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Subject: Re: How Fast Do Your Programs Qe2!! ...Very Hard for Dedicated Units

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 10:16:20 11/27/05

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On November 27, 2005 at 12:48:02, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On November 27, 2005 at 11:42:38, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 2005 at 00:36:58, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>This position is taken from a 10 min. blitz game I played less than two hours
>>>ago against a master strength player, he's White and overlooked the depth of my
>>>combination.
>>>
>>>[D]4q1k1/p2n1pbp/1p4p1/2pQ4/8/PN1P2P1/1PP2PKP/R1B1r3 b - - 0 19
>>>
>>>19..Qe2!! winning outright.
>>>
>>>Please give hardware used and program or programs.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>
>>Qe2 is a good move but I certainly would not resign immediately.  There is still
>>a lot of chess to be played.  My guess is that in a 10 minute game you were
>>looking less than 16 ply ahead and could not possibly compute all the
>>combinations to the actual win (ready to play perfect chess from then on).  Am I
>>wrong?  Is there a mate in 25 I'm missing?
>>Jim
>
>Sarcasm..well no I didn't look at every move in every line with perfect vision
>but I knew I was winning and if the N is captured that I had mate. If White
>defended with 20.Nd2..Ne5! wins by force. 21.Qa8+..Bf8 and White is now in
>zugzwang. IE 22.h3..Qd1 23.Nf3(otherwise mate)..Nxf3 24.Qxf8+..Kxf8 25.Bh6+..Ke7
>26.Rxd1..Rxd1 27.Kxf3..Rb1-+. This is more clear than 22..Rxc1 and Queens remain
>on the board.


Excuse me, did you think this was a game between computers? It's a human vs
human game. I really don't think in plies:o)

Terry



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