Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:45:28 01/23/04
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On January 23, 2004 at 08:17:02, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > Zsuzsa Polgar vs Alisa Maric, Tilburg 1994 > [D]3k4/5p2/P6p/4PB1P/4K3/8/8/6b1 b > Black played 48...Kc7 and lost in a few moves after 49. Bg6!!. > Please see ==> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1110658 >Can the chess engines avoid this move? Can Black hold this position? Help! >By the way, one is reminded of the recent Kramnik-Svidler game [Wijk aan Zee] >where Black resigned in a drawn ending [like here,Bishops of opposite colors]. Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality on a P4-2.4, will play 48...Kc7 and does know that 49.Bg6 is coming, but doesn't see anything better. Black appears to be lost: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 3/10 1.59 106078 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kd5 Kb5 5.e6 Bc5 6.Be8+ Kb6 7.Bg6 0:00 4/11 1.70 151546 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.e6 Bc5 5.Kf5 Kb5 6.Kg6 Bf8 0:00 5/12 1.82 274857 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.e6 Bc5 5.Kf5 Kb5 6.Kf6 Kc6 7.e7 Bd4+ 8.Kg6 0:01 6/13 1.64 580705 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.e6 Bc5 5.Kf5 Be7 6.Kg6 Bg5 7.Kg7 Kb5 0:03 7/14 1.59 1271140 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Be3 5.Ke6 Kb5 6.Kd6 Bf4 7.Be8+ Kb6 8.Bg6 Bg5 9.e6 0:05 8/15 1.77 2049589 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Be3 5.Ke6 Bf4 6.Kd5 Kb6 7.e6 Bg5 8.Kd6 Bf4+ 9.Kd7 Bg5 0:10 9/16 1.88 3705214 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Be3 5.Ke6 Bf4 6.Kd5 Bg5 7.e6 Kb7 8.Kd6 Kc8 9.e7 Bf4+ 10.Kc6 0:18 10/17 2.33 6647907 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Be3 5.Ke6 Bf4 6.Kd5 Bg5 7.e6 Be7 8.Kc6 Bg5 9.Kd7 Kb6 10.e7 0:35 11/18 2.64 12824631 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Kb7 5.e6 Bc5 6.Kf6 Bd4+ 7.Kg6 Bc5 8.Kxh6 Kc7 9.Kg6 Kd6 10.h6 Ke7 11.Kg7 1:08 12/19 2.72 25130904 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Kb7 5.e6 Bc5 6.Kf6 Bd4+ 7.Kg6 Bc5 8.Kxh6 Kc7 9.Kg6 Kd6 10.h6 Bd4 11.h7 Bh8 2:00 13/20 2.85 42402119 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Kb7 5.e6 Bc5 6.Kf6 Bd4+ 7.Kg6 Bc5 8.Kxh6 Kc7 9.Kg7 Bd4+ 10.Kf8 Bc5+ 11.Kg8 Kd6 12.h6 Bd4 4:24 14/21 4.55 88682259 1...Kc7 2.Bg6 Kb6 3.Bxf7 Kxa6 4.Kf5 Kb7 5.e6 Bc5 6.Kf6 Bd4+ 7.Kg6 Bc5 8.Kxh6 Kc7 9.Kg7 Bd4+ 10.Kg8 Kd6 11.h6 Be5 12.h7 Ke7 13.h8=Q Bxh8 14.Kxh8 jm
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