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Subject: Re: bishop sac

Author: Hans Havermann

Date: 19:11:13 03/19/99

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On March 15, 1999 at 14:00:13, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>1. Bxh6 gxh6 2. Qxh6 Qb4 3. Rac1 Rae8 4. Re3
>1. Bxh6 gxh6 2. Qxh6 Bd3 3. Rxe6 Bxc4 4. Rxe7 Bh2+ 5. Kxh2 Qxe7 6. Ra3
>1. Bxh6 gxh6 2. Qxh6 Qc6 3. Ra3 Rf7 4. Ne5
>1. Bxh6 gxh6 2. Qxh6 Qb4 3. Rac1 Rad8 4. Nxf5 Nxf5 5. Qg6+
>1. Bxh6 gxh6 2. Qxh6 Qd5 3. Ne3 Qxd4 4. Nexf5 Nxf5 5. Nxf5 exf5 6. Qg6+

>1-3 are better for white (?), 4 is IMHO ok for white and 5 is a draw. What do
>the commercial programs say about Bxh6?

Freeware MacChess 5.0.1 (at depth 17) finds a deeper draw:

 2. Qxh6 Rf7
 3. Nd6 Bxd6
 4. cxd6 Nd5
 5. Nxf5 exf5
 6. Qg6+ Rg7
 7. Re8+ Rxe8
 8. Qxe8+ Kh7
 9. Qh5+ Kg8
10. Qe8+



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