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Subject: Re: The Most Difficult Tactical Combination Ever Shocking Computer Analysis

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:25:51 11/30/01

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On November 30, 2001 at 14:20:42, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 30, 2001 at 13:34:19, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>The following Position is Taken from a Game Played by IGM Yuri Shulman
>>in a recent tournament in the USA:
>>[D] r1b2r2/pp1nqn1k/2pp2pb/4Pp1p/2PP1p1N/2N3BP/PPQ1B1P1/3RR1K1 w  - 1 0
>>In this position Amazingly 19.Nxg6!!! Wins by Force.
>
>Here's what happens if Black captures the Queen on the 2nd move (the mate
>doesn't actually occur until move 11):
>
>1.Nxg6!! Kxg6 2.Qxf5+ Kxf5 3.Bd3+ Kg5 4.Bxf4+ Kxf4 5.Re4+ Kf5 6.Rg4+ Ke6 7.d5+
>cxd5 8.cxd5+ Kxe5 9.Re1+ Be3+ 10.Rxe3+ Kf6 11.Rg6# 1-0
>
>At least that's what Gambit Tiger tells me.

That's correct. CM8000 says Mate in 9 after 2...Kxf5. Incredible calculation by
Shulman.

jm



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