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Subject: Re: Polugaevsky, L vs Nezhmetdinov, R 1958 " A Wild Position "

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 05:18:59 10/31/01

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On October 31, 2001 at 05:48:05, Andreas Stabel wrote:

>On October 30, 2001 at 18:28:36, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On October 30, 2001 at 18:24:41, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>[D]r5k1/ppp2r1p/3p3b/3Pn3/1n2PPp1/1P2K1P1/PBB1N2q/R2Q3R B
>>>
>>>
>>>How do your programmes evaluate this position?
>>>Do they find forced mate?
>>>
>>>Terry
>
>If black can hit en passant to f3, it is a mate in 6:
>Crafty 18.12:
>   5     2.47     ++   1. ... gxf3+!!
>   5     2.61 -Mat06   1. ... gxf3+ 2. Nf4 Bxf4+ 3. gxf4 Ng4+
>                       4. Kd4 Qf2+ 5. Kc3 Qc5+ 6. Kd2 Qe3#

If e.p. capture is possible, then the position is wrong.
Even if the position is wrong in that way, still gxf3 is not a check.
So at least two things would have to change.



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