Author: Matthew Herman
Date: 04:22:04 03/27/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 19:52:26, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 26, 1999 at 19:18:39, Matthew Herman wrote: >[snip] >>>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). >Unfortunately, I can be as dense as osmium at times. >After making the move Bb7, and considering white's chances, here is what the >program came up with: >r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p1npp3/1pnB1N2/4P1P1/2N1B3/PPP1QP1P/2KR2R1 w - - >Plies: 12 >Nodes: 121000668 >CE: -11 >pv: Bxc6 Bxc6 Nd5 Bxd5 Nxe7+ Qxe7 exd5 Na4 Kb1 Qf6 Bd4 e5 Be3 b4 Rge1 >Pm: Bxc6 > >Crafty thinks that white is only down by one tenth of a pawn here. I would like >to see the correct trajectory so that I can play it out. White's idea is to play g5, qh5, rg3-h3 and blow open the kingside, NOTE : at ALL times taking the B or N is equivalent to resignation. As once white gets an open g-file or gets the other N d5.. it is all over.
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