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Subject: Re: What does your software play...?

Author: Francis Monkman

Date: 10:45:26 05/23/99

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On May 23, 1999 at 11:51:11, Hans Havermann wrote:

>On May 22, 1999 at 17:35:21, Francis Monkman wrote:
>
>>r1nqr1k1/pp3p2/3p2pB/1NpPb2n/2P5/3B3P/PP3P2/R2QK1R1 b Q -
>
>>Black 'should win' after ...Bh2+. I think the reasons are obvious.
>
>Not to me. MacChess rates its 15-ply evaluation ("Bh2+ Kd2 Bxg1 Qxg1 Qf6 Rb1 Re5
>Be3 Nf4 Bf1 a6 Nc3 Nb6 b4 Rg5 Qh1 cxb4 Rxb4") of this position as a *sizable*
>advantage for black and yet, when I feed it the result
>("r5k1/1p3p2/pn1p1qp1/3P2r1/1RP2n2/2N1B2P/P2K1P2/5B1Q b - - 0 1") for deeper
>analysis, it quickly decides *that* position is near even.

Ha! Obvious, that is, if White plays Kf1 Bxg1 Kxg1. Quite right, Kd2 looks much
better, although I think you may find Black has many more possibilities if (in
this case) he plays ...Nf4 instead of ...Re5. I'd be interested to hear what you
find...

Francis



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