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Subject: Re: Winning Chess Sacrifices And Combinations, Position #209

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:50:17 02/04/06

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On February 04, 2006 at 08:53:37, Michael Neish wrote:

>
>[D]r3rqk1/3n1pbp/b2p2p1/p1pP4/1p2PP1N/6nP/PPQB3N/R3RBK1 w - - 0 1
>
>My (weak) program, Toga II 1.1 and Gambit Fruit 4bx all give Bxa6 right away,
>followed by some fairly normal looking moves, and stick to it up until I stop
>the search a couple of minutes later, with a minus score.
>
>It hardly seems like a "winning Chess combination", so I'm wondering if there's
>a real sparkler of a move in the position that none of the above engines is
>seeing, or if indeed this is the solution (and if so what's the point?).  A
>quick look at the position sort of suggests to me that there might be a trapped
>Queen motif in there with the White Knight(s).
>
>Failing that, is the FEN wrong?
>
>Also, wouldn't someone mind letting me know where I could find a list of
>solutions to all 1,001 positions?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike.

Well, it may be a "winning combination", but will it win the game?

After 1.Bxa6 Rxa6 2.Qd3 Bxb2! 3.Rab1 Bd4+! 4.Be3 Bxe3+ 5.Rxe3 Qe7! and CM9_R1's
evaluation on a P4-2.4 is still noticeably in Black's favor:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.91	657		6.Qxa6 Qxh4 7.Qd3 c4
0:00	1/4	-0.91	1875		6.Qxa6 Qxh4 7.Qd3 c4
0:00	1/4	-0.40	4110		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Ng4 Qxd3
					9.Rxd3
0:00	1/5	-0.56	8861		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Ng4 c4
					9.Qxe4 Rxe4
0:00	1/6	-0.56	29864		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Ng4 c4
					9.Qxe4 Rxe4
0:00	1/7	-0.64	71636		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rae8 10.Ng4 Kg7 11.Rxe4 Rxe4
0:00	1/8	-0.50	155945		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rae8 10.Rbe1 f5 11.Ng4
0:02	1/9	-0.82	402360		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rd4 10.Nf3 Rxd5 11.Re7 Nb6
0:05	1/10	-0.61	1050161		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rc4 10.Ng4 f5 11.Nf2 Nb6
0:12	1/11	-0.76	2766998		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rd4 10.Nf3 Rxd5 11.Re7 Rd3
					12.Ne3 Ne5 13.fxe5 Rxe3
0:33	1/12	-0.56	7014642		6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rd4 10.Nf3 Rxd5 11.Re7 Nf6
					12.Ne3 Rd3 13.Kg2
1:23	1/13	-0.74	18066497	6.Ng2 Raa8 7.Rxg3 Qxe4 8.Qxe4 Rxe4
					9.Re3 Rc4 10.Re2 Nf6 11.Rd1 Nh5
					12.Rf2 Rc3 13.Ng4 Rxh3

jm



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