Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 09:55:53 09/15/03
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On September 15, 2003 at 12:29:52, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On September 15, 2003 at 12:25:25, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On September 14, 2003 at 17:58:56, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>[d] 4r1k1/p4ppp/1p1q1n2/1Pb1n3/8/1N4P1/PB3PBP/2RQ2K1 b - - 0 1 >>>Brutus played ...Bxf2+ >>> >>>1... Bxf2+!? >> >>Like Will Singleton, I think many (perhaps even most) programs will >>play Bxf2, but I think finding a win for white will take a very long >>time. >> >>Gothmog 0.3.0 plays Bxf2 after less than 4 seconds, but it's a purely >>speculative sacrifice. The score is not at all convincing: > >It is not speculative, it is almost forced. Everything else is very bad for >white. Sorry, I should have been clearer. I meant that Gothmog plays Bxf2 as a speculative sacrifice, from a subjective point of view. It does not see a win for black, but just gambles that black's attacking chances will be sufficient to compensate for the piece. Tord
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