Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:34:33 10/31/02
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On October 31, 2002 at 17:32:12, Dadi Jonsson wrote: >The following sac was "truly unexpected". The player of the black pieces wrote a >book(?) including this game and said he nearly fell off his chair when he saw >White's next move. It is understandable that the move was unexpected. White >sacrifice's his rook for the pawn on e6, which is thoroughly protected by two >other pawns. Few human beings would have the imagination required to even start >thinking about this possibility. This move is on Tim Krabbe's list of the >greatest moves ever played. > >In spite of the above, this may not be such a spectacular move to a chess >program! Many of them will find this move, given enough time. I believe that the >original poster was asking for "truly unexpected sac" for us human beings and >that is a different story! > > [D] rn1r2k1/pq1p1ppp/3Rp3/2p5/2P1b3/4QNP1/P3PPBP/3R2K1 w - - They tend to find Morphy's brilliant moves quickly. His tactical greatness seems to be easily matched by modern hardware.
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