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Subject: Re: Lasker's Double Bishop Sacrifice.....Now Easy to Find

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:46:03 03/28/02

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On March 28, 2002 at 11:18:38, Art Basham wrote:

>I remember when 1... Bxh7+ was hard for computors to find, but now about 12
>years later,
>it is rather easy!
>
>[D]r4rk1/1b2bppp/ppq1p3/2ppB2n/5P2/1P1BP3/P1PPQ1PP/R4RK1 w - -
>
>White plays QxN...? No!
>
>1 Bxh7+ is the correct move here..!
>
>Phalanx20 finds it at only 7 ply in just afew sec.
>
>AnMon_519 finds it at only 6 ply..! etc.
>
>You guys out there....keep up the good work!

Chessmaster needs 13 seconds on a PIII-733:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.22	2198		1.Qxh5 g6 2.Qh6 f6
0:00	1/4	0.13	9345		1.Qxh5 h6 2.Qg4 f6 3.Bb2 c4 4.bxc4
					dxc4
0:00	2/5	0.22	44889		1.Qxh5 f5 2.Rf3 Qe8 3.Qxe8 Raxe8
					4.Rg3
0:01	2/6	0.04	96072		1.Qxh5 f5 2.Rae1 Qd7 3.Rf3 d4 4.Rg3
					Rf7 5.exd4 cxd4
0:04	3/7	0.13	277970		1.Qxh5 f5 2.Rf3 Qe8 3.Rg3 Bf6 4.Bxf6
					Rxf6 5.Qh4 Qe7 6.Rh3
0:10	3/8	0.00	790672		1.Qxh5 f5 2.Rf3 Qe8 3.Rg3 Bf6 4.Bxf6
					Rxf6 5.Qg5 Qe7 6.Qh5 Qe8
0:13	3/8	3.80	1124080		1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7
					Kxg7 4.Qg4+ Kh7 5.Rf3 e5 6.Rh3+
					Qh6 7.Rxh6+ Kxh6 8.Qd7 Bf6 9.Qxb7
					Kg7 10.Qxb6 exf4
0:18	4/9	3.80	1666562		1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7
					Kxg7 4.Qg4+ Kh7 5.Rf3 e5 6.Rh3+
					Qh6 7.Rxh6+ Kxh6 8.Qd7 Bf6 9.Qxb7
					Kg7 10.Qxb6 exf4
0:39	4/10	3.93	4043598		1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7
					Kxg7 4.Qg4+ Kh7 5.Rf3 e5 6.Rh3+
					Qh6 7.Rxh6+ Kxh6 8.Qd7 Bf6 9.Qxb7
					Kg7 10.Qxb6 exf4 11.Rf1
2:19	5/11	3.93	16696419	1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7
					Kxg7 4.Qg4+ Kh7 5.Rf3 e5 6.Rh3+
					Qh6 7.Rxh6+ Kxh6 8.Qd7 Bf6 9.Qxb7
					exf4 10.Qxb6 Kg7 11.Rf1

jm



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