Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:40:42 02/03/05
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On February 04, 2005 at 00:22:57, Alan McCracken wrote: >On February 03, 2005 at 23:24:45, William Bryant wrote: > >>On February 03, 2005 at 20:11:33, Alan McCracken wrote: >> >>>[D]r2q1r1k/1bp2ppp/p3p3/3nN1P1/1p1P4/2PB4/PP2QP1P/2KR2R1 w - - 0 17 >> >>My program never considers Qe4 nor Bxh7. It likes Qh5 much better. >> >>If I play Bxh7 the eval score at tournament time controls is about 2 pawns less. >> >>William > >What program did you use? The best move is 17.Bxh7!..g6 18.Qg4!with the idea of >Qh4. >If 17..Kxh7 18.Qh5+..Kg8 19.Rg4! if 19..g6, then 20.Nxg6 with mate in 9. >This position is taken from a blitz game I played earlier in the evening. > >I guess this position may trick even top programs;-) I would probably push the pawn to g6, since the bishop move would not have occured to me naturally (although a kingside attack is going to happen here somehow, no matter who or what is playing -- for sure, black is in big trouble). I have a bunch of chess engines pounding on it for 5000 seconds each. We'll see what they have to say in the morning.
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