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From: rod malpert  <ram4@cornell.edu>
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Subject: Re: Smith-Morra Analysis (long)
Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:33:11 GMT
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In article <1993Jan26.080402.22669@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Mika Kukkonen,
mkukkone@klaava.Helsinki.FI writes:
>	1) It is easy to avoid (ie. 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 is 2.c3
>	   Sicilian) and encountered so rarely, that there is no reason
>	   to study something specific against it.

Thank you for the helpful comments.   Now I only want to
address the question of whether the Smith-Morra is at
best irelevant because black can simply decline and 
transpose into the 2 c3 sicilian.

Several popular variations against the c3 sicilian are 
precluded by black's having played 2...cd in the Smith-Morra
declined:

(A) 1 e4 c5 2 c3 d6 3 d4 Nf6;
(B) 1 e4 c5 2 c3 e6 3 d4 d5, transposing into a french;
(C)  1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5, perhaps the most popular variation
against the c3 sicilian, is not as good in the Smith-Morra
declined because an early cd is not best for black. 

Thus, black's options in the Smith-Morra declined are 
extremely limited compared to the c3 sicilian.  This
in itself is a major advance for white.  Moreover, the 
2...Nf6 variation against the c3 sicilian is the line
that most players of white hope to play.  There has been
a lot of interest by strong players in 1 e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 
3 e5 Nd5 4 d4 cd 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bc4.  It is not yet clear that
black equalizes.  Also, the old 5 cd is not innocuous.  The 
kingside attack can be strong.

My claims are modest.  Lots of strong players are looking
for an alternative to the open sicilian (witness the 
proliferation of 2 c3, 2 f4 and 3 Bb5 in recent years).
Black has been doing well in the open sicilian, which is
an important reason why so many people love to play it
as black.  Black's control of the open C-file is making
the dragon successful.  Black's extra, mobile center-pawn
has led to good results in the Pelikan (Sveshnikov).  I
merely suggest that advances in some important lines of
the Smith-Morra should allow it to be put onto the 
serious research and playing agenda, at least until we
know more.

In my original posting I spelled the name of the Dutch
FM E. Blokhuis incorrectly.  My apologies.

Rod Malpert
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From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Timman-Short, Game 11, Adjourned, moves 1-60
Organization: Panix, NYC
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:23:58 GMT

Game 11 has been adjourned after 60 moves.  Those moves are below:

Game 11: Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation

       Timman Short
    1   d4     d5
    2   c4     e6
    3   Nc3    Nf6
    4   cxd5   exd5
    5   Bg5    c6
    6   Qc2    Be7
    7   e3     Nbd7
    8   Bd3    Nh5
    9   Bxe7   Qxe7
    10  Nge2   Nb6
    11  O-O-O  g6
    12  Kb1    Ng7
    13  Ng3    Bd7
    14  Rc1    O-O-O
    15  Na4    Nxa4
    16  Qxa4   Kb8
    17  Rc3    b6
    18  Ra3    Be8
    19  Qc2    Rc8
    20  Rc1    Bd7
    21  Qd2    h5
    22  Rb3    Ne6
    23  Rbc3   h4
    24  Ne2    Qd6
    25  h3     Rhd8
    26  Ng1    g5
    27  Nf3    f6
    28  R3c2   Ng7
    29  Ka1    Bf5
    30  Ne1    Kb7
    31  Rc3    Bxd3
    32  Nxd3   Nf5
    33  Qc2    Ne7
    34  Qa4    Ka8
    35  a3     Qd7
    36  Nb4    Kb7
    37  Rb3    c5
    38  Qxd7+  Rxd7
    39  dxc5   d4
    40  exd4   Rxd4
    41  Nd3    Nd5
    42  Kb1    Re8
    43  cxb6   axb6
    44  a4     Ka7
    45  a5     bxa5
    46  Rc5    Nb4
    47  Rxa5+  Kb6
    48  Nxb4   Rxb4
    49  Raa3   Re1+
    50  Kc2    Re2+
    51  Kc1    Kb5
    52  Rxb4+  Kxb4
    53  Rf3    Re1+
    54  Kd2    Rg1
    55  Ke2    Kc4
    56  Rxf6   Rxg2
    57  Kf1    Rh2
    58  Rf3    Rh1+
    59  Kg2    Rb1
    60  Rf5    Rxb2

Game adjourned.  Board is as follows:

  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
8 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
7 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 |   |   |   |   |   | R |*p*|   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4 |   |   |*k*|   |   |   |   |*p*|
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | P |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
2 |   |*r*|   |   |   | P | K |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h  

(Black is in lower case with the asterisks.)

Short leads 6 to 4 out of the best of 14 games, first to 7.5 wins.  In
case of tie a speed chess 2-game playoff will be played.  If still
tied, another speed chess playoff will be played.  If still tied, they
will draw lots.
-- 
Rob Ryan
    rryan@panix.com
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From: chinch@cs.cornell.edu (Shirish Chinchalkar)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: xics-2.2 available from valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:17:06 GMT
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853

Thanks to Patrick Surry (pds@epcc.ed.ac.uk), xics now has a clock that is
continuously updated as the game is played. I have also added a few more
buttons to use up some empty space on the screen. xics-2.2.tar.Z is available
by anon ftp from valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu in the directory pub/chess/X.

If there are any problems with the code, let me know ASAP.

Shirish.
From: milamber@rahul.net (Robert Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess Servers Anyone?
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:35:01 GMT
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Does anyone know of any active chess servers that are currently in 
service anywhere?  Please e-mail responses, since I don't have
the time to read through all the posts in this group.  Thanks.

Robert
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From: davewood@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (David Rex Wood)
Subject: Re: Sextupled pawns Re: Quadruple pawns 
Keywords: sextupled a-pawns!?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:16:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.224738.19839@husc3.harvard.edu> elkies@ramanujan.harvard.edu (Noam Elkies) writes:
>In article <1993Jan26.054608.2373@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
>achar@ecn.purdue.edu writes:
>>Another one of those "once in a while" games.
>>[Amusing ICS games with quadrupled Black e-pawns omitted]
>
>...which reminds me:
>
>White: Ke1, Ra1, pawns a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7
>Black: Ka8
>
>k _ . _ . _ . _
>P . _ . _ . _ .
>P _ . _ . _ . _
>P . _ . _ . _ .
>P _ . _ . _ . _
>P . _ . _ . _ .
>P _ . _ . _ . _
>R . _ . K . _ .
>
>Two puzzles:
>
>i. (easy) White to play and mate in 8.
>
>ii. (considerably harder) is the position, and the solution, legal?
>[That is, could this arise by legal --- albeit ridiculous --- play
>from the initial position?]
>
>--Noam D. Elkies (elkies@zariski.harvard.edu)
>  Dept. of Mathematics, Harvard University


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From: augsburg@rtsg.mot.com (Leonard Augsburger)
Subject: Chess clubs in Phoenix
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:12:42 GMT

Anyone know any clubs in Phoenix?  Please email.  Thanks!!
Xref: sparky rec.games.chess:13173 rec.puzzles:8602
From: elkies@ramanujan.harvard.edu (Noam Elkies)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,rec.puzzles
Subject: Sextupled pawns Re: Quadruple pawns
Keywords: sextupled a-pawns!?
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:47:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan26.224738.19839
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1993Jan26.054608.2373@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
achar@ecn.purdue.edu writes:
>Another one of those "once in a while" games.
>[Amusing ICS games with quadrupled Black e-pawns omitted]

...which reminds me:

White: Ke1, Ra1, pawns a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7
Black: Ka8

k _ . _ . _ . _
P . _ . _ . _ .
P _ . _ . _ . _
P . _ . _ . _ .
P _ . _ . _ . _
P . _ . _ . _ .
P _ . _ . _ . _
R . _ . K . _ .

Two puzzles:

i. (easy) White to play and mate in 8.

ii. (considerably harder) is the position, and the solution, legal?
[That is, could this arise by legal --- albeit ridiculous --- play
from the initial position?]

--Noam D. Elkies (elkies@zariski.harvard.edu)
  Dept. of Mathematics, Harvard University
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From: edd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ed.knowles)
Subject: Re: Karpov Loses In 12 Moves
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:26:49 GMT

In article <1jn5mkINNp9r@news.aero.org>, jordan@aero.org (Larry M. Jordan) writes:
> 
> I don't think Karpov intended to 'tactically overwhelm' Larry
> Christiansen, who's considered to be (my many masters I know) to
> be a tactical genius.
> 
> --Larry Jordan

Christiansen is a tactical genius, but you underestimate Karpov's ego...

                                     -Edd Knowles
> 
> 
>
From: jrb@Ingres.COM (John Black)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Short-Timman, Game 11 adjourned
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:14:38 GMT
Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501

In article <8739@charon.cwi.nl> tromp@cwi.nl (John Tromp) writes:
>The 11th game in the Short-Timman match, played last Tuesday,
>was adjourned in the following position:
>

This is the schedule I have from Kees de Graf:

==============
The match is played in the Spanish town El Escorial. Dates of playing
are 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 January and
2 February. Time of play is 15:00 - 21:00 MET. Decision games, if
needed: 4 and 5 February.
Current score between the two: 18-17 in favour of Timman.

--Kees
==============

So why was a game played yesterday (Tuesday, 1/26)?  Has the schedule changed?


john//
jrb@ingres.com
From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: First KK match
Date: 22 Jan 93 23:48:37 GMT
 <C1698r.D4C@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>  
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There's a book at my college library that has all the games from the
World Championship matches up to 1984.  I've been trying to get them
online, as well as have copies of them for various other reasons
(although typing them is a pain in the butt!).  So far I've got the
Steinitz matches from 1886, 1889, and 1890/91 done.  If anybody wants
those matches just email me and I can send them to you.

--Ted Schuerzinger
email: .zed@Dartmouth.EDU
"I should have realized it would be bad vodka when all the label said
was 'Russian Vodka'."
From: jarmo@ae.tut.fi (Jarmo Sorvari)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: White to play and draw
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:01:57
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Hi!

I'm reading this interesting book, where I saw this dazzling study:

		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |*P |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   | K | N | N |   |*K |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |*P |   |   |   |   |*P |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   | P |   |   |*P |   |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

So, it is White to play and draw!  I hope I remember the position
right...
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From: mkukkone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Kukkonen)
Subject: Re: Smith-Morra Analysis (long)
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:21:18 GMT

In <1k4amnINNojq@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> rod malpert  <ram4@cornell.edu> writes:

(...)
>Several popular variations against the c3 sicilian are 
>precluded by black's having played 2...cd in the Smith-Morra
>declined:
>
>(A) 1 e4 c5 2 c3 d6 3 d4 Nf6;
>(B) 1 e4 c5 2 c3 e6 3 d4 d5, transposing into a french;
>(C)  1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5, perhaps the most popular variation
>against the c3 sicilian, is not as good in the Smith-Morra
>declined because an early cd is not best for black. 

Ah, you are very correct, and another point is that if white feels
tricky he can try 2.Nf3 <any normal move> 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3, which
also may give black some problems about transposing, depending on
his 2nd move. That is why I take that pawn, although I am naturally a
little materialistic person. :)

>Thus, black's options in the Smith-Morra declined are 
>extremely limited compared to the c3 sicilian.  This
>in itself is a major advance for white.  Moreover, the 
>2...Nf6 variation against the c3 sicilian is the line
>that most players of white hope to play.  There has been
>a lot of interest by strong players in 1 e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 
>3 e5 Nd5 4 d4 cd 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bc4.  It is not yet clear that
>black equalizes.  Also, the old 5 cd is not innocuous.  The 
>kingside attack can be strong.

Correct again, although 2.-Nf6 lines are scoring well enough for black
currently. But then why not play 2.c3 ? :)

Now, the thing that is starting to annoy me is that people are claiming
Sicilian being unsound AND at the same time claiming Morra being sound!?
Of the 13 playable moves available against 1.e4 (although 1.-h6 and
1.-g5 are border line cases) there is not one I would say is "unsound". 

Another interesting point is that if 2.d4 was a refutation against 1.-c5,
would not corresponding line in English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 c6)
be at least equal !? Still I have not seen anybody to play it ... :) 

Now I think this is enough of talk. Lets see some concrete variations. I
advocated in my last post line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 d6!? 8.Qe2 Be7 with the idea of Ra7-d7. I would
very much like to see a refutation against that, or even a line that
gives white enough compensation for his pawn.

Mika
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Trying to learn to live in Helsinki University of Computer Science.
"I am studying, so I am, or am I (studying)?"
From: strgh@csv.warwick.ac.uk (J E H Shaw)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess on TV
Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:14:48 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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BBC2 had a half-hour slot at the weekend on the Short-Timman match,
with Peter Snow (usually a political commentator with a big swingometer),
Bill Hartston & Danny King.  Coincidentally, Short had just won in
aggressive line-opening fashion against an aggressive pawn-snatching
Timman.  It looked like Geller (or Bronstein?) on a good day against
Fischer on a bad day.  I don't know if any more programs are scheduled.

If the play `The Grass Arena' makes it to U.S.A. T.V., do watch it -
it's the autobiography of a boxer-turned-alcoholic who learns chess
in prison.  [but realise that English chess-players aren't as universally
stuffy & nauseating as depicted].  It's been shown (at least) twice here.

        -- Ewart Shaw
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From: edd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ed.knowles)
Subject: Re: Drugs in Chess?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:39:08 GMT
Summary: drugs "welcome" in chess arena?

In article <32iRXB1w164w@tweekco.uucp>, jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley) writes:
> I've read allegations about drugs in chess (allegations about
> Karpov in K-K World Championship, etc.)  Should drug use be
> banned from chess play as it is in athletic events? Should there
> be drug testing?  Or, is this even an issue in chess?

Recreational drugs really don't help one's chess. I'd love my opponents
to be smoking marijuana, for example (is it my move?? what color do I
have... oh! I'm no your opponent?hmmm... what city is this?). Cocaine
will probably make one feel good about their position (no matter how bad
it is). 

Many chess players use caffeine (coffee, candy bars, no-doz) as a mental
stimulant. I've found this very effective if one combines it with massive
doses of B-complex with vitamin C (sold as chewable "Stress mates" in most
American health food stores) and choline. It would be very difficult to 
ban these substances. Nicotine is a mild stimulant also, and there's the
added "benefit" of your opponent possibly being a non-smoker. But in these
anti-tobacco days, there are probably a lot of tournaments where smoking
is banned, especially over the board. 

Ginseng is also a good mental stimulant.

The only drugs that may be helpful to one's chess, but pose "legality"
problems would be amphetamines.

                                 -Edd Knowles
From: ck832@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen Leary)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: CHESS NOVELS?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:15:49 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ck832@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen Leary)
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In a previous article, mginsbur@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Mark Ginsburg) says:

>In article <1993Jan24.235114.6327@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> pdorman@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Peter Dorman) writes:
>>LUZHIN'S DEFENSE (or THE DEFENSE) by Vladimir Nabokov
>>THE ROYAL GAME (long short story) by Stefan Zweig
>>
>>Was Luzhin patterned on a real player? 
>
>
>Nabokov's "The Defense" is tough to get at bookstores!
>
>As far as I know, there is nobody in real life that Nabokov the
>idea of Luzhin's character - but the paranoia is strongly
>reminiscent of Steinitz's descent into insanity.
>
>-mark
>
>

From VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov by Andrew Field:
   "Luzhin is usually identified with two great players of the period,
Tarakover and Rubenstein, who suffered from a split personality and
had an intense fear of mirrors. Nabokov first acknowledged that there
was something of Rubenstein in Luzhin, but later he withdrew that and
said, 'He was so like Luzhin that it was difficult to explain that
I didn't know Rubenstein.' "

Nabokov vs Nimzovitch ??

   Field relates a story that Nabokov told him about wanting to see a
championship game for himself. He spent three days at a championship
match in Paris in 1929 between Nimzo and Alekhine. Later, Nimzo
gave a simul and Nabokov claimed to have played! Nabokov said,
"[Nimzovitch] had lost the game, when over my shoulder a hand
appeared and moved a pawn." That was the account Nabokov gave of his
loss.

This anecdote is awfully difficult to believe. It is too patently
Nabokovian and sounds like what usually happens to unfortunate
characters in his novels, but this time, it happens to the writer
himself. Sounds like Nabokov was pulling someone's leg, which he
liked to do. However, if the game score is found among his papers
at Cornell, or wherever they are now, then I stand corrected.

Stephen Leary
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Subject: Re: Presidential Chess
From: cc3@swvcc.wvnet.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:14:15 -0500
Organization: Southern WV Community College

In article <Hu1NXB1w164w@tweekco.uucp>, jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley) writes:
> On this inauguration day for the U.S. Presidency, I was wondering...
> Have any U.S. presidents been chess enthusiasts?  Are there any game
> scores anyone can post of a game with a U.S. president?
>   -Just wondering....

Abraham Lincoln!

Benjamin Franklin     <- Not a President, but a famous historical figure
                         There's an story about him playing chess with a queen
                         while she was taking a bath (in the nude of course)

Allen
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From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Fianchetto; En Passant
Organization: Panix, NYC
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:17:29 GMT

A couple of questions:

Does anyone know of a good book that describes the motivations and
issues involved in a fianchetto?  It seems to be consistent with
hypermodern openings (control, not necessarily occupation, of center),
but I haven't really picked up much beyond that.  None of my books
discuss it with anything more than a passing comment.  Any direction
that can be provided would be appreciated.

Also, when was en passant introduced in chess?
-- 
Rob Ryan
    rryan@panix.com
From: donan@hardy.u.washington.edu (Donald Anglin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: CHESS NOVELS?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:48:44 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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I just noticed a new book out in my bookstore, edited by Hochberg. The
title is something like "Through the 64-square Looking Glass" It has
several short excerpts from literary works, with chess as a theme. Many
of those having been mentioned here. By several I mean 20-30 short 
stories, under different sections of the book. Looks very interesting and
just published in '92.
From: marcelk@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Marcel van Kervinck)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Timman-Short game 10 (Short wins) moves
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:25:28 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

# Short - Timman
# El Escorial 1993
# (10)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5
16.Nh2 g6 17.Qf3 h5 18.Be3 Nfd7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ngf1 Bg7 21.Bc1 c6 22.b4
axb4 23.cxb4 Na4 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Bb3 Rad8 26.Qg3 Nf8 27.Nf3 Ne6 28.Ng5 Nxg5
29.Bxg5 Bf6 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Rd3 h4 32.Rf3 hxg3 33.Rxf6 gxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Re7
35.Rxg6+ Kh7 36.Rg3 d5 37.exd5 Bxd5 38.Rd3 Nb6 39.Ne3 Red7 40.Nxd5
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Marcel van Kervinck
marcelk@stack.urc.tue.nl
From: schiller@whorf (Eric Schiller)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Kasparov's Gambit (DOS version)
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:29:10 GMT
Reply-To: schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <C1H50E.9Lz@world.std.com> mem@world.std.com (Jeff Lesser)  
writes:
> 
> Eric -- Is the Gambit program also a chessplaying game, or only a tutor? 
> If it does play, is there any estimated strength range on, say, a  
486-33? 
> Feature list?
> 
> Thanks.
I do not discuss relative playing strength, the numbers represent
bullshit to me. But it is a strong playing program as well as
a fine tutor. Feature list will be posted when everything is
finalized. I expect that when it is released all of you 
enthusiasts will put it through the wringer against all
available commercial opposition. I think it will do very
well indeed. 

Some of the features will be discussed in postings this weekend
or earlier, as soon as I get some time.


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Sometimes my head is in the clouds of theory, but often it is just a fog.
My feet, meantime, tend to stay more or less on the ground. I think.
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Eric Schiller                              schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu
Dept of Linguistics, Univ. of Chicago      schiller@whorf.uchicago.edu