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Subject: Re: Can anyone help me to solve the following position ?

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 10:22:38 03/23/99

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On March 23, 1999 at 13:12:16, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 23, 1999 at 12:05:05, Joeri wrote:
>
>>white to move !
>>white : pawns : c2 / c4 / a3 / f3 / g3 / h4
>>        king  : g1
>>        rook  : f1
>>        bishops : g2 / e5
>>        knight  : d4
>>black  : pawns : a6 / b5 / e6 / e4 / f5
>>         king : b7
>>         queen : g8
>>         bishop : c6
>>         knight : c5
>>The position is very difficult and i doubt any  computer will solve it !
>
>Chessmaster 6000, after thinking for 10 minutes to a depth of 6/11, preferred
>cxb5 with a following line of:
>
>1...Bxb5 2.Rb1 Nd7 3.Bd6 Qh8 4.c3 exf3 5. Bxf3 Kc8 6.Nxe6 Qxc3
>
>and a score of 1.33 in white's favor.

After 6. Nxe6 Qxc3, black is actually winning.  6. a4 is much better for white,
with a +3 score.  I'm sure CM would find it with greater time/depth.

Jeremiah



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