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Subject: Re: Get this!!! Little Goliath Gold 2 finds 18 f5 in 15 minutes!!

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 12:45:16 05/05/99

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On May 05, 1999 at 13:52:21, Francis Monkman wrote:

>
>On May 05, 1999 at 13:01:39, Paul Richards wrote:
>
>>What is it with posts like this?  Are we supposed to be clairvoyant?!?
>>Please post both the position AND the winning line.  Thank you.
>
>Ha ha!, sorry Paul. I admit Will's pruning algorithm has made this one hard to
>find.
>
>r4rk1/pp2qpp1/nnp1p2p/2b1P1N1/2P2P2/6N1/PP2Q1PP/R1B2R1K w - -
>
>The winning line seems to be
>
>18 f5 hxg5 (...Qc7 fails to 19 f6 and if ...g6 then 20 Nf3) 19 f6 gxf6 20 Ne4 (a
>GM pointed out that White has other winning options from here on) ...Rfd8 21
>Nxf6+ Qxf6 22 Rxf6 etc.

I'd like to see the line LGG gives.  After f5 hxg5 f6, the move Qc7 looks like a
draw for quite a long time, which is why this position is so hard for computers,
IMO.

Jeremiah



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