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Subject: Re: positional test positions

Author: Alessandro Damiani

Date: 04:23:03 10/20/02

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On October 20, 2002 at 01:16:05, K. Burcham wrote:

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>if you have any positional test positions, please post.
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>this will be where a piece is sacrificed to gain a winning position, or a better
>position with increase in eval even though program loses material.
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>kburcham

I like the following position.

Knaak - Velimirovic, Sombor 1972

[D] rnbq1rk1/pp4bp/3p4/2pP3n/2P1Pp2/2NBB3/PPQ1N1PP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1

Knaak says in the computer chess book I took it from that he played 1. e5! with
good attacking chances on the king side.

Alessandro



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