Author: James Robertson
Date: 21:26:37 11/05/98
The following position was reachied in a blitz game between Exchess 2.49 and SSEChess 2.01: 4rrk1/ppp2pp1/2qp3p/2n5/2P1PQ1B/3P4/P1P3PP/R4RK1 w - - Exchess played Qf2 and won about 30 moves later, but I thought that maybe Bf6 would be an irresistible sacrifice for a computer program. After 1. Bf6 gxf6 2. Qxh6, I don't see any way Black can win: 2. ... Nd5 3. Rf3 Ng5 4. Rg3 d5 5. h4 Qd6 6. Kh2 Qe5 7. hxg6 fxg6 8. Qxg6+ Qxg6 9. Rxg6+ Kh7 10. cxd5 (evaluated -2.15 for Black by Crafty) 2. ... Nd7 3. Rf3 (And Black can't stop Rg3) Since my computer is kind of slow, I am not sure that I am not missing something. Could somebody with a really fast computer analyze this and see if there is any way Black can escape without major material loss after accepting the sacrifice? All comments welcome! Thanks! James
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