Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:52:00 05/09/00
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On May 09, 2000 at 10:34:20, Mark Andreoli wrote:
>
> I recently played a 5 minute blitz game against International Master Nenad
>Aleksic. see moves below: (I lost as I am black.)
>
> 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O
>
> 8.Bc4 Nc6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10.g4 Qa5 11.h4 Rfc8 12.h5 Ne5 13.hxg6 hxg6
>
> 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Qd2 b5 16.O-O-O Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.Bf8!! OK
>
> "gang" the parties over. All variations are FORCED and win rather quickly
> for white. The game continued 19. ... Rxf8 20.Rxh8+ Kxh8 21.Qh6+ Kg8
>
> 22.Rh1 Nh5 22. gxh5 Rxc3 23.hxg6 1-0
>
> My question is _why_ can't the above mentioned "engines" F5/F6/Hiarcs
>find the move 19. Bf8 (Nenad found it in only 20 seconds). The engines all want
>to play Bg5??
>
> _which wins too_ in a __long endgame_ however I thought nothing could
>beat these chess computers when it came to tactics.
> Maybe I overlooked something? Maybe Junior,Rebel,CM 7000 or Chess Tiger
>can find this "simple but elegant tactical shot"! Could anyone help me out by
>checking the position after the 18th move. I would love to be corrected and/or
>enlightened. Thanks for any help in solving this _mystery_!? MJA :-(
Post it in FEN and I'll try with the latest Chess Tiger...
Christophe
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