Author: Josh Strayhorn
Date: 20:24:49 12/18/00
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On December 18, 2000 at 22:59:33, Laurence Chen wrote: >This position has bothered the most for the longest time, it was fascinating to >see that the chess engines I used to analyse this position gives a ? or ?? for >Black's move 26. ... Bg7. Eric Schiller awarded this move !!, Fritz awarded ??, >so the $64.00 question, who is right? The position is listed below before >Black's 26. ... Bg7 >[D]r5k1/ppp4p/3p3b/3Pn3/1n1KP1p1/1P3rP1/PBB1N2R/R2Q4 b - - 0 26 > >Now Fritz 6, and Gambit Tiger like the move 26. ... c5+, when I play the move >26. ... Bg7, both engines think that White can save this position, can this >position be really saved after 26. ... Bg7? > >[D]r5k1/ppp3bp/3p4/3Pn3/1n1KP1p1/1P3rP1/PBB1N2R/R2Q4 w - - 0 27 > >This position seems to be a tough nut to crack. It could be one of those >positions which humans are better than chess engines in tactics !!! Looks to me like the computers are right. Consider the line: 26. ... Bg7? 27. Ng1! c5+ 28. dxc6 Ned3+ 29. e5! Bxe5 30. Kc4 b5+ 31. Kxb5 Rb8+ 32. Ka4 Nxb2+ 33. Ka3 [D]1r4k1/p6p/2Pp4/4b3/1n4p1/KP3rP1/PnB4R/R2Q2N1 b - - 0 33 Where Black has nothing more than the perpetual check with Nc4+ because of 33. ...Nxd1? 34. Bxh7+! Kg7 35. c7 [D]1r6/p1P2k1B/3p4/4b3/1n4p1/KP3rP1/P6R/R2n2N1 b - - 0 0
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