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Subject: Re: More ECM Inconsistencies (#001 - #099)

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 03:54:01 01/22/98

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On January 22, 1998 at 05:04:43, Howard Exner wrote:

>On January 21, 1998 at 14:24:23, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>

>ECM16 Sokol'skij vs Botvinnik (may be a variation as not all ECM
>examples
>were actual game moves)
>1... Rxc5 2.Bxc5 Nf3 3.gxf3 Bxf3 4.Qc2 Bxd1 5.Qxd1 Qg5 -+
>This is what the book says but you can clearly see the entire line
>is flawed. Nf3? Qc2?
>

Right. 3... Bxf3? 4. Be7 makes black feel really stupid. So there's no
combination here.


>ECM99: Miranovic vs Gorev
>1.Qxd5! Rxd5 2.Nf6 Kh8 3.Bg5! Kg7 4.Rh7 Kf8 5.Rh8 Ke7 6.Nd5 +-
>Again your programs will expose the flaws in this one also.
>

Here I disagree. 1... Rxd5 is suicide, but that only proves that the key
is correct. It does take a piece, no ? If the defender has to decline a
sacrifice then it's correct.

Amir




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