Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:00:53 02/28/01
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On February 28, 2001 at 11:12:09, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
> [D]4n3/1b3k1p/p2p2p1/3Pp3/2P3P1/6PP/2BB4/6K1 w - - 0 1
>
> This is Hort-Ciocaltea, Budapest 1973. Only two moves are required
> to immobilize the black knight and pave the way for the victorious
> march of the white king to the deserted queenside:
>
> 1.g5! Bc8 2.g4! and black's position is ripe for resignation.
>
> Test: The above move order should be rewarded with big +scores for white.
>
> Sune
There may be more than one winning plan here. Crafty thinks that Ba5 wins a
pawn, for example... eval = +1.26 after 18 plies, almost 2 minutes:
17 1:01 0.99 1. Ba5 Ke7 2. Kf2 Bc8 3. Kf3 Bd7 4.
Ke4 Kf6 5. Bb4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc8 7. c5
dxc5 8. Bxc5 a5 9. d6
17-> 1:09 0.99 1. Ba5 Ke7 2. Kf2 Bc8 3. Kf3 Bd7 4.
Ke4 Kf6 5. Bb4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc8 7. c5
dxc5 8. Bxc5 a5 9. d6
18 1:40 1.26 1. Ba5 Ke7 2. Kf2 Bc8 3. Kf3 Bd7 4.
Ke4 Kf6 5. Bb3 h5 6. Bb4 hxg4 7. hxg4
Ke7 8. c5 dxc5 9. Bxc5+ Kf6 10. g5+
Kxg5 11. Kxe5
18-> 1:53 1.26 1. Ba5 Ke7 2. Kf2 Bc8 3. Kf3 Bd7 4.
Ke4 Kf6 5. Bb3 h5 6. Bb4 hxg4 7. hxg4
Ke7 8. c5 dxc5 9. Bxc5+ Kf6 10. g5+
Kxg5 11. Kxe5
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