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Subject: Re: Old programs in danger of extinction

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 00:44:04 11/18/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 22:42:31, Mike Byrne wrote:

>r...qb.k   Kasparov-Karpov, 20th game 1990
>.b....p.	26.Nxh6!! c3 (26... Rxh6!? is not sufficient:
>p..pr..p   27.Nxd6 Qh5 (best) 28.Rg5! Qxd1 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nxh6+ Kh8

>it's incorrect - Nxd6 loses to the simple Rxe1 ...so no chess program will find
>the winning line above ..actual game went as follows with 27.Nf5 ..I like
>Kasparov move better ;>)

Hang on - the Black rook is on h6 by then, as the extract shows :)

(Nxd6 is the second move in the combination).

Alastair



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