Author: John Merlino
Date: 20:03:35 02/08/99
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On February 08, 1999 at 16:04:11, Robert A. Basham wrote: >I am wondering if any chess programs can find this move -- R x d5+ > >(from this possition). So far, none of my programs can find it! >------------------------------ >K= e1, /d8 > >Q= h5, /c2 > >R= b5, h1 / a8, h8 > >B= d2, e2 / c8 > >N= f6 / c6, e7 > >P= a3, f2, g2, h4 / a7, b7, c3, c4, d5, h7 >-------------------------------------------------- >Thanks for trying! > >regards, >Robert Chessmaster 6000 finds Rxd5 immediately, and stays with it after thinking for 15 minutes on a PII-400. The line at 4/10 (4-move brute force, 10-move nominal search): 1.Rxd5+ Nxd5 2.Qxd5+ Ke8 3.Nxh8 cxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Qb1+ 5.Bd1 Qe4+ 6.Kf1 Be6 7.Qb2 Nd4 8.f3 Qd3+ 9.Kf2 Bd5 10.Re1+ Kd7 with 1.38 advantage for Black. jm
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