Dedicated Test Move...Keres 1934

[rightrook]

[d]r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

Here white played Bxf6..!

Novag Scorpio takes 6 ply ........6 min. 45 sec.

RISC takes ..............................2 min. 17 sec.

Fidelity machines have trouble with this one...

Most programs try Nxg7 first..

regards

Robert

[Steve B]

[d]r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

Here white played Bxf6..!

Novag Scorpio takes 6 ply ........6 min. 45 sec.

RISC takes ..............................2 min. 17 sec.

Fidelity machines have trouble with this one...

Most programs try Nxg7 first..

regards
Robert

hi Rob
even after 10 full minutes and 9 ply the Saitek Brute Force wants to play Nxg7

Stubborn Regards
Steve

[rightrook]

OK..thanks Steve..

Yes, I know ...even the Novag Sapphire2 does the same thing...Nxg7...etc.

regards

Rob

Look for the good test move by Morphy I will post now...this one will be much easier..

[Terry McCracken]

[d]r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

Here white played Bxf6..!

Novag Scorpio takes 6 ply ........6 min. 45 sec.

RISC takes ..............................2 min. 17 sec.

Fidelity machines have trouble with this one...

Most programs try Nxg7 first..

regards

Robert do you have Keres opponent, the pgn to this game or a link to it?

Terry
Robert

[rightrook]

Sorry...the book just gives the last 6 moves...black was Laurentius
and it was played as a "correspondence game"....
probably by sending postcards...in the good old days...

regards

Robert

[Terry McCracken]

Sorry...the book just gives the last 6 moves...black was Laurentius
and it was played as a "correspondence game"....
probably by sending postcards...in the good old days...

regards

Robert

It looked familiar, but I couldn't place it. I may have seen this in one of my old chess books.

Thanks,
Terry