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Subject: Re: Game Position

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:00:30 11/13/00

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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 - -


Takes mine under 30 seconds to find this.  I suspect almost all programs
will find it quickly.  Mine has some trouble proving Qxg6 loses, which is
why it takes almost 30 seconds to find the right move.  If Qg6 were not
legal, it would take no time at all to find the right move.



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