Author: James T. Walker
Date: 18:03:27 11/12/00
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On November 12, 2000 at 20:31:36, Howard Exner wrote: >On November 12, 2000 at 07:20:12, Charlie GOLD wrote: > >> The following position came from the game Viktor Korchnoi VS. Johann Hjartarson >>played at Reykjavik, Iceland-1988. Viktor went Qxg6+ which lost. A much better >>move is Nxd4 which will lead to a win or a draw for white. Can your chess >>program find this move when set at 40moves/2hours time limit? CHARLIE >> >> [D]3r2k1/2r5/pq2p1p1/1p2p2p/P1P1Q1nP/1P1N1RPK/3R4/8/ w - - > >Rebel Century 3 handles this position well. Nxe5 ( I guess that's the move you >meant) after 3 seconds and sticks to it (Atlon 900). Yes you are right about Century 3.0. Several programs do not select this move though. I think Nxe5 may be the best move but not the "only" move here. The important thing is to avoid doing what Korchnoi did. After Rg7 White has trouble keeping the Queen/avoiding mate.
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