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Subject: Re: ECM errata (201 thru 300)

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 23:14:27 01/27/98

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On January 28, 1998 at 01:57:15, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On January 22, 1998 at 18:51:06, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>
>>Here's some more work for everybody:
>>
>>No. 206 (Nxc7):
>>
>>Looks incorrect: Nxc7 Qxc7 Qd5+ Kh8 Bxd6 and now white has a nasty
>>surpise with Nb6.
>>
>>Recommend: Throw it out.
>
>I just invested a huge amount of time in this position.
>
>After 57 hours (on a 533 mhz Alpha, no less) I get through 17 plies and
>end up with 1. Bc4 +3.56.  I never had 1. Nxc7 here.
>
>Maybe 1. Nxc7 is better, I don't know.
>
>bruce


Yes. It already came up in this thread from Howard Exner. Here's the
quote:


>>No. 206 (Nxc7):
>>
>>Looks incorrect: Nxc7 Qxc7 Qd5+ Kh8 Bxd6 and now white has a nasty
>>surpise with Nb6.
>>
>>Recommend: Throw it out.
>
>Try Re8, instead of Bxd6? ie Nf6 2.Rxf8 Bxf8 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.Bc4 ...
>>

Yes, very neat. Should be hard since 4.Bc4 is hard enough in itself.

Amir



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