Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 13:09:06 07/07/99
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On July 07, 1999 at 15:59:52, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>On July 07, 1999 at 15:44:04, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>What exactly is the Mercilous Attack?
>>What is the ECO classification for the Mercilous Attack?
>>Why do computers have a hard time with it?
>>What are the principal variations?
>
>The Mercilous Attack is where someone sacrifices a piece (usually a minor piece,
>like a knight) to open the h-file, where a mate can soon follow. I have some
>games I'll try to dig up and post them. I don't know that there's any specific
>ECO for this attack, since there are ways to get it from almost any opening, I
>think. The only time it's dangerous to computers should be at fast time
>control. At relatively slow time controls, most computers should see the mate,
>and will avoid taking the offered piece (This is mostly guessing on my part.)
>
>Jeremiah
Here are some games:
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Time "04:28:58"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Russianbear"]
[Black "FlobII"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Na3 e6 2. e3 Bxa3 3. bxa3 Nf6 4. h4 O-O 5. g3 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bh3
d5 8. Kf1 Bxh3+ 9. Nxh3 Rb8 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Ng5 Qxa3 12. Kg1 h6 13. Kf1
hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne8 15. Qh5 f5 16. g6 Qc1+ 17. Bxc1 Nd6 18. Qh8+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Time "04:24:49"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Russianbear"]
[Black "FlobII"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Na3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. h4 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bh3 Bxh3 6. Nxh3 Bxa3 7.
bxa3 O-O 8. Ng5 h6 9. d3 hxg5 10. hxg5 Ne8 11. Qh5 f5 12. g6 Qh4 13. Qxh4
Nc6 14. Qh8+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Time "04:33:03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Russianbear"]
[Black "FlobII"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Na3 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. h4 Bxa3 4. bxa3 O-O 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bh3 e5 7. d3
d5 8. Kf1 Qe7 9. Rh2 Bxh3+ 10. Nxh3 Rab8 11. Bd2 Qxa3 12. Ng5 h6 13. Rh1
hxg5 14. hxg5 Ng4 15. Qxg4 Qb2 16. Rc1 Qxa2 17. Qh5 f5 18. g6 Ne7 19. Qh8+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Time "04:27:44"]
[Round "-"]
[White "FlobII"]
[Black "Russianbear"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Na6 4. Nf3 h5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bh6 7. O-O Kf8
8. c5 Bd7 9. Bxh6+ Nxh6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Qxa6
Kg8 14. Qxd6 Rc8 15. d5 a6 16. Qxa6 e5 17. h3 Qe7 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne1
Qh4 20. f4 g3 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Nd3 Qh1+
{White checkmated} 0-1
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Time "04:32:06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "FlobII"]
[Black "Russianbear"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 Na6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 h5 4. Bxa6 bxa6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bh6 7.
Bxh6 Nxh6 8. Qd2 d6 9. d4 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Rab1 Bd7 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Qxa6
Ng4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. f3 g3 17. Qc8+ Bxc8 18. Rf2 Qh1+
{White checkmated} 0-1
[Event "fics rated lightning game"]
[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Time "10:56:46"]
[Round "-"]
[White "SuperYuco"]
[Black "FlobII"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bd6 11. g4 c4 12. Bc2 Bc5 13. g5
Bxe3+ 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rh3+ Kg8 18. Qh5 f5 19. g6
Qh4 20. Rxh4 e5 21. Qh8+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
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