Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 23:17:49 03/16/01
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On March 16, 2001 at 05:45:10, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]r2q1rk1/pp4pp/5p2/4pb2/1PPp3Q/P1n1PP2/3R2PP/4KBNR b K - 0 1 > > Quinteros-Ribli, Montilla 1974 > > In this GM battle the black pawn on d4 is about to fall. But black's > lead in development is so great that he can unleash a mating attack > against the poorly placed white king, by sacrificing his queen for a > rook and planting a pawn on e3. > > This is far from "gambling with a sacrifice". It is simply chess. > White's pieces are not participating in the game, so the "normal" > pawn counting is not valid. And white is punished severely for > neglecting his development. The game went: > > 1.-dxe3! 2.Rxd8 Rfxd8 3.Be2 Rd2 > > (White is completely tied up. Note the constricting part played by pawn e3.) > > 4.g4 Bd3 5.Kf1 Nxe2 6.Nxe2 Rxe2 7.Kg1 Rd8 0-1 > > > Test: We wanna see them programs play 1.-dxe3! ;) > > Sune ----------------------- Hi Sune, The monster returns! Gambit tiger finds dxe3! in 1 min,23 seconds using an- Athlon 1.2Ghz. Tiger 13.0 finds dxe3 in 12 seconds, but changes to "Qe8" soon afterwards, and continues to prefer Qe8 through 16 plys! CM8000 finds it in 1 min,36 seconds! Regards,Terry
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