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Subject: Re: To : Lauren Chen . Fritz 5.32 Can't see a simple Mate in 3 sorry.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:13:21 07/19/99

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On July 19, 1999 at 05:05:23, Tania Devora wrote:

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>Take a look of this positions:
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>White : Rb1. Rh1. Be2. Nd5. Ne7. Kf2. Qe3.
>pawns : c4. e4. f3. g2. h5.
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>Black : Ra8. Bc8. Rf8. Qa3. Nd4. Ne6. Kg8
>pawns : c5. d6. d7. f7. g6. h7.
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>White to move : Qxh6 !!  Fritz5.32 or Junior5 cant see this beatiful mate
>combination !!
>Hiarcs can see the move. ABSOLUTELY A GREAT MATE COMBINATION !
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This position is faulty.  The black King(g8) is in check by the white
Knight(e7).  So White cannot move now.  Also how can the solution be Qxh6?
There is nothing to capture on h6.
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>Other interesting position is this
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>White : Kb1. Qf2. Re1. Rd3. Be3. Na2.
>pawns : b2. c2. e5. f3. h2.
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>Black : Kd7. Qb7. Na4. Be7. Rh8. Rc8.
>pawns : b4. d5. e6. g7. h6.
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>Black to move : A brillant move  Nc3+ !! Hiarcs can see this move in less than a
>second !  Fritz5.32  can't see this beautiful move!
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Fritz finds this move in 1:18 on my computer.
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>White : Kh1. RF1. Qf3. Bc4.
>pawns : a5. b4. g2. h2.
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>Black : Qb7. Ne4. Re7. Kg8.
>pawns : a6. f7. g7. h6.
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>White to move : b5!! a very fine move !  Hiarcs see this move in 1 second.
>Fritz5.32 cant see this beautiful move.
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>LAUREN  PLEASE lOOK this last position
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>White : Kc8. Ra2.
>pawns : b6.
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>Black : Ra8. Bb8.
>pawns : a7. b7.
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>Almost all the programs can see this mate. MATE in 3.
>BUT FRITZ 5.32 Can't DO IT !!  A simple mate in 3.
>Fritz looks Rd7 ??  Absolutely a mistake.

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Another faulty position.  There is no Black King??  How can White play Rd7 when
the rook is on a2???
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>The programs are very different, you can't say that a program is bad why it
>doesnt see one move.
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>Both, Fritz and Hiarcs are very very strong programs.
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>Greetings.
>Tania



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