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Subject: Re: How many programs see the winning move 1...c5! Not 1....Rd8? or ...Rb8?

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 13:14:35 04/15/03

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On April 15, 2003 at 16:13:46, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>Lautier versus Kasparov Tilburg, 1997.
>   Here Kasparov made the terrible mistake to accept a draw (which cost him
>clear first) instead of winning a pawn by 1...c5! Notice that Black makes no
>progress after 1...Rd8? 2.Kf1 giving White time to defend his weak back rank.
>You will notice that most programs will play 1...Rb8 2.Rxc6 Rxb4 3.Rc2 Rxe4 very
>materialistic moves by grabbing as many pawns as possible, but it is very hard
>to win, because all the pawns are on the same side of the board.
>
[D]7r/2R1bkpp/2p1pp2/8/1P2P3/8/1B3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1

Jorge



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