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Subject: Re: January 1987 CCNS Correction!!! with board

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:57:06 04/16/05

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On April 16, 2005 at 17:48:15, Ray Rogers wrote:

>On April 16, 2005 at 17:32:54, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On April 16, 2005 at 17:20:10, Ray Rogers wrote:
>>
>>>On April 16, 2005 at 17:18:08, Ray Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>>8/6pk/7p/2R2p1q/pp4n1/7P/P3Q1P1/7K w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>OOPS (LOL)
>>>>
>>>>Ray (again)
>>>
>>>[D]8/6pk/7p/2R2p1q/pp4n1/7P/P3Q1P1/7K w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>It's late here!!
>>
>>Is the problem to avoid Qxg4 or to find a particular move?
>>
>Avoid Qxg4. Most can't see past Qxg4 apart from Mephist Dallas etc. of that era.
>Most other machines would fail after hours of looking. There was some clever
>programming here eh.

Well, Black will queen the a-pawn 12 plies away. That was quite a distance
almost 20 years ago.

jm




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