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Subject: Re: Why?! Well here's ONE answer URGENT! FATAL ERROR!

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 20:30:24 05/09/00

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On May 09, 2000 at 23:04:30, stuart taylor wrote:

>On May 09, 2000 at 14:00:20, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>[D] r5kb/p1qbpp2/3p1npB/1p6/2r1P1P1/1NN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - bm Bf8;
>
>It's not the best move anyway!
>It leads to a draw against best play! Blacks first move would be 19...Nh5!
>It's a long job to type out all the main variations here and I don't know how to
>reprint it straight from computer. But it looks like no one checked it out
>properly.
>  19...Bg5 probably is the best move, and at any rate can lead to a forced win.
>  After 19...Nh5, the queen can eventually be manuevered (with further
>creativity also) to cover g7 etc. and can end up with Bishop and 2 pawns
>(one is also enough) vs.Rook.
>   When checking out a position with computer aid (in my case-Hiarcs 7.0)
>you must atleast ask it many questions. You can't just run it for 2 minutes
>and conclude "too bad! the computer is a dummy because I know better!"
>Stuart Taylor

I'm happy to announce that on checking my position with the diagram, I see
I had a slight mistake! On move 18.I played it as 18...Qa6, instead of Qc7.
THAT would have made 19.Bf8 wrong.  I appologise for any inconvenience caused.
S.T.



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