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Subject: Re: Test Position Opening.. Does Your Program Find Qe2!

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 17:50:32 05/12/05

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On May 12, 2005 at 11:39:38, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 12, 2005 at 02:37:23, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>Nxf7 is tempting but I believe Qe2 is stronger, with a killer threat of Nxf7!
>>next move.
>>
>>This position is taken from a blitz game I played tonight.
>>
>>[D]r2qkbnr/1b3ppp/p3p3/2ppN3/3P1B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 12
>>
>>Terry
>
>CM9_R1 on a P4-2.4 never considers either moves, and prefers Na4 with a good
>score:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/4	1.04	13734		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qg4 g6 14.Nd3
>0:00	1/5	1.12	23697		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nd3 Be7 14.Qg4 Bf6
>0:00	1/6	1.21	84363		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qg4 Qf6 14.Nd3
>					h5 15.Qg3
>0:01	1/7	1.04	203765		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 Rc8
>					15.Be3 Qf6 16.Bxc5 Qxf3 17.Nxf3
>					Rxc5
>0:05	1/8	1.03	772074		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nd3 Be7 14.Qg4
>					Nf6 15.Qxg7 Rg8 16.Qh6
>0:08	1/8	1.16	1323433		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Rc8 14.Qa7
>					Qe7 15.Nf3 Qb4 16.Rac1
>0:12	1/9	1.19	1904384		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nd3 e5
>					15.Nac5 Qb6 16.Qa4+ Bc6 17.Qa3
>0:25	2/10	1.22	4168922		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nb6 fxe5
>					15.Bxe5 Ne7 16.Nxa8 Bxa8 17.Bxg7
>1:40	2/11	1.41	18471216	12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qa5 14.Bd2
>					Qb5 15.Re3 f6 16.Rb3 fxe5 17.Rxb5
>					exd4 18.Rxb7
>6:28	2/12	1.64	76297720	12.Na4 c4 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 Rc8
>					15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qe7 17.Rad1
>					Rxc5 18.Ng4 d4
>
>jm


I still would go with Qe2!

Look at play, and see if the computers will refute this.


1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.exd5 cxd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Bf4 a6
8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O c5 10.Re1 Bc6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.Nxf7 Kxf7
14.Qxe6+ Kg6 15.Re3 h6 16.Rg3+ Kh7 17.Qf7 Bc8 18.Rg6 Ng4 19.Nxd5 Ra7
20.Nf6+ Qxf6 21.Rxf6 Rxf7 22.Rxf7 cxd4 23.Rc7 Bb4 24.h3 Nf6 25.Be5 Ba5
26.Rc4 Re8 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Rxd4 ++-

[D]2b1r3/7k/p4p1p/b7/3R4/7P/PPP2PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 28

Terry




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