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Subject: Re: Can any engines find 17...Rxh2

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 06:37:07 12/19/05

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On December 19, 2005 at 06:51:12, Mike Hood wrote:

>After its mention on Chessbase's site I looked at the Maroczy-Tartakower game
>from 1922. Are there any engines that find the rook sacrifice in move 17? I've
>tried several of the top engines, and none find the move, but after making the
>move manually they agree that it was the best choice.
>
>[Event "Teplitz-Schoenau"]
>[Site "Teplitz-Schoenau"]
>[Date "1922.??.??"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
>[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "A85"]
>[PlyCount "70"]
>[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
>[EventType "tourn"]
>[EventRounds "13"]
>[EventCountry "CSR"]
>[Source "ChessBase"]
>
>1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4
>9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rf6 12. Rfe1 Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1
>g4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Rxh2 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Re2 Qxg3 21. Nb1
>Nh5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bg3 25. Bc3 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8
>28. Be1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Bxg3 Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34.
>dxe5 Bf3+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 0-1
>
>[D] r1b3k1/pp1n3p/2pbpq1r/3p4/2PPp1p1/PP2P1P1/1BQN1P1P/3RRBK1 b - - 0 1


Yes..

Ruffian 1.0.1 finds it less than one second...P3-850

but it does not appear to be a winning move....:-)

I do not know if it is a good test move....

regards
Rob



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