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Subject: Re: Is this move really the best?

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 02:48:33 05/03/00

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On May 03, 2000 at 00:06:39, blass uri wrote:

>On May 02, 2000 at 16:49:25, Pete R. wrote:
>
>>I think Shredder's output is basically correct in that Rxe6 is *not* the best
>>move.  After Rxe6 fxe6 is best and leads to the forced line given.  Shredder
>>sees this better than Fritz does, btw, Fritx abandons fxe6 in favor of Rc7.
>>Somebody mentioned 1. Rxe6 fxe6 2. Bh6?! as being better than 2. Nxe6 but I
>>disagree. 1. Rxe6 fxe6 2. Bh6 a6 and white is still in poor shape.  1. Bh6 has a
>>point to keep the king in the center, but 1. Qd3 to prevent a6 may be as good or
>>better.  In any case Shredder seems to be doing fine.
>
>I remember that I tried to play the position after Rxe5 fxe6 2.Bh6 with black
>with the help of my beta version of Junior(Junior4.6 was the commercial version
>and I used a better version) in this board about 1.5-2 years ago and could not
>win with black.
>
>I am not sure what I played but I think that I played a6 and the opponent
>replied Re1 at some stage of the game that was a strong move.
>
>Uri

I analyzed 1. Rxe6 fxe6 2. Bh6 a6 for a long time, but I didn't get to find any
position in that  white are better. However, I think Howard is right
when he wrote: "the position was extremely deep and full of twists and
turns that computers needed a long time to resolve".
I will seek in the files with approximately 1.5 years to see what you and
Howard played, I am curious because I am not 100% sure that white
can't win/draw in this position.

Paulo Soares



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