Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 10:33:33 10/31/02
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On October 31, 2002 at 13:18:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 31, 2002 at 12:11:50, stuart taylor wrote: > >>What I'm really interested in is REAL genius. When I was younger, sacrifices >>which are quite normal for me to imagine now, were then quite unbelievable. >> But now, whenever I think something might be really great, a computer normally >>shows it not too be sound. In fact, I haven't seen anything truly extraordinary >>and unexpected for a long time. Perhaps I'm already familiar with all the >>warning signs that one encounters in practical games, so things are not so >>unbelievable-for me. >> Didn't Tal have some things which no one else would have imagined? were they >>sound? >> But I mean REALLY unexpected! >>S.Taylor > >[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 24 > >There are some warning sings here, but it would never even occur to >me that Rxd4 is playable, let alone correct. > >I remember at that time the combination was considered unfindable. >Nowadays Sjeng finds it in half a minute. > >-- >GCP Before looking at your solution I had decided that Rxd4 was a good move [because of later Re7+] but was somewhat disappointed that there was not a more outrageous move available. Knowing that you're looking for a sac helps a lot! How about a position which does NOT involve a sac, but is still "REALLY unexpected"? Bob D.
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