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Subject: Re: interesting position

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 11:23:19 11/23/05

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On November 23, 2005 at 14:15:46, David Dahlem wrote:

>On November 23, 2005 at 13:41:22, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On November 23, 2005 at 13:00:28, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>[D]8/1p1kp2Q/2np4/1p2bpB1/8/3q3P/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>What is the best move for White in this position? Can White draw? This is very
>>>deep, and difficult for computer programs. :-)
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>
>>This is from Garry Kasparov vs The World..but this actual position never arose.
>>
>>[Event ""]
>>[Site ""]
>>[Date "1999.10.22"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Kasparov"]
>>[Black "The World"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>
>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O g6
>>8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4
>>14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 Ra8 16.a4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qb3 f5 19.Bg5 Qb4
>>20.Qf7 Be5 21.h3 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Qxa4 23.Qxh7 Bxb2 24.Qxg6 Qe4 25.Qf7 Bd4
>>26.Qb3 f4 27.Qf7 Be5 28.h4 b5 29.h5 Qc4 30.Qf5+ Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.g3
>>fxg3 33.fxg3 b4 34.Bf4 Bd4+ 35.Kh1 b3 36.g4 Kd5 37.g5 e6 38.h6 Ne7
>>39.Rd1 e5 40.Be3 Kc4 41.Bxd4 exd4 42.Kg2 b2 43.Kf3 Kc3 44.h7 Ng6 45.Ke4
>>Kc2 46.Rh1 d3 47.Kf5 b1=Q 48.Rxb1 Kxb1 49.Kxg6 d2 50.h8=Q d1=Q 51.Qh7 b5
>>52.Kf6+ Kb2 53.Qh2+ Ka1 54.Qf4 b4 55.Qxb4 Qf3+ 56.Kg7 d5 57.Qd4+ Kb1
>>58.g6 Qe4 59.Qg1+ Kb2 60.Qf2+ Kc1 61.Kf6 d4 62.g7 1-0
>>
>>The closest position to yours is this.
>>
>>[D]8/1p1kpQ2/1pnp4/5pB1/3bq3/7P/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 26
>>
>>Or are you playing a little joke?;-)
>>
>>Terry
>
>No joke at all. I just found this position in my database, and thought it was
>interesting. I didn't know where it came from. :-)
>
>Regards
>Dave

lol Maybe it was a projected position in analysis?:o)

Terry



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