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Subject: Re: Deep Blue vs. Kasparov, Match II/1997, Game 6 8. Nxe6

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 08:15:36 10/02/04

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On October 02, 2004 at 04:50:27, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>[D] r1bqkb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1pn1p/6N1/3P4/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - bm Nxe6
>
>(Not sure all the above flags are right but castling privileges were
>available x4 as I recall.)
>
>Okay my simple program can't find Nxe6 over-the-board. I'm wondering
>a few things. Did DB find this over-the-board or did it have a book
>move? I should look at the logs again but am a bit lazy as it's close
>to 2am. What is necessary in a program to find Nxe6? Keeping the
>king in the center with the big guns around it perhaps but how do you
>quantify it in your program that gets Nxe6 over the board
>
> 1/ 4  g5e4  0.00   45       90 g5e4
> 2/ 8  g5e4  0.01   34      609 g5e4 f8b4
> 3/ 9  g5e4  0.03   37     2799 g5e4 f6e4 d3e4 f8e7
> 4/13  g5e4  0.05   37     7957 g5e4 f6e4 d3e4 f8e7 e1g1
> 5/13  g5e4  0.17   14    37048 g5e4 f6e4 d3e4 d7f6 e4d3 f6d5
> 6/15  g5e4  0.32   21    71479 g5e4 f6e4 d3e4 d7f6 e4d3 f8b4 c2c3 b4e7
> 7/17  g5e4  2.00   18   538781 g5e4 c6c5 c1e3 f6e4 d3e4 c5d4 e3d4 d7f6 d4f6
> 8/18  g5e4  4.04   19   967773 g5e4 c6c5 e1g1 c5d4 f3d4 f6e4 d3e4 e6e5 d4f5
>                                a8b8
> 9/23  g5e4 31.30   18  4831872 g5e4 f6e4 d3e4 c6c5 e1g1 c5d4 d1d4 f7f5 e4d3
>10/25  g5e4 255.28   19 40115844 g5e4 c6c5 e4f6 g7f6 c2c3 c5d4 c3d4 f8b4 e1f1
>                                 e6e5 f1g1 h6h5
>11/29  g5e4 503.44   19 83075872 g5e4 c6c5 e4f6 g7f6 c2c3 c5d4 c3d4 f8b4 e1f1
>                                 e6e5 f1g1


also. Nxe6 is not considered a forced win, but successful defensive play is
considered so treacherous and that it considered ill advised to force the sac
with h6.



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