Author: K. Burcham
Date: 14:59:29 10/13/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 08:07:08, martin fierz wrote: >On October 12, 2003 at 20:59:08, K. Burcham wrote: > >>Too easy for programs. >>I assume GM Karpov forgot this from his studies. > >he must have been sleeping or something. every club player should realize in >something like 2 seconds that Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Bxg7 is a classic combination >(similar to e.g. the Bxh7+ Kxh7+ Qh5+ Kg8 Ng5 - type of combination, perhaps a >bit less well known). of course, for us humans it takes some time to check the >variations, and perhaps weaker players would not calculate it correctly etc etc; >but that a player like karpov would "forget" this is just impossible. his >tactical alarm bell didn't go off or something. > >cheers > martin that was my point also. i used the word "forgot" to describe the same. Karpov shows it is not impossible to miss this line, call it what you want. kburcham
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