Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 00:23:51 02/02/00
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On February 02, 2000 at 02:11:09, Côme wrote: >On February 01, 2000 at 19:47:37, Pete R. wrote: > >>On February 01, 2000 at 11:43:54, Côme wrote: >> >>> >>>In this position : >>>[D]r2qkb1r/pp1n1ppp/4n3/1B6/Q7/2N2P2/PP3P1P/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 1 >>> >>>After 8 min on my K6 II 350 Crafty 17.07 don't find Bg5!! >>> >>>Junior and Fritz find Bg5!! very quickly. >> >>Not really, at least not Fritz. Fritz 5.32 "finds" Bg5 immediately, but then >>discards it until reaching depth 12/37 where it switches back to it. At 14 ply >>it is still on Bg5, but only gives it 0.38 eval. In other words it is decidedly >>unimpressed. IMO these sorts of posts should ALWAYS be accompanied with the >>winning line. This avoids having to ask things like "What is the winning line >>here after 1. Bg5 Nec5?". Hiarcs 7.32 is similarly unimpressed, so let's not >>bash Crafty just yet. For laughs I will run Fritz 5.32 and Crafty 17.7 >>overnight on this position on identical hardware (PII 400 128MB) and see what >>they say in the morning. My bet right now is that Bg5 does not merit even a >>single !. :) > >Hello, >Bg5,Nec5,Bxd8,Nxa4,Bxa4,Rxd8,0-0-0 1-0 >Best Regards >Alexandre Côme 1. Bg5! Nc5 (there is nothing to disambiguate) 2. Bxd8 Nxa4 3. O-O-O is also winning. It's not just a transposition, but the tactical theme hasn't really changed. Dave
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