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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