Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:46:23 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 17:02:19, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On February 12, 2003 at 14:11:21, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >> A.Pankratov (2561)-A.Kozlowicz (2494) e-mail ICCF XIV ol prel S1B2 CAISSA 2002 >> [D]3k4/1p6/3p1np1/3Pp3/PP2PpPp/3K1P1P/8/5B2 b >> Source ==> http://209.176.8.36/mueller/mueller.htm [Chesscafe.com] >>And here Black played 43...b5!! a very impressive sacrifice to close the >>queenside. 44. a5 [and a draw was agreed as there is no way to break through >>Black's walls]. GM Karsten Müller > >I should be very surprised if any of today's chess programs can solve this >position. >Kurt If other alternatives lose then I expect today's programs to solve it after enough time not because of seeing a draw score but because of seeing that there is nothing better than 43...b5 The question is if white can win after alternatives like 43...Nd7 If white cannot win then 43...b5 may be the simplest way to draw but the position is not a good test position. Uri
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