Can you outsmart the computer

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12th November 2008, 04:35pm
#1
by grensley
Minnesota United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 406

So I put this draw through the computer analyzer here, and it came back with everything clean but two inaccuracies (neither made a big difference).  Can you spot anything the computer can't.

12th November 2008, 06:33pm
#2
by bball557
Chattanooga United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 6

no i can't  Undecided

13th November 2008, 11:12am
#3
by NM tonydal
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4753

I too don't understand 16... Kc7; you probably should've played there 16... Rhe8, so if White takes the d5 pawn you get counterplay with ... Re2.  For his part, White should've played 20 Kd2 with a comfortably winning endgame, instead of pushing his pawns on the queenside and creating weaknesses.  (Computers by the way are notoriously unreliable at evaluating endgames.)

13th November 2008, 11:21am
#4
by mythbuster
Iowa United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 83

yeah, i agree, it also depends on the strength of the analysis.  But I didn't really see anything that the computer didn't notice. white had the pawn advantage and lost it though at the end.  That was the only thing I noticed.

13th November 2008, 06:50pm
#5
by grensley
Minnesota United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 406

I have a feeling that the 2000 rated computer would have had a draw as well then.  Some of my other moves may have contributed to losing the pawn.

13th November 2008, 10:55pm
#6
by NM tonydal
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4753

Actually, I realized (at work) why the computer suggested 16... Kc7.  It is to avoid 17 c4 dc 18 Bxb7+ (in fact, it mentions the move in the variation it gives after 16... f5).

 

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