Author: Howard Exner
Date: 04:01:07 07/16/98
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On July 16, 1998 at 01:42:30, blass uri wrote: > >On July 16, 1998 at 00:10:02, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On July 15, 1998 at 18:47:56, fca wrote: >> >>>On July 15, 1998 at 14:27:18, Howard Exner wrote: >>> >>>>Show me Rxe6 is unsound and I'll retract my claim that it is a good choice for >>>>a computer to make in playing a human. It won't be the first time I'm wrong >>>>about a chess move. >>> >>>Right - as I said in the root post, I think Rxe6 fxe6 and White is busted. >>> >>>So, I play fxe6. Your move :-) >> >>I like the reply Bh6 now for white. Hey this is fun, our own correspondence >>game. Your move. >I play a6 Was Bxa6 instead of Nxe6 considered in reply to a6. >my programs evaluate the position as better for black Was any analysis done previously on replys other than Rxe6? Were they much better? >darkthought found after a long time Bh6 with the line a6 Nxe6 axb5 Ng7+ Kf8 >Ne6+ Kf7 Nxd8+ >if you go to this line I play Rhxd8 Now that you mention that Ernst got Dark Thought involved in this analysis I am starting to doubt that Rxe6 is good (since his analysis is always very thorough) > >I think no computer program can find Bh6 in a reasonable time. >they play Nxe6 instead of it. I agree, Bh6 would be difficult for a computer. How did the analysis go after 1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Bh6 a6 3.Bxa6 > >Uri >> >>Part of my liking Rxe6 is that if black safely castles, the pawn plus >>would give black the trump card of reducing to an endgame. Uri mentioned >>that this thread was covered awhile back, so if someone already has >>white busted please post the line as it would save us some time. >> >>> >>>Kind regards >>> >>>fca
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