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Subject: Re: Position from yesterday, Rxc7!!, problem for all Rybka versions.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:33:38 02/09/06

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On February 09, 2006 at 19:03:23, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On February 09, 2006 at 17:27:35, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On February 09, 2006 at 13:00:39, Andreas St. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>yesterday i posted this position:
>>>
>>>2r5/2pR1pk1/p1P3p1/P2K4/5P1p/5P1P/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>and some users said, Rybka finds the solution.
>>>
>>>>Not Rybka 13b, but Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit (the first version!!!)
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>Orlando
>>>
>>>>Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit, sees Rxc7 quickly. I've no idea how the person testing
>>>>whatever version had this failure.
>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>
>>>
>>>What do you mean??? No Rybka version finds the only winning move Rxc7!
>>
>>
>>Are you sure that it is the only winning move.
>>Do you have a proof that f5 does not win?
>
>1. f5?! wins but isn't as good as the simple Rxc7!

Perhaps there is a refutation from Rxc7.  There may be some reason that the
strong engines switch away from it.



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