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Subject: Re: Testposition - Bronstein

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 01:31:15 03/17/01

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On March 16, 2001 at 06:34:23, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]2r5/1p1k1p2/p2p2p1/P1PPnp1p/1P1K1N1P/5P2/4R1P1/8 w - - 0 1
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>  Bronstein-Olafsson, Portoroz 1958
>
>
>  Here white coasts to victory by eliminating black's active knight.
>  In exchange for the rook he gets a)knight+pawn b)4-2 pawns on the
>  queenside  c)a penetrating king  d)a passer. The game went like this:
>
>  1.Rxe5! dxe5 2.Kxe5 Re8+
>
>  (The king's incursion cannot be prevented.)
>
>  3.Kf6 Re3  (a forlorn foray)  4.Kxf7 Rb3 5.Nxg6 Rxb4 6.Ne5+ Kc8
>  7.d6 Rb2 8.Ke8! Rd2 9.Ng6 Kb8 10.g3 Rd1 11.Ne7  1-0
>
>
>  Test: Any horse killing program out there? ;)
>
>  Sune
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Hi Sune,
Both Tiger13.0 and Gambit find Rxe5! instantly! They never stray from the
correct answer.

Regards,Terry



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