Author: Art Basham
Date: 11:06:13 12/26/02
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Sure, Qh5 is a good move, but both Ruffian 1.0.1 and Yace 0.99.56 show 1. Bxh7+ in only about 20 seconds (at 6 ply) on my slow computer...! Looks like a pretty good test move to me...:-) art... ================ On December 26, 2002 at 11:03:21, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On December 26, 2002 at 10:17:23, Art Basham wrote: > >>In this position, white sacrifices both bishops AND a knight >>to go for mate.... (possible 10 or 11 moves...:-) >> >>[D]r2q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p2p3/nP1n4/8/P2BN1N1/1BP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - >> >>Any programs find 1. Bxh7+....? > >Analysis by Shredder 7: > >1. +- (2.70): 1.Qh5 g6 2.Ng4 Bf6 3.Nh6+ Kg7 4.Rxf6 Nxf6 5.Qg5 Bxg2+ 6.Kg1 Qe8 >7.Qxf6+ Kxh6 8.Kxg2 Rc8 9.Ne4 >2. +- (1.77): 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7 f5 4.Ngxf5 exf5 5.Bd4 Rf6 6.Nxf5 >Qe8 7.Nxe7+ Nxe7 8.Qxe8+ Rxe8 >3. = (-0.02): 1.Qg4 g6 2.Rae1 Bc5 3.Nxd5 Qxd5 4.Qe2 Bd4 5.Be4 > >Depth 13 > >Maybe this test is not very good. 1.Qh5 is very strong too.
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