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Subject: Re: A very hard to find winning move that Junior 6 don't find !!

Author: Martin

Date: 11:44:15 02/15/00

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>
>Although  Alexandre's posts are always for me very interesting he seldom or
>never posts the move sequences until asked. It would also be nice if the source
>was included as to who played the game.
>
>The above is an example of black being in a bind and eventually running out of
>moves. Two possible quick lines are:
>
>A. 1. Qxe5 fxe5 2. Rf1 Qe7 3. Bd1 Rc7 4. Bb3 Rc8 5. Rf7 Re8 6. Bd5 b5 7. b4
>a6 8. Kg2 a5 9. bxa5 b4
>
>B. 1. Qxe5 fxe5 2. Rf1 Rc7 3. Bd1 Re7 4. Bb3 a5 5. a4 Qc8 6. Bd5 Qb8 7. b4
>axb4 8. cxb4 Qd8 9. a5 bxa5 10. bxa5 Qb8 11. a6 g5 12. Kg2
>
>The moves above will show the general theme but there is no doubt an accurate
>sequence of best moves that Alexandre will eventually post.

To be honest, they look accurate enough to me (just wanted to post them too, but
you've been faster... ;-) )

>
>The most curious thing about this particular post is the heading
>" ... that Junior 6 don't find!!" Why single out Junior6 with double exclamation
>marks? Anyone familiar with how computers play will know that they
>won't spot these long range themes.

Yes, and I don't believe that in near future it will be possible for programs to
solve
them. There are already quite a lot of positions of that kind - nonetheless
they're all interesting.

Alexandre, keep posting them please! (if you find more of course)

Martin



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