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Subject: Re: ECM errata

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 11:09:59 01/19/98

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On January 19, 1998 at 11:16:54, Amir Ban wrote:

>On January 19, 1998 at 09:02:10, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>
>>On January 19, 1998 at 08:37:52, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>>
>>>On January 18, 1998 at 16:41:30, Amir Ban wrote:
>>>
>>>>No. 11 (Nxg4):
>>>>
>>>>Junior immediately grabs Bb5 and sticks with it. I analyzed Nxg4 and
>>>>there is certainly some point to it. These are two completely different
>>>>plans, and although Bb5 seems better, I'm not sure.
>>>>
>>>>Recommend: Add Bb5 as a side solution.
>>>
>>>"DarkThought" also prefers Bb5 from the beginning (score = +1.87).
>>>
>>>If Nxg4 is not really crushing (at what depth?), I agree on Bb5.
>>
>>Nxg4 is crushing!
>>
>>"DarkThought" gets a fail-high (score > +5) in iteration #14.
>>
>>=Ernst=
>
>
>This is the second report to this effect. I suspect there is more than
>what I saw in a few others. Keep up the good work.

I just tried this on a PII/300 and found Nxg4 in 9 minutes, resolving to
+6.

So rather than being a bad problem, this is a very interesting one.

It is diminished a bit by the presence of what appears to be a lesser
win, but this is worth keeping, right?

bruce



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