This is why we lose to engines

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Jack Lad
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This is why we lose to engines

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White seems okay here but is in fact lost! :shock: However only an engine could see and play the brilliant knight sac. :wink:

[d] 2b2rk1/1pp2pp1/2n2n1p/8/1P4P1/1Q1PP2P/r3BK1N/qN1R3R b
1... Nc6-d4 2. e3xd4 Qa1xd4+ 3. Kf2-e1 Bc8-e6 4. Qb3-c3 Qd4-f4 5. Rd1-d2 Nf6-d5 6. Qc3-c5 Ra2xd2 7. Nb1xd2 Rf8-a8 0 - 1
[d] r5k1/1pp2pp1/4b2p/2Qn4/1P3qP1/3P3P/3NB2N/4K2R w
Here white is lost despite still being a piece up. :(

Do you honestly think that Kasparov or Fischer could have seen it too? :roll:
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Re: This is why we lose to engines

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[d] 2b2rk1/1pp2pp1/2n2n1p/8/1P4P1/1Q1PP2P/r3BK1N/qN1R3R b
I would just play Rb2 here instead which wins the pawn on b4 and gives black an advantage (although white can still probably draw this) and so clearly not as cool as playing Nd4! which just wins.
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George Tsavdaris
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Re: This is why we lose to engines

Post by George Tsavdaris »

Jack Lad wrote:White seems okay here but is in fact lost! :shock: However only an engine could see and play the brilliant knight sac. :wink:
Yes this is one small reason why humans lose from engines, but i think the main reason is the mistakes they make:

For example in the Anand-Gelfand world championship 2007 game, black in the following position played Rxe1? and offered a draw. Anand accepted. Every engine can find on the spot the Rxf4 which is immune from the Queen because of Bg5.

[D]3q2k1/ppp2pp1/3p1b1p/1b5P/4rPN1/1PP5/P1PQ1BP1/2K1R3 b - - 0 22
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Jack Lad
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Re: This is why we lose to engines

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Thanks George. 8-) Yes indeed humans are very prone to making silly errors and oversights whereas engines rarely make such obvious blunders.
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