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Subject: Re: Cleaned ECM set alias WAC II - Latest update

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:49:29 09/21/01

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On September 20, 2001 at 15:42:33, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote:

>>is f7 really better than Rxe8?
>
>They appear to be straight transpositions.
>               16->  44:24   3.63   1. f5 Qg5 2. Rxe8+ Bxe8 3. Bxg7+ Qxg7
>                                    4. f6 Qf8 5. Bxc6 Kg8 6. Bxb7 c6 7.
>                                    Bc8 Qh6 8. Be6+ Bf7 9. Bd7 c5 10. Kg2
>                                    Qe3 11. Qc2 h6
>              time=60:01  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=835372901  fh=22%  nps=231k
>
>               16->  28:46   3.64   1. Rxe8+ Bxe8 2. f5 Qg5 3. Bxg7+ Qxg7
>                                    4. f6 Qf8 5. Bxc6 Bf7 6. Bxb7 Qe8 7.
>                                    Kf2 Qe6 8. Qd4 a5 9. g4 c5 10. Qf4
>                                    h5 11. gxh5 Bxh5
>              time=28:46  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=331499134  fh=92%  nps=192k


I'm not so sure about that. White doesn't _have_ to exchange the rooks
if he plays f7 first and not doing so is probably better because it adds
force to the attack.

--
GCP



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