Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:39:10 07/28/04
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On July 28, 2004 at 16:03:53, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >How fast does your engine find the winning move 24.Bxg6 >but showing a positive score? Below the output of Crafty 19.15 > >24.Bxg6!! >[D]2r2rk1/p3bb1p/2n1Q1p1/q2pP3/3P1P2/p1NB1NR1/1P4P1/1K1R4 w - - 0 24 > >[Event "New York"] >[Site "New York"] >[Date "1947.??.??"] >[Round "?"] >[White "Evans, L."] >[Black "Pilnick, C."] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "C13"] >[PlyCount "57"] >[EventDate "1947.??.??"] > >1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. >O-O-O c5 9. h4 cxd4 10. Nce2 Nc6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Kb1 d3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rh3 >Rac8 15. Rg3 g6 16. d4 b5 17. h5 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nc3 b4 21. >Bd3 Be8 22. Nf3 bxa3 23. Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Bxg6 axb2 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Qa1+ 27. >Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 Nb4+ 29. Kd1 1-0 This position was posted several weeks ago, and resulted in a small article by GM Evans in Chess Life. The original test position was to find 23.Qxe6+ with a winning score. That was VERY difficult, and I don't know if any engine will be able to do it in under 10 minutes. jm
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