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Subject: Re: Attacking the King...

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:49:03 04/13/02

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On April 13, 2002 at 10:31:05, Art Basham wrote:

>From the esxcellent book by Neishtadt...
>
>White played Bxf7+..!
>about 10 years ago, novag Scorpio did find this move
>(after 6 min. and 7 ply)... but I notice that some programs do not find this
>move, so I am wondering if it is really the best move to play here...etc.
>
>[D]rnbr2k1/ppp2ppp/6n1/8/2BN2q1/B1P5/P4PPP/R2QR1K1 w - -

Chessmaster thinks that Qb3 is also winning:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.78	3169		1.Qxg4 Bxg4 2.h3 Bd7 3.Rad1
0:00	1/4	0.61	5150		1.Qxg4 Bxg4 2.h3 Bd7 3.Rab1 b6
0:00	1/4	0.77	7309		1.Qb3 Qf4 2.Rad1 c6 3.Qc2
0:00	2/5	0.66	31833		1.Qb3 Qf4 2.g3 Qf6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nxc6
					Qxc6 5.Bxf7+ Kh8
0:00	2/5	0.70	39991		1.Qxg4 Bxg4 2.h3 Bd7 3.Rab1 b6
					4.Rbd1
0:01	2/6	0.53	79058		1.Qxg4 Bxg4 2.h3 Bd7 3.Rab1 b6
					4.Bd5 c6
0:02	2/6	0.95	123420		1.Qb3 Qf4 2.Be7 Nxe7 3.Rxe7 Kh8
					4.Rxf7 Qe5
0:07	3/7	1.39	478433		1.Qb3 Nc6 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Bxf7+ Kh8
					4.Rad1 Bf5 5.Bc5 a5 6.Rd4
0:21	3/8	1.28	1611339		1.Qb3 Nc6 2.Bxf7+ Kh8 3.Rad1 Nf4
					4.g3 Bf5 5.f3 Nxd4 6.cxd4
1:06	4/9	1.38	5255454		1.Qb3 Nc6 2.Bxf7+ Kh8 3.Rad1 Nce5
					4.Bd5 a5 5.Bxb7 Bxb7 6.Qxb7 Nf4
					7.Qe4 Nh3+ 8.Kf1
5:38	4/10	1.53	26508227	1.Qb3 Nf4 2.Bxf7+ Kh8 3.g3 b6 4.f3
					Nh3+ 5.Kf1 Ba6+ 6.Kg2 Bb7 7.Be6
					Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ba6+ 9.Kg1 Qg5

jm



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