Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:09:06 10/18/97
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On October 18, 1997 at 19:23:54, Howard Exner wrote: >5r2/4r3/1p1p2kp/pPp2p2/2P2P2/3P1BN1/P2B1P1P/5K2 w - - id"Capablanca Jose >- Alekhine Alexander"; > >In this game from Nottingham, 1936, Alekhine resigned. >I'm wondering if this is one of those positions where computer >programs suffer. Black has two rooks which are impotent while >white's 3 minor pieces will eventually find nice outposts. How do >various programs eval this position after a 10 minute analysis? I let Crafty analyze this for 5 minutes on my P5/233 notebook. It slightly likes black, because of the blocked pawns that it hates. But is has an interesting plan. Bh5+, then the knight goes to d5 and takes on b6, which is protected by a black rook. Black retakes on b6 and white then takes on a5 with the other bishop. Net result... two connected passed pawns that hit the 6th rank and give the two rooks a lot trouble. Whether it would win this or not is anyone's guess. But it does have a "plan" that is interesting.
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