Author: Chessfun
Date: 00:02:52 08/20/01
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On August 20, 2001 at 02:44:26, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 19, 2001 at 15:10:01, Robert Pawlak wrote: > >>On August 19, 2001 at 15:02:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>[D]rr4k1/5p2/3p2p1/3PP2p/pnP4P/qn2NR2/5PP1/1B1Q2K1 w - - 0 44 >>> >>>Rxf7!! >>> >>>Perhaps not all that hard to find, but still very very very very >>>very nice. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>Yes, not hard to find, but the follow-up was sweet! I wonder what Ferret's eval >>was doing during the game. To the naked eye, things looked pretty grim on the >>q-side. >> >>Bob > >Ferret was never happy, but it thought it was doing not terrible after the >exchange sacrifice, which is some bad thinking in my opinion. It was an >embarassing game because the program tried to play on the q-side. It seems the ex sac is something that a lot of programs go for due to how badly cramped the position was. >The position degenerated due to lack of any plan and any counterplay, until at >the point where it played e5 it was at perhaps -3.7. This e5 IMO is the most stunning move I've ever seen a computer play. Regardless of the benefits later of declining the rook and playing Qc1. >It seems to me that e5 was just thrashing, although obviously it was correct >thrashing. There was a fail-high on that move. My instinct is that this was >the crucial move and not Rxf7. Playing e5 it must have already seen it's next would be Rxf7. While others may play Rxf7 I doubt many will see e5. >Rxf7 was still about -2. I think it expected Qc1 after that but I am not sure. > >Once it got to play the queen out it thought it was a draw approximately, or >perhaps exactly. Gandalf's score varied from +0.8 to over +3.0. > >... Kc8 was the move that caused Ferret to go positive. >To those of you who are wondering what I was thinking, I was thinking about >throwing up. Still a really stunning game. Congrats and good luck with the rest. Sarah.
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