Author: Howard Exner
Date: 08:43:50 11/06/98
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On November 06, 1998 at 00:26:37, James Robertson wrote: >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 The move Kh1 here instead of Rg3 is another interesting try. So if then Nxf3, gxf3 and black will need to parry the threat Rg1. >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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