Author: James T. Walker
Date: 17:31:05 05/28/04
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On May 28, 2004 at 11:57:00, Will Singleton wrote: >On May 28, 2004 at 09:30:26, Rob Basham wrote: > >>[D]rnbr2k1/ppp2ppp/6n1/8/2BN2q1/B1P5/P4PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1 >> >>White plays Bxf7+...and goes on to win! >> >>My old Novag takes about 6 minutes to find it... > >This is way too hard for the Novag, must be a faulty eval or something. After >Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qb3+ Kf6 h3 Qd7 you get the following position, which is hard enough >by itself. bm Re3, then after Nf4 or Ne5, Rae1. I don't think any program >could find Bxf7 from the original position with the correct line, though some >will play it speculatively. And as I suspected, CSTal will play Bxf7 instantly. Shredder 8 likes it after 12:56 (18/50 plies) on XP2400. > >[d]rnbr4/pppq2pp/5kn1/8/3N4/BQP4P/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - -
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