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Zenmastur wrote: ↑

Mon May 11, 2020 2:57 am

I had the position before f5 was played at a very high score for black.

This should read "before f4 was played".

Well, I was of the opinion before we started that almost all moves win. So, the fact that this wasn't in my analysis might just mean it wins slower than the best move. I guess we'll see after I've analyzed it. So it never crossed your mind that it may be the fastest winning move and that after it a...

I wanted to see what it looked like from your perspective, so I loaded 5-man syzygy and did a multi-PV 4 on the current board position to see what it would come up with if I let it run a while. I figure if you let your computer run for a couple of weeks the output will look something like this: [-2...

Who knows, maybe you'll get lucky! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: The variations I analyze don't matter. What matters is that I understand what I need to do to win. And if I do it, then luck will not be involved, as I could beat you every single time, like with 1.g4. [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4r3/5pk1/1q1r1...

Really? You can't be serious. Sounds WAAAAAAYYYY too dramatic for me! :shock: :shock: :shock: It's because of this: 8/8/5kBp/7P/5K2/8/r4P2/8 b - - Found 145 tablebases 34/51 0:03 -3.45 74...Rxf2+ 75.Ke3 Rh2 76.Ke4 Rh4+ 77.Kd5 Rf4 78.Be8 Rf2 79.Bg6 Kg5 80.Ke5 Re2+ 81.Kd6 Re1 82.Kd5 Kf4 83.Bf7 Re5+ 8...

... ... snip snip ... ... Could you do a small test analysis for us? Something not too difficult like analyze this position to mate: 2b3k1/r2r2p1/p1N1q3/1B6/3p4/2b1B2R/PPP5/2K4R w - - 0 36 No outside help please! ... ... snip snip ... ... Before I forget, the origin of the position in the test was ...

(request to the audience to not comment on moves, any kind of influence could interfere with the game) I'm don't think anyone is paying attention and those that are aren't likely to purposely interfer. f4 could be drawn so I don't know what to play :D All moves are probably a draw... if you play th...

This is an unverified puzzle. 3n1k2/2p1b3/B1R1PP2/2Nb4/2p5/pr4Rp/1PP2prP/4NK2 w - - 0 1 Tried Bluefish, Sting SF, Crystal, Stockfish on my laptop. All give fxe7+ winning at first glance, but seconds later change to a negative value. Is fxe7+ the best move? Win, draw or lose? ( [Stockfish 030520 64 ...

Ovyron wrote: ↑

Wed May 06, 2020 8:39 am

Zenmastur wrote: ↑

Wed May 06, 2020 6:34 am

2. Qd1

[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/5pk1/1q1r1p1p/1p1Pn2Q/1Pp4P/6P1/5PB1/R3R1K1 b - -"]

1... f5 2. Qd1 Rdd8

1... f5 2. Qd1 Rdd8 3.Re3

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