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Subject: Highly thematic move and spectular sacrifice test positions

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 10:36:17 09/05/03



From  The Mammouth Book of Chess -  "16... g5!!  Highly thematic - Black attacks
the white centre with all the devices at his disposal."

Chessmaster 9000 finds this move in 5 seconds.
Genius 7 and Arasan 7.1 cannot find it after 3 minutes.

[Event "New York 1981"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Shamkovich"]
[Result "*"]
[d] 3rk2r/p2n1pbp/4p1p1/q1pPP3/1pP2P2/4B2B/P2Q1P1P/2R1K2R b kK -

In this second position from the same game.  "20...Rxd5!!  A spectacular
sacrifice to open a line for the queen toward the white king."

Chessmaster 9000 finds it in 9 seconds.
Genius 7 finds it in 55 seconds.
Phoenix Genius finds it in 22 seconds.
Arasan 7.1 finds it in 18 seconds.

[d] 3rk2r/p4pRp/4p3/q1pPn3/1pP5/4p2B/PQ2KP1P/2R5 b k -







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