Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:57:18 03/26/03
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On March 26, 2003 at 17:51:15, Jorge Pichard wrote: >Most programs after 1...Ne5 select 2.Bxe5? instead of 2.Nxe5! Why? > >[D]8/2qnpp2/2N1nkb1/5rp1/2B1R3/2B1PQ2/1K1P2P1/8 b - - 0 1 Actually, Chessmaster 9000 prefers 2.Rxe5!! by a wide margin. Here are the top three moves according to a fairly brief search on a P3-750: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 1:04 1/9 9.46 7702960 2.Rxe5 Rxf3 3.Rc5+ Nd4 4.Bxd4+ e5 5.Rxe5 Qxe5 6.Bxe5+ Kf5 7.gxf3 Bh5 8.e4+ Kg6 9.Ne7+ Kh6 10.Be2 Kh7 11.d4 1:04 1/9 6.78 7816593 2.Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 3.Rxe5 Rxf3 4.gxf3 Nd8 5.Rc5 Nxc6 6.Rxc6+ e6 7.Rc7 Bh5 8.Be2 e5 9.d4 exd4 10.exd4 1:47 1/9 6.03 12197906 2.Nxe5 Kg7 3.Nxf7+ Kf8 4.Qh3 Qb6+ 5.Bb3 Rb5 6.Qh8+ Kxf7 7.Qg7+ Ke8 8.Qxg6+ Kd7 9.Qxe6+ Qxe6 10.Rxe6 Rxb3+ 11.Kxb3 Kxe6 12.d3 jm
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