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Subject: Re: A curious freak ==> Comerciaru-Gelfer [Israel,1970]

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:51:27 02/08/01

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On February 08, 2001 at 08:41:40, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>          Comerciaru-Gelfer [Israel,1970]
>       [D]4r2k/pp5p/6pP/2pr1pN1/b3P3/P1R1K3/1P3PP1/7R b
>        Black(to play) found a continuation which won the White Knight.
>        (i)What was it?
>        (ii)What happened when Black's combination was over?
>         Source: "The Penguin Book of Chess Positions",1973
>                  C.H.O'D.Alexander [page 162]    JAFM

1...f4+ 2.Kxf4 Rf8+ 3.Kg4 Bd7+ 4.Kh4 Rf4+ 5.Kg3 Rg4+ 6.Kf3 Rdxg5 when white wins
the game.

The problem for chess programs is to avoid the losing mistake in this sequence

I am not sure if it is 1...f4+ or 3...Bd7+ or 4...Rf4+  but it seems that
1...fxe4 is a better move.

Uri



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