Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:43:49 07/17/00
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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 ============================================ Chessmaster says that Spassky failed with 2.Re8, and that 1.Qf8+ Kf6 is correct. THEN it plays 2.g4, and the eval is 1.34 for White. It finds this in 10 seconds on a P3-600, at a depth of 4/8. PV after 1:10, depth 5/9: 1.Qf8+ Kf6 2.g4 hxg4 3.fxg4 Re6 4.Rc3 Re4 5.Rf3+ Ke6 6.g5 Qe7 7.Qc8+ Kd6 8.Rf6+ Re6 9.Qc5+ Kd7 10.Qxd5+ Ke8 11.Rxe6 fxe6 jm
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