Author: Matthew Herman
Date: 16:18:39 03/26/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 16:06:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 26, 1999 at 15:32:58, blass uri wrote: >> >>On March 26, 1999 at 14:41:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>By the way, the analysis on the fixed position went like this: >>> >>>r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/p1npp3/1pnB1N2/4P1P1/2N1B3/PPP1QP1P/2KR2R1 w - - >>>Depth: 13 plies >>>Nodes examined: 112909738 >>>Centipawn eval: 403 >>>Preferred variation: Bxc6 Bb7 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Bxc5 dxc5 Bxb7 Qxb7 Rd6 c4 Qe3 b4 Ne2 >>>b3 cxb3 cxb3 axb3 >>>Preferred move: Bxc6 >> >>The right position is the same with black to move and not white to move. >> >>It is clear that the w was a mistake because the original message was about the >>claim that programs play the losing exf5 or exd5. >Looks like he's right at least sometimes. Crafty chose this at standard CAP >time controls: > >r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/p1npp3/1pnB1N2/4P1P1/2N1B3/PPP1QP1P/2KR2R1 b - - >Plies examined: 12 >Nodex examined: 101969920 >Centipawn evaluation: 129 >Preferred variation: exd5 Nxd5 Qb7 e5 Na4 exd6 Bd8 Kb1 Bd7 Nfe7+ Kh8 Rge1 Re8 >Preferred move: exd5 > >My dumb question: >What's the right move and why? White is way better after exd5 (this is known theoretically), actually the theoretically correct move is Bb7! after which it gets into obscene tactics, that even computers sometimes miss! BTW, after ef5 gf5 Bf6 Bxc6 Qxc6 Nd5 (if bd8 here then rxg7+! w/ mate in 9).
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