Author: Howard Exner
Date: 13:25:33 02/16/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 14:24:20, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >On February 15, 2000 at 13:08:19, Côme wrote: > >> >> >>Hello, >>In this position: >>[D]4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 0 1 >> >>After 10 min on my K6 II 350 Junior 6 don't find the winning move Qxe5!! . >>I guess that no program is able to find this move but Can you test others >>programs ? >>Best Regards >>Alexandre Côme > >I don't see how white can progress after this sequence of moves : > >[Event "?"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "????.??.??"] >[Round "?"] >[White "?"] >[Black "?"] >[Result "*"] >[SetUp "1"] >[FEN "4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 0 1"] >[PlyCount "12"] > >1. Qxe5 fxe5 2. Rf1 Rc7 3. Bd1 b5 b5 is a good defensive move. White should adapt and play 3. a4 instead of Bd1. This should help to get the crucial a2g8 diagonal for the bishop. >4. Bb3 Rc4 5. Kh1 >Qe7 6. Kg2 Qe8 * > >Here, if white wait while playing his rook between f1 and f3 or his king between >g2 and h1 then black can make no progress. >In my sens 1. Qxe5 is not winning it's simply drawing from in inferior position. >This draw is very deep (about 20 plies), a computer could find it after many >hours of "thinking".
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