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Subject: How many top programs will play the correct Qe3+ in this position ?

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 14:21:47 03/17/03

How many top programs will play the correct Qxe3+ in this position without its
ending database activated.

This game was played between Keres vs Botvininnik in the 1948 championship.
Here Botvinnik calculated a straight-forward way to win by simply exchanging off
the queens.  Here most programs would see this as a blunder by weakening the
position and leaving Black only slightly better. As a matter of fact most top
programs of today without it end game database would play Qd1?

[D]8/kp6/P5p1/2p1p3/2PpP3/3P3Q/4q3/6K1 b - - 0 1

• Re: How many top programs will play the correct Qe3+ in this position ? Martin Giepmans 15:07:36 03/17/03
  • Re: How many top programs will play the correct Qe3+ in this position ? Martin Giepmans 15:17:08 03/17/03
• No problem for Shredder 7.04 Kurt Utzinger 14:48:55 03/17/03
  • Re: No problem for Shredder 7.04 [also without EGTB] Kurt Utzinger 15:22:45 03/17/03
    • Re: No problem for Shredder 7.04 [also without EGTB] Jorge Pichard 05:01:49 03/18/03
      • Re: No problem for Shredder 7.04 [also without EGTB] Kurt Utzinger 10:53:26 03/18/03
• Re: How many top programs will play the correct Qe3+ in this position ? Jorge Pichard 14:28:49 03/17/03

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