Author: blass uri
Date: 16:54:06 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 15:51:47, Amir Ban wrote: >The game is hard for computers, but I thought that throughout the game Junior >had a better understanding of the position. It showed equality in the opening, >built a tiny advantage after 20.b6 (maximum was 0.23), which disappeared around >move 35, after which it showed mostly draw scores. IM ofer bruk said before the move 20.b6 that Rebel is playing very good. > >I was not impressed by Century in this game. It locked the position to its >disadvantage, showed plus scores while shuffling pieces on the locked queenside, >and started showing +1 scores when it sniffed capturing the b7 pawn, though the >position is a foregone draw. It looked like a typical human vs. computer game, >except that the "human" here was a computer too. I do not think that it looked like typical human computer game becuase both sides did typical computer errors. Junior with 13...Bf6 and Rebel with 20.b6 Rebel Century could avoid 20.b6 at longer time control. It finds 20.Qb1 at iteration 11 when the score is 0.01 pawns more optimistic. I believe that the position is probably drawn after 20.b6 I do not see a plan for black to win the game. > >Some comments overheard during the game: > >GM Michael Oratovski, on 20.b6 : Only a computer would play such a move. > >GM Lev Psakhis, after 22... Bf5 : Black has a big advantage, but he doesn't >believe it's winnable. If black cannot win then there is no big advantage. > >GM Lev Psakhis, after 32. Kh2 : Exchanging on g3 was a mistake. Black should >have put a knight on h4, though he's not sure how to continue from there. If black canoot continue from there then Exchanging on g3 was not a mistake. >It was Almog Burstein who pulled Rebel's power cord. He's a former league >committee chairman and the one that banned Junior from the league two years ago. >In comparison to what he did to Junior, his damage to Rebel is minimal. No demage in the result. Uri
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