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Subject: Re: Maróczy vs. Tartakower sacrifice

Author: Jürgen Hartmann

Date: 05:42:13 12/06/98

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On December 06, 1998 at 00:47:20, blass uri wrote:

>
>On December 05, 1998 at 07:56:13, Jürgen Hartmann wrote:
>
>>
>>On December 04, 1998 at 06:05:10, blass uri wrote:
>>>
>>>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
>>
>>21.Qc3 (protecting e3 to free the rook) Nh5 22.Rg2 Qh4+ 23.Kg1 Ng3 24.Rh2 Qg5
>>(not Qxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Ne2+ =) 25.Rf2 Nf5 26.Re2 Nh4 27.Bg2 Nf3+ and Black wins.
>
>Instead of 26.Re2?
>Junior5 suggests after a long time 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.d5 e5 28.dxc6 g3 29.Rxf5 Qxf5
>30.Qe1 Qg6 and Junior5 evaluates the position as a small advantage for white.
>
>Uri
>>
>>Jürgen



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