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Subject: Do any programs see this combination?

Author: Matthew White

Date: 17:01:18 02/17/03

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The key move is Rxd4!(or !! depending on who you ask) after which the game
continued cxd4? Re7+!! Kb6 Qxd4+ Kxa5 b4 Ka4, etc. From Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk
aan Zee 1999. None of the programs I have tried so far can see this within 10
minutes or so. I'm thinking that materialism, coupled with the overwhelming
desire to move the knight off of a5 prevent most programs from seeing this.

Matt

• Re: Do any programs see this combination? Matthew White 11:32:26 02/18/03
• Against a computer the sacrifice won't work... Joachim Rang 09:00:00 02/18/03
  • Re: Against a computer the sacrifice won't work... Matthew White 11:03:10 02/18/03
    • Re: Against a computer the sacrifice won't work... Joachim Rang 13:02:22 02/18/03
      • Re: Against a computer the sacrifice won't work... Matthew White 13:13:42 02/18/03
• Re: Do any programs see this combination? B. Clark 23:50:10 02/17/03
  • Re: Do any programs see this combination? Matthew White 11:07:18 02/18/03
• Re: Do any programs see this combination? Matthew White 20:15:44 02/17/03
• Re: Do any programs see this combination? mike schoonover 18:47:34 02/17/03
  • Re: Do any programs see this combination? Matthew White 18:49:33 02/17/03

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