Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:48:15 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. The queen pawn being pinned is only a provocation for a human to see what would be if taken with the other pawn. But when it comes to that other pawn, I admit, I havn't yet seen what could be so great after that. If that is 100% sound, it looks like it might be a good example! If I see what actually is the continuation, then I'll know if that is something (the kind of sacrifice) I was looking for. S.Taylor 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 - -
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