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Subject: Re: Ferret - Gandalf

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 23:00:13 08/19/01

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On August 19, 2001 at 19:26:59, Scott Gasch wrote:

>On August 19, 2001 at 15:02:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>[D]rr4k1/5p2/3p2p1/3PP2p/pnP4P/qn2NR2/5PP1/1B1Q2K1 w - - 0 44
>>
>>Rxf7!!
>>
>...
>
>That is an amazing move and an amazing game.  My engine does not see it at 14
>ply.  I'd be really curious to see other people's results and what ferret
>thought when it played Rxf7!

Rxf7 is probably a losing move because of Qc1 so I am not sure if it is an
amazing move and I suspect that the real amazing move was not played in the
game.
I guess that Rxf7 is not a blunder because all moves are losing for white.

Gandalf4.32h can find Qc1 but needs more than 30 minutes on pIII850(64 Mbytes
hash tables)
Deep Fritz cannot find Qc1 even after 2 hours on the same hardware and prefers
Kxf7 that is probably a bad move that does not win.

Note that Deep Fritz can find Rxf7 in few minutes.

Another alternative to check after Rxf7 is also the move Rf8.
I did not check if it is winning for black.

Uri



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