Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 16:33:44 03/17/02
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On March 16, 2002 at 15:46:25, Will Singleton wrote: >On March 16, 2002 at 15:02:00, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On March 16, 2002 at 14:31:22, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>On March 16, 2002 at 13:35:51, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>> >>>>[D]k1q1bbrr/1p3pp1/p7/5n1n/PP2N2p/1NP5/1BB1Q1PP/2R2R1K b - - >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Mogens >>> >>>Yace gets Bb5 in 34 seconds, amd 1.6ghz. >> >>The newspaper has an interesting (IMO) mate, even though black can resist >>better. >> >>1... Bb5 2. axb5 Nhg3+ 3. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 4. hxg3 hxg3+ 5. Kg1 >>Bc5+ 6. Nxc5 Rh1+ 7. Kxh1 Rh8+ 8. Kg1 Rh1+ 9. Kxh1 Qh8+ >>10. Kg1 Qh2# >> > >Yes, it's an interesting mate. Of course, 2.axb5 isn't best (as you mention). > >btw, none of the amateur programs I've tried so far (except Yace) have any clue >about the mate. Be interesting to see if the commercials can beat Yace at this. > >Mildly interesting sidebar: Sjeng gives a +3 eval after the following position >(starting with Ng3+, not Bb5), which I guess is due to the pawns. Looks like a >serious mis-eval. Most other progs, inc mine, give about +0.6. looks like good eval to me from sjeng. white seemgingly is chanceless against the power of the queen. queen is much stronger than anything else here. > >[D]k1q2br1/1p3pp1/p7/7R/PP6/1NP3p1/1BB3K1/2R5 b - - 0 8
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