Author: Alan McCracken
Date: 23:15:26 02/03/05
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On February 04, 2005 at 00:40:42, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. After 17.g6..Nf4! and Black appears ok. I'm interested in what your engines have to say. CM10 likes 17. Qe4?!..but I can't check my ChessBase programs until I re-install them. Maybe Junior might play 17. Bxh7!, or Rebel...I don't know. Maybe one of your programs will find the thematic move? Being a tactical player, Bxh7 seems pretty natural to me.
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