Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 09:45:17 12/21/00
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On December 21, 2000 at 07:11:47, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote: >On December 21, 2000 at 02:03:12, Jim Monaghan wrote: > >>[D]r1b3k1/pp1n3p/2pbpq1r/3p4/2PPp1p1/PP2P1P1/1BQN1P1P/3RRBK1 b - - 0 17 >> >>Maroczy-Tartakower, 1922 bm 17...Rxh2!! >>A human GM would consider this first and only if it didn't >>work would alternatives be examined. The engines don't even >>consider it briefly in their candidates ... Interesting. Not that >>difficult to "see", tough to verify though ... >> >>Crafty 17.14 >>12-> 8:12 -0.47 1. ... Qf5 2. Bg2 Rf6 3. Re2 e5 4. >> Nf1 exd4 5. exd4 b6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. >> Ne3 Qh5 <HT> >> >>LG2000v2.9a >> >>12 58 34388 51749022 f6f5 f1g2 d6e7 e1e2 h6f6 g1h1 f6f7 a3a4 b7b6 c4d5 c6d5 >> >> >>This position has probably been posted before. Sorry in advance if it was:-) >>Anybody's program see this? >> >>Jim > >I think the move 17...Rxh2 is still premature. The bishop on c8, the rook in a8 >and the knight in d7 have to be improved first. > >one variation is: >1...Rxh2?! 2.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 3.Kh1 Qxg3 4.Re2 and black cannot sustain his attack, >its undeveloped pieces can not easily support a pawn storm on white's king >position. Besides by eliminating white's pawns in f, g and h, black's king >position is also in trouble because of white's rooks that is not difficult to >develop. > >Dinan Hi! I believe it's winning (with the help of Gambit) instead 3.-Nf6 4.Rc1-Qxg3 5.Nb1-Qh4+ 6.Kg1-g3 7.Qg2-Ng4 8.Qh3-Qg5 9.Rc2-Bd7! 10.Rg2-Rf8 11.Rxg3-Bxg3 12.Qxg3-Rf3 13.Qg2-Qh4 14.Re2-Rg3 15.Qxg3-Qxg3+ and game over. No I don't think any program finds 17.-Rxh2, at least not in reasonable time. Bertil
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