Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:42:54 06/12/02
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On June 12, 2002 at 15:27:34, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On June 12, 2002 at 15:04:07, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>The follwing position is from Yermolinsky vs Ehlvest after move 40 by black
>>[D]rq1r4/2nn1p1k/2b1p1pP/1pPp2Q1/1P3NB1/2N2P2/3RP2P/3R2K1 w
>>Here white plays 41.Bxe6! and wins.The interesting thing here is that the
>>Novag Sapphire(which is a good Portable) does not find this even after 12 hours
>>and going 10 plys deep.On the other hand Chessmaster 8000 (on a 700 Mhz PC)
>>sees it after 3 seconds at ply 6.Please indicate the result for your portable
>>chess Computer.
>
>
>White also wins easily after 1.Qe7, especially since he can play Bxe6 on the
>next move in most cases. The programs on my PC also prefer 1.Bxe6 after only a
>couple seconds, but Chess Tiger 14.9a on my 42 MHz Sony Clie (Palm OS) prefers
>1.Qe7 right from the start and still prefers it after 5 minutes. (What matters
>most, IMHO, is that it does see an easy win immediately.)
1.Bxe6
[or 1.Qe7 Ne5 2.Bxe6 Nxe6 3.Nxe6 Rd7 4.Ng5+ Kxh6 5.Qf6 Qd8
6.Nxf7+ Rxf7 7.Qxe5 +-]
[1.e4 also wins]
1...Nxe6 2.Nxe6 fxe6 3.Qe7+ Kxh6 4.Rd4 g5 5.Qxe6+ Kg7 6.Qxc6 Ne5 7.Qxb5 Qxb5
8.Nxb 5+-
Pocket Fritz on my iPAQ prefers 1.e4, even after 5 minutes. Go figure.
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