Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:22:39 04/28/02
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On April 28, 2002 at 18:12:44, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>On April 28, 2002 at 17:20:12, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On April 28, 2002 at 17:10:16, martin fierz wrote:
>>
>>>another interesting question would be: how long do the programs take to see
>>>that white is better after 29...Bxa1? (if the combination is correct?)
>>
>>I didn't save the analysis, but it didn't take long for mine and Fritz.
>>
>>It's a bit of a mystery why Tiger played Bxa1.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>My engine shows a peculiar behavior too, in this position.
>Bxa1 fails low fast (in less than one minute) and is replaced by g4.
>However on the next iteration, Bxa1 becomes the best move again. Comet then
>sticks to Bxa1 for some "eternity" (7-8 minutes).
>
>OTOH, Nimzo-99 for instance discards Bxa1 already after a couple of seconds and
>won't switch back.
>
>Is there some special problem with this position ?
>
>Uli
I think this position is highly instable due to deep mate threats and some
promotion threats as well.
Actually if you follow the line played in the game you see that it ends with
black having a huge material advantage after a few moves, but eventually is
losing.
Christophe
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