Author: Howard Exner
Date: 14:03:45 11/05/99
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On November 05, 1999 at 08:46:59, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On November 05, 1999 at 06:31:49, Howard Exner wrote: > >>1. b5+ Qxb5 2. Nd3 Qxc4+ 3. Nf4 Qxe2 4. Nxe2 >>Input this into Crafty and where it goes. >>White has to take care not to fall into a drawn ending with the >>eventually advanced black rook pawn. Also the KQN vs kq should be avoided. >>I tried what looked like good defenses for black but always came up a move >>or two short >>of drawing. If black just goes ahead and advances the a pawn white will >>capture the g7 pawn with the king and win by one tempo. Those endgame tablebases >>should come in handy. > >Thank you for your explanation. The line you give seams good. >A human analysis is still better than anyone done by a computer. >Anyway it would be interesting to know what other programs think. >Kind regards >Bernhard I use computers to analyse but usually just input moves I think will work then let the computer do its calculating. In this case however Rebel Century immediately played b5+ with a plus 3.00 eval. However, even with a Knight up computers may still fall into a drawing trap as I mentioned above. It's an excellent position with some "study-like" qualities.
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