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Subject: Re: Can any program avoid this move? (Diagram)

Author: Ryan B.

Date: 00:51:02 11/17/05

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On November 17, 2005 at 03:15:02, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On November 16, 2005 at 17:55:29, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>On November 16, 2005 at 17:42:56, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On November 16, 2005 at 17:35:29, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 16, 2005 at 17:04:23, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>In my tuning for Fruit I stumbled over the following game when a very promising
>>>>>looking sacrifice does seem to loose the game. After that white can compromise
>>>>>blacks king side completely but seems unable to proceed the attack and loose
>>>>>afterwards. I have analyzed this and it does indeed seem the game continuation
>>>>>is rather forced and leads to a inferior position of white:
>>>>>
>>>>[D]rqrb2k1/5pp1/2b2P1p/p2n1n1P/1p2N3/1N2BB2/PPP2Q2/1K1R3R w - - 0 27 am Bxh6?!
>>>
>>>That's the way it looks to me, but the program will have to see at least 24
>>>plies ahead (pretty tough with that much wood on the board) to see the problem.
>>>
>>>It also looks like 34.c4 Ne3 35.Rd5 Nxd5 36.Nxf7+ Rxf7 37.Bxd5 Re7 38.Rf1 Rxh7
>>>39.Rf2 might be a slight improvement, but I don't have the time to really check
>>>it out.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Yes it is incredible deep. :-)
>>
>>34.c4 is probably a better defense for white but in your line white is the
>>exchange down and I don't see enough compensation for that for white. The 34th
>>move is the first move where there are really alternatives for white perhaps
>>34.c3 as well but white is already worse on move 34 I think.
>>
>>Joacchim
>
>Why not sac the Bishop? It looks strong!
>
>Terry

If you follow the simple rules on when to do a minor sac for a king attack this
is not the time.  Still the move does look ok at first but ends up being a
failed attack if you work it out.

Ryan



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