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Subject: Re: Crafty-Fritz new idea - 20...b4

Author: Tim Mirabile

Date: 12:29:16 08/30/00

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On August 30, 2000 at 13:44:48, Tim Mirabile wrote:

>[D]1r2kb1r/2qb1p2/p2ppP2/1pP5/3NP2p/P1N2Q2/2P4P/1K1R1BR1 b k - 0 20
>
>Now 20...dxc5 is coming under serious doubt after 21.Nxe6, but what about
>20...b4!? and if 21.axb4 dxc5?  Now 22.Nde2 transposes back to the game, and
>22.Nxe6 can be met by Rxb4+.

And before anyone mentions it, the point of playing 21...dxc5 instead of
21...Rxb4+ is to be able to answer 22.Nb3 with 22...c4.  If 20...b4 is correct,
the question now shifts from "Why did Crafty not find 21.Nxe6?" to "Why did
Fritz allow 21.Nxe6?".



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