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Subject: Re: Test Position, Will Your Program Play Kb1 or the Daring Nxf7!

Author: Chris Welty

Date: 04:25:57 02/17/05

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On February 16, 2005 at 12:36:03, Alan McCracken wrote:

>On February 16, 2005 at 06:01:57, Chris Welty wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2005 at 20:30:13, Alan McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>Again a position taken from one of my games. A game in 15.
>>>
>>>[D]r3k2r/1bp1bppp/pp2pn2/4N1B1/q2P4/3B4/PPP1QPPP/2KRR3 w kq - 0 13
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>Altamax goes with Nxf7 (or Bc4 O-O Nxf7 transposing) by 0.50 - PV is
>>
>>+1.01 Nxf7 O-O Bc4 Rxf7 Bxe6 Raf8 Bxf6 Bxf6 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qe8+ Qxe8 Rxe8+ Rf8
>
>
>If Black castles, then 14.Ne5! is strong, and White is left with good attacking
>chances. The problem is, computers seem to think 14.Ne5 isn't doing much, so
>continue in a combination that is drawing.

That's interesting. How would you continue the attack?

After 13. Nxf7 O-O 14. Ne5, Altamax expects Qxa2. One threat is Qa1+ Kd2 Qa5+
Kc1 draw, but it thinks black is slightly better (by 0.02) after

14...Qxa2 c4 Bb4 Rg1 a5 Bb1 Qa4 <hash table>

I'm not enough of a chess expert to judge either player's attacking chances
here.



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