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Subject: Re: After 1...Ne5 Why 2.Bxe5? instead of the better move 2.Nxe5!

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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