Author: Jon Dart
Date: 06:58:57 02/06/01
A few more test positions from Arasan games: r1b2rk1/pp3pp1/4p2p/2ppP1b1/3Pq3/2P1PNP1/PP2Q2P/R3KB1R w KQ - bm Nxg5; id "arasan2.19"; rnb2rk1/pp2bpp1/2ppp1qp/4P3/3P4/2NB1N2/PPPQ1PPP/2KR3R b - - bm f5; id "arasan2.20"; 1r4k1/p2R1pp1/4p2p/3b4/1P2q3/P4N2/5PPP/3Q2K1 b - - bm Qg6; id "arasan2.21"; 1r5k/p5qp/2pr4/3p1p2/1P1Pn1p1/P2B4/2R1RPPP/2Q3K1 w - - bm Bxe4; id "arasan2.22"; 2r1rbk1/1pq2p1p/2b1pPp1/3pP3/p1pP2P1/P1P2NQ1/1PB4P/1R2R1K1 w - - bm Ng5; id "arasan2.23"; The last one is an example of why computers shouldn't play the French: [D] 2r1rbk1/1pq2p1p/2b1pPp1/3pP3/p1pP2P1/P1P2NQ1/1PB4P/1R2R1K1 w - - White probably has more than one way to win (in the game, he played h4) but Ng5! appears to be most decisive. Another question, though: do any programs realize at this point (before they see the tactics) that Black is in a very bad way, with his Queen several other pieces locked out of the action, and his King, if not now unsafe, about to be put in danger?
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