Author: Robin Smith
Date: 16:33:08 06/09/00
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This game and position reminds me very much of one I just finished in the US correspondence chess championship. In the following position: [D]8/4kpp1/1pQ4p/p7/P2q4/3P2P1/2P2P1P/6K1 b black played 34. ... Qd6? and lost after 35.Qxd6+ Kxd6 36.Kf1 b5 37.Ke2 bxa4 38.Kd2 and white easily stops the a pawn and wins. After the game I was surprised to find that even after very long "thinks" programs seem to want to avoid playing 35.Qxd6, even though it is not at all hard (for a human)to see that white can stop the a-pawns, and after that white's connected c & d pawns are unstopable. The only exception I found was Fritz6a, which finds Qxd6 fairly quickly. Maybe this position would make a good test position? Robin Smith
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