Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:57:10 02/18/02
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On February 18, 2002 at 15:39:41, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: >On February 14, 2002 at 18:58:01, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: > >>On February 14, 2002 at 17:01:58, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On February 14, 2002 at 10:44:56, Hans van der Zijden wrote: >>>[snip] >>>>You are right. Fritz7 on my Athlon 1200 needs 20 ply in 2 seconds to see it is >>>>better not to take on e6. >>> >>>Now how long does it take: >>> >>>[D]r7/3k2p1/3bqpPp/p1p1pP1P/PpPpP3/1P1P4/4K3/8 w - - >> >>crafty sees that taking on e6 is bad at ply 13 (38 secs on my slow machine) and >>sees at ply 14 that black can sac the queen for a pawn and win. > >It appears that taking on e6 is "better", as it is mate in 12, while not taking >is mate in 11 (so says crafty at ply 19). Perhaps the original point would have been better had it been a rook instead of a queen: [D]r7/3k2p1/3brpPp/p1p1pP1P/PpPpP3/1P1P4/4K3/8 w - -
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