Urusov Gambit?
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Is the Urusov Gambit good? I was playing earlier and came across an urusov gambit and destroyed a Berlin defense player
Yes.
I'm afraid the truth is not what you want to know, the Urusov is considered "unsound" by a super-computer but at low levels it's viable
Nov 9, 2021
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It’s funny how the computer thinks it’s unsound, and yet there’s a video on YouTube by Jonathan Schrantz beating the latest version of Stockfish with the Urusov. I used to play it a lot and thought it was fun, but after a while it got kind of boring and repetitive and few people accepted the gambit.
https://youtu.be/FC2P6VUYu78
https://youtu.be/FC2P6VUYu78
Nov 9, 2021
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NikkiLikeChikki wrote:
It’s funny how the computer thinks it’s unsound, and yet there’s a video on YouTube by Jonathan Schrantz beating the latest version of Stockfish with the Urusov. I used to play it a lot and thought it was fun, but after a while it got kind of boring and repetitive and few people accepted the gambit.
https://youtu.be/FC2P6VUYu78
https://youtu.be/FC2P6VUYu78
computers have weaknesses, and Schrantz know what they are.
If you play Evans' Gambit against comp, he will try to hold to the pawn - that's losing. - he doesn't have that pre-knowledge.
Schrantz also made a video about beating the Berlin - Ruy Lopez. - he sacs a piece, holding into a pawn on f6 really strong - the comp, not knowing Anything, takes the bait... humans won't fall for that. besides, comp doesn't Really sees 20+ moves ahead - he's skipping a Huge amount of them - this is where the weakness is.
you know what the Real power of the computer is? without skipping moves? - 5. 5 for each side, after thinking for a a couple of minutes or so.
Nov 9, 2021
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#7
Of course. I don’t marvel at the video, I just made the connection with the Urusov and thought it was ironic that the computer finds it “unsound.” There are definitely positions that even computers don’t understand, especially at low depth.
And yes, the Urusov is just plain boring if the gambit goes unaccepted. It just looks like, with minor differences, a badly played Scotch or Italian.
And yes, the Urusov is just plain boring if the gambit goes unaccepted. It just looks like, with minor differences, a badly played Scotch or Italian.
