6 29. fxe6 c5 30. dxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxg4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1
>>Be4 33. Bf6+ Kd6 34. Be5+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kd6 36. Be5+ ke7 37.Bf6+ draw
>>
>>This game was played at 40 move for 80 min
>
>What a tragic ending to such a massacre. I didn't look at everything but stopped
>at move 28. My immediate reaction would be to play 28.f6+ Kd6 (28...Ke8? 29.Ng7+
>Kd8 30.e7+) 29.Rf5 (protecting d5 and holding some nasty threats i.e. 29...Nc5??
>30.Be5 mate). I must admit I don't see much for Black here: 29...fxe6 30.dxe6
>looks hopeless; 29...Rfe8 30.Ng7 looks strong. Possibly there were other key
>moments, but this was what I saw.
>
> Albert Silver
>
>thx, for info I did look at that move on 28.f6+ but could decide which was
>better, may I ask what your strength is or was this some program you used to
>find it
I am rated 2220, and used no program to find this.
> ,and if so which one I don't have any other program but crafty to analyes
>with now
>so i would like as much help as possible.
You make it sound like a disaster when in fact you have excellent help with
Crafty. You might consider downloading a more recent version of Crafty though,
and if you aren't satisfied, there are other programs freely available for
download such as Comet, Little Goliath 2000a, etc.... All work with Winboard.
Albert Silver
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