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Subject: Re: chess position for checking

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 19:36:01 01/20/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 22:20:38, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 20, 1999 at 07:04:16, allan johnson wrote:
>
>>  In the following position White-K-g1,Q-f6,R-d7,e7,B-e3,P-b5,c5,f2,h2 Black
>> Kg7,Q-f6,R-f7,f8 B-b2,P-a7,b7,g5,h6 Rebel10 (AMD 330)plays Qe4 after 2min
>> 11sec.It evaluates white at +2.16.Qe4 does win but the best move is Qxf7!
>> Once you play the move this is conceded as the better move.Would someone
>> else like to put this position to their machine and tell me the response.A
>> more reasonable time is suggested though,perhaps 5-10 minutes.
>> I put the position to Rebel9 as well (P MMX 166) and after 15 minutes it was
>> responding with Qe4 as well
>
>Hello Allan,
>I gave the position to Nimzo99a and it settled on Qxf7+ after about 21 seconds.
>Around the 1 minute mark the score is +5.19.  Same after 2 minutes and 11 plies.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Walker

I'm baaack.
I gave the position to Junior 5.0 and Fritz 5.2 also.  Junior likes the Qe4 and
Fritz 5.32 likes Rxf7.  I think there are too many ways to win in this position
for it to be a good problem.
Jim Walker



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