Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 02:02:09 04/03/04
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On April 02, 2004 at 12:01:53, Tord Romstad wrote: >On April 02, 2004 at 09:14:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On April 02, 2004 at 07:57:32, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>[D]r1b2rk1/pp4bp/2p3p1/4q2n/NQPN1p1P/1P5n/P3PPB1/2BRRK2 b - - bm f3; id >>>ECM.1438"; >>> >>>In this position from the ECMGCP suite, Gothmog wants to play Nxf2, which looks >>>rather convincing to me. However, f3 is listed as the only solution. Do both >>>moves win? >> >>Maybe. f3 gives me +5 though, while Nxf2 sticks at +2. So f3 is certainly >>stronger. > >Thanks. I suppose I should have a closer look at why my engine doesn't find >it, then. > >Tord The 2 main lines are 1... Nxf2 2. Kxf2 f3 3. Bxf3 Qg3+ 4. Ke3 Rd8! [d]r4rk1/pp4bp/2p3p1/7n/NQP3bP/1P2BNqn/P3PPB1/3RRK2 w - - 1... f3 2. Nxf3 Qg3 3. Be3 Bg4! [d]r1br2k1/pp4bp/2p3p1/7n/NQPN3P/1P2KBq1/P3P3/2BRR3 w - - 0 5 Both are winning, but I don't know how many moves still to mate :)
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