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Subject: Shredder 8 confirms that this position is correct:

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 13:32:55 03/21/04

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>Look at this one (for instance):
>[D]2K3k1/1p6/R3p1p1/1rB1P1P1/8/8/1Pb5/8 w - - bm Rc6; c0 "#56 draw"; id
>"(JenoBan_TofE).038"; c0 "Not solved in 30 seconds.";
>
>Now, when someone offers me a gift, I always suspect a poisoned apple when it
>comes to chess.  If white moves to Rc6, I am not taking the rook.  Rather, I
>would take the pawn.  Besides, if I take the rook and he takes the pawn, I can
>pin his rook with my bishop.
>And if I don't take the pawn, it *will* be an easy draw.
>
>What does everyone else think?

Shredder 8 considers all moves except bxc6 as a draw. The draw in the bxc6 line
Shredder can not spot, since it lacks (as probably all programs) special
knowledge about this kind of blocked position.

See the MV=3 - Analyses:

Shredder 7.04  UCI 157 MB on Athlon 1500 MHz:


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
18   02:59  0,02   Lc2e4 Tc6c7 Tb5xb2 Kc8d7 b7b6 Tc7c8+ Kg8h7 Tc8b8 Tb2d2+ Lc5d6
Le4d5 Tb8e8 b6b5 Te8e7+ Kh7g8 Te7e8+ Kg8f7 Te8e7+ Kf7f8 Te7xe6+ Kf8g7 Te6f6
18   02:59  0,02   Lc2a4 Tc6c7 Tb5xb2 Kc8b8 Tb2d2 Lc5d6 b7b6 Tc7c8+ Kg8g7 Tc8c7+
Kg7g8 Tc7c8+ Kg8g7 Tc8c7+ Kg7g8 Tc7c8+
19   02:59 -6,11   b7xc6 b2b4




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