to sac or not to sac

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Dann Corbit
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Re: to sac or not to sac

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[d]8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - acd 61; acs 64860; bm Bh3; c0 "level: hard-16"; c1 "diff=7"; c3 "Bh3"; ce 5212; id "Pet.19"; pm Bh3; pv Bh3 g3 Kf5 Kf2 Ke4 Bb2 Bg4 Kg1 Ke3 Kf1 d4 Ke1 Bf3 Ba3 Be4 Bc5 Kd3 Kd1 Bf3+ Kc1 Ke3 Kb2 f5 Ka3 Be2 Kxa4 Kf3 Bxd4 Kxg3 Be5+ Kxh4 Kb4 Kg4 Kc3 g5 Kd2 Bc4 Ke3 f4+ Ke4 Bd5+ Kd4 Bc6 Bc7 Kh3 Ba5 f3 Ke3 Kg2 Be1 Bd7 Bf2 Bb5 Be1 Bc6 Bf2 Bd7 Be1 g4 Bh4 Be6 Kd4 f2 Kc;

+52 pawns is a rather significant margin.

It did take quite a wait to find that answer (18 hours). Of course, it might have been years ago when the calculation was performed.
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