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Subject: Re: tricky position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 19:24:37 04/08/03

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On April 08, 2003 at 20:02:35, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On April 08, 2003 at 19:40:55, Jon Dart wrote:
>
>>From a game Arasan-Pepito:
>>
>>[D] 8/1B1r1b1k/3N2pp/p3Qp2/3P1P2/7P/1P1b1K2/2r5 w - -
>>
>>White should play Nxf5, not Nxf7, which loses.
>>
>>--Jon
>>
>
>Zappa never considers Nxf7.  However, I'm not sure what to think about 1. Ba6,
>and I definitely don't like the large branching factor.
>
>1. Nxf5 Bc4 2. Bf3 Rf7 3. Ne3 Bxe3 4. Qxe3 Rc2 5. Kg3 Rxb2 6. Qe8 Rg7
> = (-1.91)      Depth: 9        00:00:42.61     11216kN
>1. Ba6 Rcc7 2. Kf3 Re7 3. Qb5 Rc2 4. Nxf7 Rxf7 5. Qb3 Rfc7 6. Qb8
> = (-2.09)      Depth: 10       00:02:09.23     34915kN
>
>After Nxf7:
>1...Rxf7 2. Bd5 Rg7 3. b3 Rc3 4. Kg2 Rd3 5. Bc4 Re3 6. Qc5 Re4 7. Qf8
> = (2.58)       Depth: 12       00:00:49.28     14259kN
>
>anthony

I don't know about Ba6.  Maybe you should give Zappa a bit longer.  Amateur 2.44
likes Nxf5 with a fairly even score.  It's a nice position, some strong progs
have problems with it (e.g. Yace 99.5).

10 -132 3801 11278105 Nxf7 Rxf7 Bd5 Rg7 b3 Rc2 Kf3 Bb4 h4 Rc7 Qe3
10 -110 5336 15882218 Nxf5 Bc4 Bf3 Rc2 Kg3 Rxb2 Nxh6 Rb5 Qe8 Rxd4
11 -116 7976 23929913 Nxf5 Bc4 Bf3 Rc2 Kg1 Rxb2 Nd6 Rb1 Kf2 Be1 Kg2 Rb2 Kg1 Bf2
Kg2
12 -38 26962 81045193 Nxf5 Bc4 Be4 Rf7 Nd6 Rxf4 Kg2 Rf1 h4 Rg4 Kh3 Rf4 Qe7 Bf7



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