Sep-26-07
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| Marmot PFL: Maybe black was programmed to complicate at all costs - that's the omly explnation I can think of for 15.f5? The queen sac for the rook on move 98 to transition into a textbook win was neat if you can stay awake that long. |
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Sep-27-07
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| Richard Taylor: <Marmot PFL> 15 ... f5 looks dubious Is 15 ..e5 better? I agree re the ending - instructive and clever. Almost like a Fischer game or one of those World Champ games of old by Alekhine, Lasker, Capa Botvinnik etc (even Kasparov or Korch or Karpov) |
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| Sep-27-07 |
| ounos: Oh, that amazing position after the 101st move! |
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Oct-02-07
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| Dim Weasel: <<ounos> Oh, that amazing position after the 101st move!> Yup, I stored the useful (read: "simple enough to be recalled later") manouver that follows into my modest endgame toolbox. |
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Oct-03-07
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| keypusher: <Oh, that amazing position after the 101st move!> Why, it's almost the Saavedra problem!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saaved... |
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Oct-03-07
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| tpstar: Interesting how Rybka breaks the rule of defending Q vs R by keeping their K&R close together with 119 ... Ra7 & 121 ... Ra2, although 121 ... Rg7 leads to 122. Qh5+ Kg8 123. Kf6
click for larger viewwhich is a stock position with a quick win.
126. Qc4+ forced 126 ... Kh5 (126 ... Kg3/Kh3 127. Qc3+), and then 127. Qe2+ forced the Black King to a dark square to pick off the Ra5 next. |
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Oct-03-07
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| keypusher: Did the computers use tablebases in positions like this? |
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Aug-06-08
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| aazqua: I just played through the silly Nakamura game where something similar happened. I think some of these computers see stasis as a potentially bad outcome (maybe avoiding the draw rule, though that wasn't the case here I don't think) so they give up material to create a change / initiative. |
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| Jan-20-09 |
| WhiteRook48: I think Rybka lost on time. |
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Sep-03-09
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| kellmano: Moves 98 - 106 are wonderful stuff. The similarity with the Saveedra is indeed pleasant. |
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sac: 98.Qxg4+
