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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