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Subject: Re: Tough position

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 00:30:07 07/12/00

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On July 12, 2000 at 03:08:32, Jason Williamson wrote:

>On July 11, 2000 at 22:09:37, Roger Kyte wrote:
>
>>On July 11, 2000 at 16:43:10, Yar wrote:
>>
>>>[D] 8/k4p2/1r3P2/7p/1N1B1Q1P/5B2/1K5q/8 w
>>>
>>>Computers can't solve this
>>
>>
>>In ten seconds my computer comes up with two possibilities:
>>
>>Analysis by Fritz 6:
>>
>>1. +- (4.69): 1.Bg2 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7 Kxc7
>>2. +- (4.47): 1.Ka1 Qh1+ 2.Bd1 Qxd1+ 3.Kb2 Qe2+ 4.Ka3 Qe6 5.Qg5 Kb7
>>
>>I am not sure why you think computers cannot solve this, it is a no brainer, if
>>White takes the Queen it is stalemate.
>
>The point is look at your computers first varation...the black king gets to the
>white pawn on F6 and eats it, leaving white with a passed H pawn of the wrong
>color.  The position is drawn.

Well, he said that it was only 10 seconds worth of analysis...Undoubtedly the
computer would soon find that 5. Bh3+ is the correct move.



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