Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:58:51 12/03/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 15:30:17, Art Basham wrote: >[D]3r1rk1/pp3bpp/1q1b1p2/3p4/QP2p1B1/2P1P3/P2N1PnP/RN3K1R b - - 0 1 > >Today in a game on the internet I played ....Nxe3+ and went on to win. > >Is this a "good test move" or what..?? > >Maybe I was just "lucky"...:-) > >I wonder if any of your fast chess programs out there find this one... Thanks... >If so, what was the ply? So far, none of my programs can find it. >Art Chessmaster 9000 finds it immediately. This is on a P4-2.4: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 -3.59 1713 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Kg2 Qf4 4.Qd1 0:00 1/4 -3.95 4029 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Kg2 Qf4 4.Qd1 f5 0:00 1/5 -4.03 15581 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 f5 3.Be2 Qxe3 4.Qd1 Be5 0:00 1/6 -3.94 48993 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Qd1 Qf4+ 4.Kg2 f5 5.Be2 Be5 6.Nf1 0:01 1/7 -3.80 202567 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Be2 Be5 4.Ke1 Bh5 5.Qd1 Rfe8 6.a4 Bg4 0:02 1/8 -4.09 493281 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Be2 Be5 4.Qb5 Be6 5.Qxb7 Bh3+ 6.Ke1 Bg2 7.Rf1 Bxf1 8.Nxf1 Bxc3+ 9.Nbd2 0:10 1/9 -4.14 2187475 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Be2 d4 4.Qxa7 Qf4+ 5.Kg2 dxc3 6.Nc4 Qg5+ 7.Kf2 Bxb4 8.Ne3 0:21 1/10 -4.17 4497448 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Be2 d4 4.Qxa7 Qf4+ 5.Kg2 dxc3 6.Nc4 Qg5+ 7.Kf1 Bxb4 8.Qxb7 c2 1:13 1/11 -4.93 16346851 1...Nxe3+ 2.fxe3 Qxe3 3.Be2 d4 4.Qxa7 Qf4+ 5.Kg2 dxc3 6.Nc4 Qg5+ 7.Kf1 c2 8.Nbd2 Bxb4 9.Nb3 Rd1+ 10.Bxd1 cxd1=Q+ 11.Rxd1 Bxc4+ 12.Kf2 jm
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