Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:43:46 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 08:15:16, Andreas St. wrote: >On March 11, 2001 at 05:28:55, Sune Larsson wrote: > >> >> [D]2r2rn1/p3q1bk/n2p2pp/1b1PPp2/1pp2P1N/1P2N1P1/P1QB2BP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1 >> >> Selinski-Sotorenko, corr 1974 >> >> >> Somehow my mind went back to the old Evans Gambit. I was raised with >> this gambit (and others), which provided the tense and fireworks needed >> for my age. But the old love never dies and the skipper still smiles >> from his heaven above. Anyway, tactics is the name of the game, and >> here is a nice position from a Russian corr game. >> >> A lot of tension and options, as you can see. White has to keep an eye >> on the e5-pawn, which is under attack, and moves like 1.-c3 or 1.-cxb3. >> He found a nice way of forcing the black king into a land of danger and >> death. Pushed further and further towards the guillotine. Strong, almost >> magnetic forces are working here, which formes the name of this theme: >> The Magnet. Or if you prefer it this way: "Hi there big fellow - care to >> join me for a cup of coffee?" ;) >> >> >> Test: White to move and win. Let's go for the king! Some clues further down. >> White might have some other promising continuations here, but we >> assume that Selinski's choice is the most straight forward. >> >> Sune >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Selinski - Sotorenko >>Fernpartie, 1974 >> >>1.Nxg6! Kxg6 2.Nxf5! Rxf5 3.Qxf5+! Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 >> >>[5...Kxh3 6.Bf5+ Kxg3 7.Re3+ Kh4 8.Rh3#; >> 5...Kh5 6.g4+ Kh4 7.Re3] >> >>6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6 Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Bxe5 9.Re4+ Kxh3 10.Bf5+ Kg3 11.Be1# 1-0 > > >Hi > > >Chessmaster 6555 (1.2 GHZ - 128 MB hash) plays in 1 sec 1.Nxg6 > >after 20 sec.: 1.N3xf5 [cxb3 2.Nxe7 Rxc2 3.N7xg6] Score +2.70 > >after manual 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 CM 6555 plays 2.Nxf5 after 0 sec. (+8), after 30 sec. >a score about +11.01 [2. ...Kf7 3.Nxe7 Nxe7 4.exd6] I do not understand why to give Chessmaster a blunder like Kxg6 manually. The fact that sune posted this move in the main line does not do it a good move. If you want to compare scores then it is better to compare the score after Nxg6 cxb3 with the score after N3xf5 cxb3 Uri
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