Author: Matthew White
Date: 11:07:18 02/18/03
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On February 18, 2003 at 02:50:10, B. Clark wrote: >On February 17, 2003 at 20:01:18, Matthew White wrote: > >>[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 24 >> >>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 > >New position >b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1 > >Fritz 6 finds Rxd4 in 32 seconds (P4, 1.7 Ghz) > >Analysis by Fritz 6: (Snip) >(Clark, Las Vegas 17.02.2003) Thanks, I hadn't even tried F6, I assumed that F7 and F8 would get it if any of the Fritz family would. I was obviously mistaken :) Matt
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