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Subject: Re: Phoenix Genius finds pawn sacrifice while Chessmaster can't

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:12:54 08/08/03

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On August 08, 2003 at 14:37:25, Dana Turnmire wrote:

>The following position is from Karpov - Yusupov 1988.  This is what FM Graham
>Burgess says about what he considers the brilliant move 16 d5!!
>
>"This pawn sacrifice both gives the white knight an ideal post in the centre and
>opens several lines for the other white pieces."
>
>Phoenix Genius finds the pawn sacrifice in 1'29" with a plus score of 1.03 while
>Chessmaster default and SKR can't even find it after 5 minutes.
>
>[D] 4r2r/pp1nkp1p/2p1b1p1/5q2/2BP4/4QN2/PP3PPP/4RK1R w - - 0 1

A 5-minute search with Majestic Chess on a P3-733 says Ng5, with a score of 0.88
for White.

jm



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