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| Oct-30-12 | | JustWoodshifting: <RandomVisitor>
I have no idea if Rybka4.1 comes with a tablebase. I did not purchase one separately to run with R4.1, if that is what you are referring to. Otherwise, how do I find out? I use the Fritz 12 interface. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Robin Gitte: <Ceri> I play a couple of friends plus "Boris Flashplayer" who thrashes me unmercifully, except from our current starting position, where he seems helpless with a knight and bishop completely awol. But OK, I'll behave myself. :-) |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DcGentle: <MindCtrol9>: If we close down the queenside now, we would regret it later, because we will have very few options left, once his blockade position is set up, and by closing down the queenside ourselves we would play into his hands. Granted, our kingside attack is strong, but there is this black f5 pawn in the way and he will never take on g4. The less options remain for us, the harder the game will be and the longer it will last. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Ceri: Re: Kurt Widmann.
12.5 out of 15 = awesome!
http://correspondencechess.com/ccca...
Cheers,
Ceri |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Nickster: <kwid> Impressive. Much respect. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | stunningmove: <kwid> wow! a strong field |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DPLeo: <Ceri: Re: Kurt Widmann.
12.5 out of 15 = awesome! ...>
Wow!!!
Out of 15 competitors 12 of them were rated higher than Kurt including 1 who was rated 190 points higher. At the time, engines were so weak they would be of no use. Quite a demonstration of the strength of Carbon 1.0! |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DcGentle: I congratulate you, <kwid>, and if I hurt your feelings, I apologize. It was never my intention to hurt anyone. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Ceri: <Robin Gitte: <Ceri> I play a couple of friends plus "Boris Flashplayer" who thrashes me unmercifully, except from our current starting position, where he seems helpless with a knight and bishop completely awol. But OK, I'll behave myself. :-)> No need to behave - just be yourself and enjoy the ride. Back in the early 1960's I had an older friend at school who got into cc after he left. (Colin Brown.) He showed me some of his completed games and I would come up with: did you look at this? or this? The answer was always no! The lines were, usually, chaotic. Colin concluded that, if we had played at blitz, he might win one game in 100. If we had played at cc, then he would win the majority. He thought that somewhere in between the ratios must cross. The only player from my era who I know is still out there is Mike Boyce (BCF 178) and I was 100% in my games with him. I did play Dominic Foord (FIDE 2026) a few years back. He was playing a simultaneous display against 10 opponents and did not know me, so the odds were stacked against him and he died in 18 moves. Colin Brown and I also played Bridge together in the mid 1960's and I met up with him again recently on Bridgebase. At least I am a GM at Bridge. Cheers,
Ceri |
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| Oct-30-12 | | kb2ct: <Tabanus:>
I don't think he will play Qg6 unless he has worked out the knight sac. The threat of Pg5 after Rg2 is just too strong. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. a4 Bg6
8. a5 Nf5 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Kh1 Qe8 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. Rg1 Kh7 18. Nf1 Be7 19. h3 b5 0 20. Ne3 fxg4 21.
hxg4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3+ Qg6 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bg5 25. Rg2 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Rae8 27.
Rf1 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5
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| Oct-30-12 | | bigchris: <Ceri: At least I am a GM at Bridge.> ACBL Grand Life Master? There's only like 400 of those. Maybe we can play sometime. On BBO I am bigjadefox. |
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Oct-30-12
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20.Ne3
FINAL VOTE TALLY:
| 20.Ne3 |
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173 | votes |
(71.5%) |
| 20.b4 |
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22 | votes |
(9.1%) |
| 20.Ng3 |
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20 | votes |
(8.3%) |
| 20.axb6 |
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5 | votes |
(2.1%) |
| 20.Rg2 |
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4 | votes |
(1.7%) |
| 20.b3 |
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3 | votes |
(1.2%) |
| 20.g5 |
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3 | votes |
(1.2%) |
| 20.Nh2 |
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2 | votes |
(0.8%) |
| 20.gxf5 |
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2 | votes |
(0.8%) |
| 20.Bd2 |
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2 | votes |
(0.8%) |
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total # of votes: 242
draw requests: 6 (2.5%)
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Oct-30-12
 | | chrisowen: <kb2ct> Dry up in e3 would harass put in manage e6xf5 only it ring in lets pull down his invasion you in a6 na fashion
queen draw in g6 as tender my tight is kingh8 or g8 in tonic hand ostentatious in bad call it pirate am in d3 exchange it her in g6 over now in success comes at a canter we reach in flashing across a1 to f1 fable in f4 to f5 a st on the hill exactly it clamp in b4 all lowly it stubborn in for finding h8 king he uses instead isolating a6 we have pb4 in graph rooks f1 and g1 too strong for him interested to see red eye knight perfectly it slot in e3 thinning out the pack as hastle in rising evaluations what might be his 26th? <20.ne3 fxg4 21.hxg4 bxd3 22.qxd3+ kg8 23.bd2 b4!? 24.cxb4 rab8 25.nc2 h5>
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Oct-30-12
| | chrisowen: <20.ne3> Key it escry in light nein stein draught in beef it is oasis in drench a rookg2 as prefer tile go building, in beach whale free stone wall ace in no time like george ne3 propping have sight of f5 d5 c4 wide boy clean in away it ebony in b5 as the pebble inflicting free duty it ya baby in rattle effect it rotary in watch for windmill bain monarch in h1 safety see knight i tanning for exchange off re yeah f5 in low feeble attempt in together nigh apostle comes to d2 or e3 drill energy it juice in preventer c4 and c5 loose the cane bamboo b3 and rooka2 tame in valve rye scope it relax in rim a5 i need epi-centre focus in f4 an issue, in where there will form a nexus congest in g5 mould if f4 push in height h5 allow ground for gun rook over seems it success in jackalled queen to e2 in feed him belly up b8 low and b5 hind a mage d2 any rally empty see dip low in e3 up ride as in. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | cro777: <<kwid> a strong field!> Kurt Widman is ICCF Senior International Master. His ICCF rating is 2560. His peak rating was 2571 (in 1993). |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DcGentle: <kb2ct>: We would most likely play 25. Bxg5. |
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Oct-30-12
 | | Tabanus: <kb2ct> Ok.
Sorry for being slow, but is it 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Bd2 Kh8 22.gxf5 that leads to the fortress? 
click for larger viewCritter 1.6a 24-ply
1.  (1.56): 22...Bxf5 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.Rg2 g6 25.Rag1 Rg8 26.b3 Rcd8 27.Kh2 Bh4 28.c4 bxc4 29.bxc4 Nf8 30.cxd5 cxd5 31.Bxf5 Bf2 32.Rxf2 gxf5 2. (2.39): 22...exf5 23.Rxg6 Qxg6 24.Bxf5 Qe8 25.Bg6 Qd8 26.Nf5 Rc7 27.Qd1 Rxf5 28.Bxf5 Nf8 29.Qg4 Bh4 30.Be3 b4 31.cxb4 Be7 32.b5 cxb5 |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Lambda: Results of my run on the artificial position 
click for larger view Houdini_15a_x64 depth 32:
-1.14 27. ... Kh8 28.b4 Qd7 29.Qg2 Ne6 30.Ra2 Raf8 31.Qg6 Bh4 32.Re2 Bd8 33.a6 Qe7 -1.14 27. ... Qd7 28.b4 Ne6 29.Qg4 Raf8 30.Ra2 Bd8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Rg4 Qe7 33.Re2 Bc7 -1.31 27. ... Qc8 28.b4 Kh8 29.Qg2 Qd7 30.Qh3 Re8 31.Be3 Bd8 32.Ra2 Qc8 33.Rgg2 Qd7 -1.31 27. ... Rd8 28.b4 Kh8 29.Qg2 Qd7 30.Qh3 Re8 31.Be3 Bd8 32.Ra2 Qc8 33.Rgg2 Qd7 -1.31 27. ... Re8 28.b4 a6 29.Qg2 Kh8 30.Qh3 Ra8 31.Be3 Bd8 32.Rg2 Bc7 33.Bc1 Rc8 -1.31 27. ... Rc8 28.b4 Bd8 29.Qg4 a6 30.Qh3 Kh8 31.Be3 Bc7 32.Rg2 Qd7 33.Rag1 Rb8 -1.31 27. ... Bd8 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Qg4 Qe6 30.b4 Kg8 31.Qh3 a6 32.Be3 Raa7 33.Ra2 Rae7 -1.31 27. ... Kg8 28.Bd2 Re8 29.Qg2 Qd7 30.Qh3 Qe6 31.b4 Qd7 32.Be3 Kh8 33.Rg2 Bd8 Confirmation that engine runs won't help us here, it was on 1.31 for some of these after ten minutes. But that's not particularly surprising. Human intervention will indeed be required. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | kwid: Hi all,
There is a chance for us if he cannot find a way to get his rooks
into the action. Otherwise our advantage will be overwhelming and just take over the h-file. 20. Ne3 fxg4 21. Bd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3+ Kh8 23. hxg4 Kg8 24. b4 Qe8 25. Raf1 Rf7
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26. g5 hxg5 27. f5 Nf8 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Rh1 Qe8 30. Rh2 *
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| Oct-30-12 | | DanLanglois: <There is a chance for us> |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Ceri: < bigchris: <Ceri: At least I am a GM at Bridge.>
ACBL Grand Life Master? There's only like 400 of those. Maybe we can play sometime. On BBO I am bigjadefox.> I was a UK GM.
I did achieve Life Master in the USA but I was only there for 3 weeks in 1971. Finishing 7th in a 550 team Swiss must have helped. We were in the lead when I had to get the bus to New York for my plane. Harry Fishbein invited me to play with him in New York, but I had no chance to do it. I won a "play with the expert" as an expert with Hamman, Wolff, Eisenberg, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden (to be Truscott) and Phillip Alder (my partner at the time) in the field. My amateur was pulled from the bar (drunk) to make up the numbers because the player due to play was trapped by business As luck would have it, I had most of the cards and played almost every hand, assisted by the fact that partner had been told by a mate of his that this was his only hope! I played 2 hands in a morning side-game in Chicago against Giorgio Belladonna / Jacqueline Dupont but I did get to play a full match in London against Italy in 1984: Garozzo / deFalco, Lauria / Mosca, Duboin / Vivaldi. We were 28 up with 8 hands to go, lost by 8 and I had to watch, sitting out! My family commitments mean that I don't get to play very often, but I will look out for you. Cheers,
Ceri |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DcGentle: <kwid>: Thanks, well, yes, we will play a line like you demonstrated. We hope we can win there. Currently we have got bigger problems when Black doesn't take g4, but <Tabanus> may be up to something here. <Tabanus> I must say, with the fitting move order we may avoid the blockade positions! Great finding! :-) I am just trying whether something like this also works for 20... a6, and it does so far.
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| Oct-30-12 | | Robin Gitte: <Ceri> Tks. It's all very exciting. Either we're in a great position or I've overdosed on my "undo move" button. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | Ceri: <Tabanus: <kb2ct> Ok. Sorry for being slow, but is it 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Bd2 Kh8 22.gxf5 that leads to the fortress?> From memory, if we see Rc8, then we might be playing gxf5 one turn earlier. Cheers,
Ceri |
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| Oct-30-12 | | DcGentle: <Robin Gitte>: No no, you are right, look at the knight we just moved! Doesn't it rule about half the board? It looks as strong as a rook at this position, with prospects in the offense and defense. |
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