Damir wrote:Junior did not have a chance, had it not been for Fire's hardware unstability. When your engine restarts something like 3-4 times in a row, due to too much overclock. You are doomed to lose the game...
Another issue is the book. I heared that Fire played with no book at all.
There was an article that said the Fire operator thought the water tasted funny too. The building was evacuated as a result of possible poisoning.
Plus there was a bit of controversy as the Junior operator made a suspicious number of visits to the bathroom carrying a tower he claimed was just an oversized pill box containing his medication.
"Tactics are the bricks and sticks that make up a game, but positional play is the architectural blueprint."
playjunior wrote:I am a big Junior fan but have an impression that Fire just badly misplayed the game, abandoning several fortress-like setups, maybe because it was actually better and tried to make progress. It overstepped at some point but this is not what a typical Junior victory looks like.
yes i think that's an accurate assessment...
one of the many ways to lose!
[D] 2r5/2r5/1q1p2pk/pP1B1p1p/2P2P1P/4p1P1/R1RbQ3/5K2 b - - 0 58 - in this position, Black is one pawn ahead but it is meaningless. Of all the engines I ve tested it is only Deep Junior who reckons this position as draw 0,00 all the others, Rybka, Naum, Stockfish, Shredder, Fritz think black is 0,4 - 1,0 better. When black would have played Qd4 or Kh7 instead of Ra7, Junior would have continued with Rxd2 !? where after a draw would be the result.
So I think this is a very nice example of its extraordinary evaluation.
Normally there must be two to dance, eh play chess. Do you belive JUnior qould have achived the same position transformnation against another engine!
Robert Flesher wrote:When you look at this position, most would NEVER dream white could get connected passers!
[d]1q3r2/r3bpk1/p1Bp2pp/4p3/8/2P2Q1P/1P2RPP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 28
However, move 76 we have this position.
[d]1q6/1P4r1/r1Pp1Qpk/3B1p1p/5P1P/p2Rp1P1/3bK3/1R6 b - - 0 77
So let's see, Junior was a pawn down, and ended up with this position. Stunning!
I guess some do not see that transition as beautiful. Pity for them! I for one think the game was nothing short of masterful genius. Capiche?