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Subject: Re: An Amazing Position

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 16:50:54 07/17/03

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On July 17, 2003 at 18:31:55, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On July 17, 2003 at 09:27:41, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>
>>[D] r2qr1k1/1p3ppp/p3bb2/2pp4/5P2/3P4/PPPQ2PP/RNB1R1K1 b - -
>>
>>White has just played 15.Qd2??
>>
>>After this blunder, White has nothing better than to resign.
>>
>>Try to find the solution before you unleash your chess engine on it.
>>
>>It may take awhile for your chess engine to find the solution.
>>
>>I'll post the analysis tomorrow.
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>With a fast analysis of 1 minute per move with Fritz 8.00.8, this is
>the best line for both black and white:
>1...Bd4+ 2.Kh1 Qh4 3.Rf1 Bg4 4.Nc3 Rd8! 5.b3 Rd6 with win.
>
>[D]4r1k1/1p3ppp/p2r4/2pp4/3b1Pbq/1PNP4/P1PQ2PP/R1B2R1K w - - 0 6

That's pretty good for one minute a move, even if your computer didn't find
White's best fourth move!  How fast was the computer you used?  My computer is
Intel Pentium IV at 1 GHz, single processor.  It took a lot longer than one
minute per move!!!!

The thing about the position which amazed me is that it occurred in one of my
games.  I do not use a chess engine when playing.  I am an amateur and NOT a GM.
 It is hard to see this stuff when you don't "cheat."  It was during post mortem
analysis, when I used Fritz 8, that the weakness of White's position became
evident, to my great surprise.  Everything I tried, and I tried everything, led
to the same result . . . that White was lost.  I was amazed.

Bob D.



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