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Subject: Re: Maróczy vs. Tartakower sacrifice

Author: blass uri

Date: 03:05:10 12/04/98

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On December 04, 1998 at 05:29:33, Jürgen Hartmann wrote:

>The thing I enjoy to do with a chess program is interactive analysis. Trying
>different lines with a program gives you the illusion to do something
>intelligent and achieves superior results to just letting it run endlessly on
>one position on its own.
>
>In the famous game Maroczy vs. Tartakower from 1922, Black build up a typical
>Stonewall kings attack and crowned it with an intuitive rook sacrifice. For a
>human it is easy to see the immense practical chances of this sacrifice and it
>would be the first candidate move to calculate. But Junior5 and the Crafty
>engine don't find it overnight on my P300.
>
>The position after 17.Nd2 was
>
>r1b3k1/pp1n3p/2pbpq1r/3p4/2PPp1p1/PP2P1P1/1BQN1P1P/3RRBK1 b - - 0 17
>
>17... Rxh2!!
>
>Does any program see this?
>
>The question is: Do we have a fantastically tough testing position in the league
>of Nolot here or is it simply incorrect?

I think that it is simply incorrect
for example white can defend by 21.Qc3(Junior5's move)

Uri





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