Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:19:56 02/06/01
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On February 06, 2001 at 17:53:02, Torstein Hall wrote: >Of course they can, but take a look at the following postion I found at Tim >Krabbes http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm web site. > >[D]5k2/2Q5/8/8/5p2/5P2/5P2/K7 w - - 0 1 > >Fritz and friends with 5 man table bases all want to play the "obvious" 1.Qf7+ >and mate in 25 or 26! :-o) What a ugly move to play! 1)They want to play 1.Qf7+ only if they have not the KQPP vs K tablebases 2)Computers can find shorter mate and play it even at blitz. They do not have to play the first mate that they find. Playing the first mate that they find is the choice of the programmers and not of the tablebases. 3)I do not agree that 1.Qf7+ is an ugly move to play. There is no rule in chess that says that the target is to win in less moves. 4)I believe that some humans will play 1.Qf7+ I can tell you a story about it. IM ofer bruk that is known as a positional player was asked if he sacrificed a queen in his life. He replied that he sacrified 5 queens in one of his games and said that sacrificing another queen was a draw but he was careful not to sacrifice another queen. Uri
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