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Subject: Re: Test Position Avoid Qe4?! and Play Bxh7!

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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