Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:40:53 07/18/01
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On July 18, 2001 at 18:21:21, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: >On July 18, 2001 at 11:21:30, Pierre Bourget wrote: > >>On July 17, 2001 at 21:26:12, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>After a post a few days ago about ECM 993, I decided to investigate it. >>>After a lengthy analysis, it seems like the "best move" leads to certain doom. >>>While the program and the experts seem to agree on which move to make, a move >>>that leads to defeat hardly seems worth the title 'best move'. >>> >>>Hence, I am asking, "What game did this position come from -- I can' find it." >>>And I am asking (game or no game) "What is the supposed correct line?" >>> >>>[D]5r2/1b2k2p/3bp3/5PP1/Bn1Q3P/1N6/1Pr5/1K3R2 b - - acd 42; bm Rxb2+; ce -1362; >>>id "ECM.993"; pv Rxb2+ Kc1 Rc8+ Kxb2 Be5 f6+ Kf7 Bd7 Bxd4+ Nxd4 Nd3+ Kb1 Rd8 >>>Bxe6+ Kf8 Nf5 Bg2 Rg1 Nf4 Ng7 Rb8+ Kc2 Be4+ Kd2 Nxe6 Nxe6+ Kf7 Re1 Kxe6 Rxe4+ >>>Kf5 Re7 Rb2+ Kc3 Rb8 Rxh7 Rc8+ Kd2 Ra8 Rg7 Ra2+ Ra2+ Kc3 Ra3+ Kb2 Rf3 g6 Rf2+ >>>Kc3 Kg4 f7 Kh3 Rg8 Rf3+ Kd2 Rg3 g7 Rg2+ Kc3 Kh2 f8=Q Rg3+ Kd2 Rg2+ Ke3 Kh1 Rh8; >>>c0 "pv, ce and acd are speculative"; >> >>The game is Kotkov-Scerbakov USSR 1968. >>ECM 1st edition gives ...Rxb2 !! 2.Kxb2 (2.Qxb2 Be4=) Isn't Kxb2 or Qxb2 a mistake here? Kc1 seems to win for white. >>Be5 3.f6+ Kf7 4.Qxe5 Nd3+ >>5.Ka3 Nxe5 6.Rc1 Rc8 7.Rxc8 Bxc8 8.Nd4 Ng6 9.h5 Nf4 10.Bd1 h6 1/2-1/2 >> >>Pierre > >Crafty thinks it is a win for white until 10.Bd1.
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