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Subject: Re: test position for Art Basham

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 17:51:20 03/31/02

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On March 31, 2002 at 19:19:52, Will Singleton wrote:

>On March 31, 2002 at 18:43:08, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>
>>here GM Spassky played 15.Nd6
>>
>> [D] r1bqr1k1/pppnbpp1/7p/2P5/3PN3/3Q1N2/PPB1p1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 15
>>
>>[Site "Leningrad ch-SU"]
>>[Date "1960.??.??"]
>>[Round "16"]
>>[White "Spassky B V"]
>>[Black "Bronstein,David"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "C36"]
>>
>>1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3
>>Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2
>>Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 Nf8 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7
>>19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+
>> 1-0
>>
>>(must put settings on: mate in 25 or less, favour sacs, white rook value=1,
>>      black king=5x default, white Night =.5)  just kidding, but this is tough
>>for most programs.
>>
>>kburcham
>
>Hmmm, what happens after 15... exf1=Q+ Rxf1 Bxd6 Qh7+ etc?
>
>Will

15.Nd6!? was a "Trap", it didn't "Force" a win or lose, but after Nf8?? White of
course wins easily:)

The famous Bluebird game. This game also appears in a James Bond Movie; From
Russia with Love.

Terry



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