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Subject: Re: Topalov-Shirov , Linares 1998 Great Test Position!!

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 01:51:57 06/16/05

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On June 15, 2005 at 23:12:31, Brian Katz wrote:

>Does any program find Shirov's "Absolutely Incredible" only winning move
>1...Bh3!! in the diagramed position??
>
>
>[D]8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/7K b - - 0 1
>
>I am using an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1 Gig DDR SDRAM.
>
>I have tried Fritz 8, Crafty 19.19, Shredder 9 UCI, Toga and Hiarcs 8...Neither
>of these programs have found this astonishing move, thus far.
>
>Best
>Brian

I'm not sure that this is the only way to win. Shirov also gave ...Be4 as -+.
Maybe this is why computers don't play Bh3.
Regards
Tony



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