Author: Gareth McCaughan
Date: 11:19:32 06/11/00
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[Blass Uri:] >Here is another test position that shows better the importance of knowledge >about passed pawns. > >I composed this position > >[D]Q3q3/4k3/8/5p2/2p5/8/P6P/4K3 w - - 0 1 > >avoid Qxe8+ Crafty 17.6 on my machine (K6-2 400) takes something like 30 seconds (it might be less -- I wasn't watching carefully enough!) to see that Qxe8+ leaves White in trouble. After about 60 seconds it prefers Qa3+ with a fail-high. After about 8 minutes I got bored of waiting for it to resolve the fail-high. :-) -- g
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