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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Enchanted Castle

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 05:08:53 03/04/01

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On March 04, 2001 at 07:57:21, Andreas St. wrote:

>On March 04, 2001 at 06:09:44, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  [D]4k3/3nn3/1p2pbp1/pP1p1pBp/P2P1P1P/4KPP1/4B3/2R5 w - - 0 1
>>
>>  Hilse-Kunstmann, Hamburg 1921
>>
>>  The story goes that the black player just had realized, that in
>>  the long run he would lose this game. It was an important match
>>  and he had stubbornly defended his difficult position, being an
>>  exchange down, when a sudden touch of magic and inspiration entered
>>  his mind... So, he played Kd8-e8, wrote down the move in his
>>  score sheet, and shook his head. The following deep sigh convinced
>>  the white player that his victory was close. We now have the
>>  position in the diagram above.
>>
>>  Here white quickly played 1.Rc7 and glanced at his more and more
>>  depressed opponent. Black sighed once more and replied with 1.-Kd8.
>>  Yes, in lost positions additional mistakes come easy, white thought,
>>  and played his decisive 2.Rxd7+?. Instead of resigning, the black
>>  player now smiled, quickly played 2.-Kxd7 and ordered two sandwiches
>>  with Wurst and a cup of coffee...
>>
>>  Test: Does your program avoid the trap 1.Rc7 Kd8 *2.Rxd7+?*
>>        This position is now a draw.
>>
>>  Sune
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Chessmaster (Athlon 1.2) plays after 1 min:
>
>1. g4 Kd8 2.Kd3 Ke8 3.Bxf6 Nxf6 4.g5 Score +3.50
>
>after 2 to 5 min:
>
>1. g4 Kd8 2.Rc2 Bxg5 3.hxg5 Nf8 4.Rc1 hxg4 5.fxg4 Score +3.52
>
>Good line?
>
>CM 6555 never thoughts about 1.Rc7!
>
>Greets AS

 Looks good. The point was *not* to play 1.Rc7 and 2.Rxd7+.

 Sune



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