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Subject: Re: Test position ==> Weindl-Chernin,Lugano 1989

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:19:08 01/04/02

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On January 04, 2002 at 06:04:05, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>       Weindl-Chernin,Lugano 1989
>       Source: "British Chess Magazine",May 1989,page 179
>       [D]3br1k1/p4pp1/4p3/2ppq2P/2p3Q1/P2N2B1/1r3PB1/5NK1 b
>       And here Chernin played the amazing 33...Qg5!!
>       34.Qxg5 Bxg5 35.Nxb2 c3 36.Nd3 c2 37.Ne3 c4 38.Nc1 d4 0-1
>   John Hawkes writes:"After 39.Nxc2 Black does not play 39...Bxc1 40.Nxd4,
>   but 39...d3,to meet 40.Ne3 by 40...Bxe3 41.fxe3 d2 and one of the quicksilver
>   pawns finally queens!".
>   I would venture to say that this position is beyond the grasp of today's
>   chess programs.Prove me wrong! JAFM

Why drop a rook when you are up so much material? Qe2 is much more painful (says
CM8000):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-5.97	605		1...Qe2 2.Qxe2 Rxe2 3.Nxc5 Bg5
0:00	1/4	-5.97	2289		1...Qe2 2.Qxe2 Rxe2 3.Nxc5 Bg5
0:00	2/5	-5.77	8454		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 Qxd3 3.Be5 Bf6 4.Bxf6
0:00	2/6	-3.55	15974		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 Qxd3 3.Be5 Bg5 4.Bxb2
					c3 5.Qa4
0:00	3/7	-5.80	48709		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 cxd3 3.Bxe2 dxe2
					4.Be5 f6 5.Qg6 exf1=Q+ 6.Kxf1
0:01	3/8	-5.23	103562		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 cxd3 3.Bxe2 dxe2
					4.Be5 f6 5.h6 exf1=Q+ 6.Kxf1 Rb1+
					7.Ke2 g5 8.h7+ Kh8 9.Qa4
0:03	4/9	-4.76	316042		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 cxd3 3.Bxe2 dxe2
					4.Be5 f6 5.h6 exf1=Q+ 6.Kxf1 Rb7
					7.Qg6 Rf8 8.h7+ Kh8 9.Bd6
0:14	4/10	-4.87	1157975		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 cxd3 3.Bxe2 dxe2
					4.Be5 f6 5.Qg6 Re7 6.Bxb2 e1=Q
					7.Bxf6 Rf7
0:52	5/11	-4.39	4206881		1...Qe2 2.Bf3 cxd3 3.Bxe2 dxe2
					4.Be5 f6 5.Bxb2 e1=Q 6.h6 Re7 7.Bxf6
					Rf7 8.h7+ Kh8

jm



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