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Subject: Re: Another sac. :)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:31:31 08/09/02

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On August 09, 2002 at 15:22:49, Slater Wold wrote:

>On August 09, 2002 at 14:47:12, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2002 at 14:36:41, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>[D]1q4k1/1rb1rpp1/2p2n2/p2p4/3P2P1/2N1PQ1P/1P6/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 37
>>>
>>>Anyone get Rxb2?
>>>
>>>I am @ work so I cannot really study this, but it looks pretty nice from what I
>>>can see.
>>
>>Chessmaster 9000, on a PIII-600, says no sale. It did take a good long look at
>>it, though:
>>
>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>0:00	1/3	-0.86	1340		37...Rb3 38.Ra3 Rxa3 39.bxa3
>>0:00	1/4	-0.80	3799		37...Rb3 38.g5 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>0:00	1/5	-0.67	17492		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Rb4 39.Qc2 Re6
>>0:01	1/5	-0.68	42114		37...Bh2+ 38.Kh1 Qc7 39.g5 Ne4
>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4
>>0:01	1/6	-0.68	64374		37...Bh2+ 38.Kh1 Qc7 39.g5 Ne4
>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4
>>0:01	1/6	-0.80	86115		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Nh7 39.Qf5 g6 40.Qc2
>>					Ng5
>>0:03	1/7	-0.74	206219		37...Rb3 38.g5 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>					40.Qf5 Rb5
>>0:10	1/8	-0.78	647210		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Nh7 39.Ra3 Rxa3
>>					40.bxa3 Ng5 41.Qh4 f6 42.Kg2
>>0:29	1/9	-0.69	1906490		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Rb4 39.Qc2 Nh7
>>					40.h4 Bg3 41.Rxa5 Bxh4 42.Rf4
>>0:43	1/9	-0.75	2872154		37...Rb4 38.Qf2 Qe8 39.Kh1 Ne4
>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Ra3 Re7 42.Qc2
>>1:34	1/10	-0.78	6403879		37...Rb4 38.Qf2 Qe8 39.Kh1 Ne4
>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Ra3 Re7 42.Qc2 Rc4
>>4:31	2/11	-0.73	19090601	37...Rb4 38.Rf2 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>					40.Qg2 Qb5 41.Rc2 Re6 42.Rc5 Qd3
>>					43.Ra3
>>6:17	2/11	-0.80	26150126	37...Qd8 38.g5 Qd6 39.Rf2 Ne4 40.Nxe4
>>					dxe4 41.Qg4 Rb5 42.Ra3 Re8 43.Rc3
>>
>>jm
>
>Well, Rxb2 led to a win against a pretty decent opponent in a standard game (not
>blitz).  I won't say it's the *only* move, but at least I know it does win,
>pretty convincingly too.

You're almost certainly correct. I'm pretty hampered by a pretty slow processor,
and CM might have found the move with a better CPU. Maybe someday I'll have a
1GHz! ;-)

jm



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