Author: Howard Exner
Date: 14:48:01 01/08/00
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On January 08, 2000 at 15:57:10, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >Hi all, > >IMO things started to go wrong for Rebel after the routine 19 ... Rhd8. >Other programs prefer 19 ... Bd6 and after that a well timed f6-f5! I share this opinion also. Is the trapped piece theme still a big obstacle for programmers. It looks difficult to solve and that is why I respect all the efforts that programmers put into improving their code. Here is a position a bit later in the game, black's 24th move. How do programs eval this? Are most in the dark as to black's dilemma? [D] 3r4/p3kp2/2p2pb1/2b1p3/P3P1Pp/2NB1P1P/1PK5/3R4 b - - >It appears that Black has a comfortable position in that case. > >Rebel did nothing to make the bishop g6 alive, especially 21 ... e5? >is doing a very bad job. After that white is simply a piece up. As a >matter of speaking, of course. Scherbakov must have felt very happy at this point in the game (after e5).
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