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Subject: Re: Nice king safety testposition

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 07:07:45 08/16/01

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On August 16, 2001 at 04:42:20, Scott Gasch wrote:

>This is a position that can come up in the sicilian dragon.  My engine does not
>see it until it's way too late, even in standard time controls.
>
>[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1
>
>The idea is to avoid Ng3 because it leads to something like this:
>
>[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2B1/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP4Q/2K4R b - - 0 3
>
>I bet that the strong amateurs and pros will avoid this move quickly.  I need
>about 6M nodes and 10 ply to see its bad... even then my engine still wants to
>play it as it thinks the king can sneak out.  It can't, according to opening
>book literature.
>
>Scott

Ugh! PM can't resist Ng3, even with five minutes thinking time.

Andrew



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