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Subject: Nice king safety testposition

Author: Scott Gasch

Date: 01:42:20 08/16/01


This is a position that can come up in the sicilian dragon.  My engine does not
see it until it's way too late, even in standard time controls.

[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1

The idea is to avoid Ng3 because it leads to something like this:

[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2B1/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP4Q/2K4R b - - 0 3

I bet that the strong amateurs and pros will avoid this move quickly.  I need
about 6M nodes and 10 ply to see its bad... even then my engine still wants to
play it as it thinks the king can sneak out.  It can't, according to opening
book literature.

Scott



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