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Subject: Re: Position from 1999 CCC Archive

Author: John Merlino

Date: 20:37:06 07/28/02

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On July 28, 2002 at 18:33:10, Mike Byrne wrote:

>[D] 1nr3k1/1q1nbppp/p3p3/8/2RNP1N1/1P2QPP1/1B4KP/8 w - - 0 1
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>while going thorugh old ccc file - I saw this gem noted by Laurence Chen
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>http://www.it.ro/ccc_search/ccc.php?art_id=60874
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>I wonder what he would think of Nf5 today - I think it;s a better move than the
>suggested Nxe6 (which is still a good move)
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>what do your engines think?

Chessmaster 9000 takes about a minute to prefer Nxe6 over Nf5 (on a PIII-733):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:03	1/7	1.44	252221		1.Nxe6 f6 2.Rxc8+ Qxc8 3.Qd3 Ne5
					4.Nxe5 Qxe6 5.Qc4 Qxc4 6.Nxc4
0:04	1/7	1.71	319466		1.Nf5 Rxc4 2.Nxe7+ Kf8 3.Bxg7+
					Kxe7 4.bxc4 Nc6 5.Qa3+ Kd8
0:06	1/8	1.58	513462		1.Nf5 Rxc4 2.Nxe7+ Kf8 3.Bxg7+
					Kxe7 4.bxc4 Nc6 5.Qa3+ Kd8 6.Qd6
					Qb6
0:13	1/9	1.40	1277881		1.Nf5 Rxc4 2.Nxe7+ Kf8 3.Bxg7+
					Kxe7 4.bxc4 Qb4 5.Qg5+ Ke8 6.Nf6+
					Nxf6 7.Bxf6 Nc6
0:34	1/10	1.45	3580955		1.Nf5 Rxc4 2.Nxe7+ Kf8 3.Bxg7+
					Kxe7 4.bxc4 Qb4 5.Qg5+ Ke8 6.Nf6+
					Nxf6 7.Bxf6 Nd7
0:58	1/10	1.55	5876251		1.Nxe6 f6 2.Qc1 Rxc4 3.Qxc4 Qc6
					4.Ne3 Nb6 5.Qxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf5
2:07	2/11	1.48	13207881	1.Nxe6 f6 2.Qc1 Rxc4 3.Qxc4 Nb6
					4.Qc3 Qc6 5.Nd4 Qxc3 6.Bxc3 N8d7
					7.Nf5
6:23	3/12	1.41	40767710	1.Nxe6 f6 2.Qc1 Rxc4 3.Qxc4 Nb6
					4.Qc3 Qc6 5.Nd4 Qxc3 6.Bxc3 N8d7
					7.Ba5 Bc5

jm



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