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

Author: Côme

Date: 15:27:12 02/16/00

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On February 16, 2000 at 18:23:04, Paulo Soares wrote:

>On February 16, 2000 at 16:21:25, Côme wrote:
>
>>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 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".
>>
>>Hello Vincent,
>>1. Qxe5!! is a winning move !!
>>In your variation white play 5. Bxc4! followed by b4 and  will win !!
>>Do you see now ?
>>Best Regards
>>Alexandre Côme
>
>Yes! I tought in variant below, but why not 5. Bxc4, it's a fast
>winning move.
>
>1. Qxe5 fxe5 2. Rf1 Rc7 3. Bd1 b5 4. Bb3 Rc4 5. a4! a6 6. Rf3 Qe7 7.
>Ba2 Qc5+ 8. Kg2 Qe7 9. b4 Qe8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. b5 Qe7
>13. b6 {+-}
>
>Paulo Soares, from Brazil

Hello Paulo,
I will think on your variation later but IMHO Bxc4! is faster and simpler no ?
Best Regards
Alexandre Côme



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