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Subject: Re: 2 very difficult and wild tactical combinations which programs can't see

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 10:06:50 11/02/01

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On November 02, 2001 at 12:25:30, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

>These two very interesting examples has caught my attention recently;
>As readers are well aware very few combinations occuring in games between
>master players are beyond the reach of computer analysis.Both these positions
>were tested on a 500 Mhz Computer running chessmaster 8000 and Fritz6 for 24
>hours with no result. Here is the backround and games in which the positions
>have occured.           In the game John Donaldson (White) vs Welling,G
>(Hertogenbosch 1999) After 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 g6 6.c4 Bg7
>7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.b3 0-0 10.Bb2 e6 11.Qd2 Qf6 12.Ne1 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 Nc6
>14.Rad1 Nd8 15.Qc2 Nf7 16.c5 c6 17.Nf4 bxc5 18.Qxc5 Rfb8 19.Nd3 Qd8 20.Qc2 a5
>21.Nc5 Qe7 22.Rfe1 Rf8 23.Na4 f4 24.Qc5 Qd8 25.Kg2 Rb8 26.Nc3 Ng5 27.Ba3 Rf5
>28.Qc4 d5 29.Qd3 e5 30.dxe5 Bxe5 31.f3 fxg3 32.hxg3 Black found the amazing
>32....Bxg3!!! This is the move that the above mentioned programs were not
>able to find even after 24 hours .For the record the game ended 33.Kxg3 Nxf3!!!
>34.exf3 Qg5+ 35.Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Ke3 Qf4+ 37.Kf2 Qh2+ 38.Ke3 Re8+ 39.Ne4 Rxe4+
>White Resigned.
>

Fritz 7 refutes the first combination as follows:

Bxg3 Kxg3 Nxf3 Qxf5! and white is better off than before the sac

So, no program will ever find the combination, because it's
most likely flawed.

--
GCP



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