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Subject: Re: Position

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:51:14 06/18/02

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On June 18, 2002 at 15:44:02, David Hanley wrote:

>This is a famous game, and Qxf4 was the move played.  It's actually not that
>hard for a decent human tactician, i wonder why the comps struggle with it.

The other checkmate is one move farther away, but it has more forcing moves or
some other extension magnet that makes it look more attractive.  In either case,
the program will checkmate.

It's only a question of beauty (an optimal winning move verses a nearly optimal
winning move).



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