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Subject: Re: Vas' response to Rybka missing Qf4....

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:50:33 02/26/06

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On February 26, 2006 at 14:37:25, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On February 26, 2006 at 13:36:03, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>
>>On February 26, 2006 at 13:24:04, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>> In this position Rybka didn't play Qf4 winning easily but instead it went to a
>>rather unclear endgame with Qh3? .
>>[D]r2B2k1/2p2ppp/8/4Pq2/8/N1P2p2/1PB4P/3Q2bK b - - 0 24
>>
>>The underpromotion is a factor as i said because Rybka can't see that after
>>24...Qf4 25.Kxg1 Qg4+ 26.Kf2 Qg2+ 27.Ke3 f2 28.Qd7 black has f1N+ winning!
>
>vrajlich(IM)(64): ok, it's official, i will fix underpromotions tomorrow
>vrajlich(IM)(64): rybka missed an easy win because of it

I honestly don't understand how he could have spent so much time making such a
great engine and still not be bothered to do the less-than-hour's work to add
underpromotions.

jm



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