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Subject: Re: Axim PF2 finds stunning Kasparov move in 5 seconds ....

Author: Johan de Koning

Date: 00:31:07 09/29/03

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On September 28, 2003 at 06:38:06, Darren Rushton wrote:

>On September 27, 2003 at 01:29:14, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On September 26, 2003 at 21:22:26, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/games/2003/03kaspazmaicrete.htm
>>>
>>>[d]r4rk1/4q1pp/pQpbpnp1/3p4/N2P4/4PP2/PP1B2PP/2R1K2R b K - 0 17
>>>
>>>17...Ne4! ouch!
>>
>
>Sorry, but how is this a "stunning move"?

The move is stunning because it looks cute.
The move is stunning because it ends the game.
The move is stunning because chess programs think it's drawish.

>Crafty, after 1hrs. worth of thinking sees a draw!
>
>Depth:       15      Nodes: 744502161 (195693 n/s)
>Score:    +0.00      Time:   3804.43 seconds
>17. ... Ne4 18. fxe4 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Qg4+ 20. Kc2 Qxe4+ 21. Kd1 Rab8 22. Qa5 Qxg2
>23. Re1 Qg4+ 24. Kc2 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 Qg4+

Replace 22 ... Qxg2 with Rf2, and see White collapsing within 10 or so plies.
That's just one of the many variations that Kasparov did not look at. :-)

... Johan



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