Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:13:37 11/25/02
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On November 25, 2002 at 14:26:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 25, 2002 at 12:56:59, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>On November 24, 2002 at 23:56:30, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>[D]8/4p3/4Q3/8/8/k1p3PP/1q3P1K/8 w - - 0 1 >>> >>>This is reposted as it was given little attention. >>> >>> >>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?266990 >> >>yep, Terry is right! You can easily try it for yourself, by let the engines play >>against themselves. Althoug many engines show a drawish score in the beginning, >>they realize after a few moves, that white is going to loose. But you have at >>least give the engines 1 minute per move: >> >>Here are a few winning lines: > >I don't like that kind of "proof". If white makes a mistake that it doesn't >understand >early on, then it loses later. That doesn't mean the loss is forced. > >Note that I am not saying that it is not a loss, but I didn't see anything >forced when >looking at it myself... > >>New game >>Shootout (Ruffian1) >> >>1.Qxe7+ Ka2 2.Qe6+ Kb1 3.Kg2 c2 4.Qe4 Qb5 5.Kh2 Kb2 6.Qd4+ Ka2 7.Qa7+ Kb1 8.Qh7 >>Qd5 9.Kg1 Kb2 10.Qh8+ Ka2 11.Qh6 Qd1+ 12.Kg2 c1Q+- 0-1 >> > >IE in the above I would play 3. Qd4 after letting crafty search a while here. >Crafty thinks >Kg2 definitely leads to a black advantage after a while. IE the score sticks at >0.00 for >the queen move I suggested, while it steadily drops after Kg2... 3.Qd4 is not a legal move in the above line. Do you mean 3.Qe4+? jm
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