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Subject: Re: i meant:1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Qb6

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 18:20:10 12/21/05

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On December 21, 2005 at 20:30:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>Generally speaking, chess engines have terrible judgement in early opening
>positions and absurd judgement in gambits.
>
>For a bit of gambit fun, try this position on your chess engine:
>
>[D]r1bqk1nr/pppp1ppp/2n5/b7/2BpP3/2P2N2/P4PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - am dxc3; bm Nge7;
>
>and see how long it takes to find Nge7.  Most engines I tried cannot find it in
>an 8 hour search.  I have not tried it lately, but I guess that they still
>cannot find it at 40/2, no matter what the hardware or program (w/o book, that
>is).

am dxc3 is easy for rybka
bm Nge7 is an harder problem and Rybka likes Nf6
Are you sure that Nge7 is the only move?
Are you sure that dxc3 is losing?

Uri



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