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Subject: Re: How long does your program take to avoid Qxc2

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:58:13 03/31/00

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On March 31, 2000 at 16:23:24, Chessfun wrote:

>
>
>This position came up in my tourney.
>Nimzo to play played Qxc2?? and resigned 5 moves later.
>How long does your program take to avoid taking the pawn?.
>
>MCP 8 is in book with 15. either Bc1 or Qc1 since Qc1 leads to
>black thinking it is winning seems the best move. This Qc1 should
>be in every book as the best move in this variation.
>
>[D]r3kb1r/2q2ppp/p2p4/1p1PpP2/8/4Q3/PPP1N1PP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 17
>
>
>Thanks.

Chessmaster 7000 switches from Qxc2 to Be7 after 1:01 on a P2-400.

17...Be7 18.c3 Bh4 19.Ng3 Bxg3 20.Qxg3 O-O 21.Rad1 Rfc8 (-0.23 for Black)

After 2:07, the line changes to:

17...Be7 18.c3 O-O 19.Ng3 Qc4 20.Rfd1 Qg4 21.Qe4 Qg5 22.Qf3 Rfc8 (-0.20 for
Black)

jm




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