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Subject: Re: Test position: Spassky-Tal,Riga 1958

Author: blass uri

Date: 12:23:15 07/17/00

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On July 17, 2000 at 13:41:53, pavel wrote:

>On July 17, 2000 at 11:01:29, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>>[D]2R4Q/3qkp2/3r2p1/3p3p/3P3P/5P2/5KP1/8 w
>>"Spassky´s famous loss!He played 1.Qf8+ Kf6 2.Re8 but after
>>2...Re6 3.Qh8+ Kf5 4.Qh6 Kf6 White has no more than a draw.
>>Chekhover subsequently pointed out what had been missed by
>>both players --- 1.g4! to use his pawns to take vital squares
>>off the enemy king." Can the chess programs find this move? JAFM
>>Source:"Spassky´s 100 Best Games" by Bernard Cafferty,second
>>edition 1973,Batsford,section "Find the Winning Continuation!",
>>page 246,position 6 ============================================
>
>
>this is what junior6 finds.....in 14 plies. 3 mins
>
>Analysis by Junior 6.0:
>
>1. ± (0.99): 1.g2-g4 h5xg4
>2. ± (0.78): 1.Qh8-f8+ Ke7-f6 2.g2-g4 Rd6-e6 3.g4xh5
>
>(mahamood, MyTown 18.07.2000)

Depth 14 of Junior is not 14 plies and I think that using the 2 options make all
the chessbase engines slower.

You should use only one option.

Uri



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