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

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 12:54:26 02/15/00

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On February 15, 2000 at 14:50:33, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 15, 2000 at 14:21:27, Howard Exner wrote:
>[snip]
>>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.
>
>That particular move drops a queen.  Null movers will cease to chase down that
>trail very quickly.  I think very, very few programs (if any) will find it.

I came across a neat position long ago, before my internet days, that I wish I
could find and share with the gang here. In it white sacrificed two pawns and a
bishop (all forced) and the tradeoff was something that computers would not
like. In turn for the material black's king and rook were totally blocked
on the kingside. The winning plan for white was to march his king over to the
queenside and force a passer. Maybe I'll search through my old "en passant" mags
as I think it was in one of those.



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