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Subject: Re: WAC #150 - 1... Be5

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 06:53:26 01/04/02

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On January 04, 2002 at 05:47:35, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 04, 2002 at 03:41:49, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On January 04, 2002 at 03:30:29, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>>
>>>Here is another position from WAC which Hossa sometimes doesnt solve. It's #150:
>>>
>>>[D]r3r1k1/5p2/pQ1b2pB/1p6/4p3/6P1/Pq2BP1P/2R3K1 b - -
>>>
>>>The given key moves are Ba3, Bf8 and e3. In some low depths Hossa likes to play
>>>Be5 here with a score of about +4. Later he switches to e3 which remains stable.
>>>But isn't 1... Be5 a winning move too?
>>
>>Right again.
>
>I think it may be better simply to remove positions with
>more than one solution from WAC then
>finding all the solutions.

No, if you start to be picky with WAC, you end up with ~20 positions.
I am not exagerating, in fact, that is what I did but cannot call that WAC
anymore.
WAC plays its purpose and that's it.

Regards,
Miguel


>
>I am not going to be surprised if WAC 150
>is going to have even 10 different correct solutions
>
>Kh7 is another solution to WAC150 that was not mentioned
>and there are probably more solutions and
>I do not think to check it.
>
>Uri



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