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Subject: Re: A good test position

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 08:22:13 02/10/04

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On February 09, 2004 at 10:00:00, Albert Silver wrote:

>Jose Garcia Ruvalcaba posted some correspondence games of his at CTF, including
>a loss in 1999 to Anatoly Sidenko. Sidenko came up with a superb move, that
>makes a good test position for today's super bots.
>
>                                          Albert
>
>[Event "CM-1999-0-00086"]
>[Site "IECG"]
>[Date "1999.08.30"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Sidenko, Anatoly"]
>[Black "Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. d5 e3 8.
>Bxe3 Nb4 9. O-O-O c6 10. dxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Nxc6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Nge2 e5
>14. Rhd1 Be6 15. f4 Bh6 16. Rd6 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Ng4 18. Bc1 Bf8 19. Bxc6 bxc6
>20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. R6d4 Bg7 22. Nf4 Bg4 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Rde4 f6 25. h3 Bf5
>26. Rb4 Bf8 27. Ra4 a5 28. g4 Bd7 29. Ne4 Kf7
>
>[D]r2r1b2/3b1k1p/2p2pp1/p3n3/R3NNP1/7P/PPP5/1KB1R3 w - - 0 30
>
>30. Nxf6!! Kxf6 31. g5+ Kf5 32. Nd5!


Tao 5.6 finds Nxf6 in 20 minutes, however not with a drawing score:

   8.01	 0:02 	-0.49 	1.Bd2 Nf3 2.Rd1 f5 3.Bxa5 Rxa5 4.Ng5+ Nxg5 5.Rxa5
(639.284) 286.3
  8.08	 0:03 	-0.49++ 	1.g5 (1.039.424) 307.2
  8.08	 0:03 	-0.48 	1.g5 Nf3 2.Rf1 Nxg5 3.Nxg5+ fxg5 4.Nh5+ Bf5 5.Bxg5 Be7
(1.094.028) 307.2
  9.01	 0:05 	-0.33 	1.g5 Nf3 2.Rf1 Nxg5 3.Nxf6 Bf5 4.h4 Kxf6 5.Nh5+ gxh5
6.Bxg5+ Ke5 7.Bxd8 Rxd8 8.Rxa5+ c5 (1.698.119) 319.9
 10.01	 0:09 	-0.55 	1.g5 Nf3 2.Rf1 c5 3.Ra3 Bf5 4.Nxf6 Nxg5 5.N6d5 Bg7
(3.410.316) 347.0
 11.01	 0:31 	-0.38 	1.g5 Nf3 2.Rf1 Nxg5 3.Nxg5+ fxg5 4.Nh5+ Bf5 5.Bxg5 Be7
6.Bxe7 Kxe7 7.Nf4 (11.417.483) 360.2
 12.01	 1:24 	-0.52 	1.g5 Bb4 2.Rxb4 axb4 3.Nxf6 Ra5 4.Re4 Rb5 5.Nxh7 Rh8 6.Nf6
Bxh3 (30.338.672) 358.8
 12.08	 3:05 	-0.52++ 	1.Re2 (65.864.492) 355.1
 12.08	 3:13 	-0.51 	1.Re2 c5 2.Ra3 Bb5 3.Re1 Bc6 4.Nd3 Nxd3 5.Rxd3 Rxd3 6.cxd3
Re8 (68.765.282) 354.5
 13.01	 8:54 	-0.48 	1.Re2 Bb4 2.a3 c5 3.Nd6+ Ke7 4.axb4 cxb4 5.Rxa5 Rxa5 6.Nb7
Rda8 7.Nxa5 Rxa5 (188.528.521) 352.5
 14.01	21:52 	-0.49 	1.Re2 c5 2.Ra3 Bb5 3.Re1 Bc6 4.Rae3 Bh6 5.R3e2 Nf3 6.Rf1
Nd4 7.Ree1 c4 (462.592.606) 352.3
 14.03	24:09 	-0.49++ 	1.Nxf6 (512.349.402) 353.4
 14.03	26:31 	-0.42 	1.Nxf6 Kxf6 2.g5+ Kf5 3.Ne2 Ke6 4.Re4 Bg7 5.Bf4 Re8 6.Nc3
Kd6 7.Rd1+ Kc7 8.Rde1 h5 9.Bxe5+ Bxe5 10.Rxe5 Rxe5 11.Rxe5 Bxh3 (567.657.843)
356.7

Here is what Tao thinks after playing Nxf6 Kxf6 g5 Nd5:

  8.01	 0:00 	+1.06 	2...Kf5 3.Rf1 Bb4 4.Nd5+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Kd6 6.Nxa8 Rxa8 7.a3
(231.346) 260.5
  9.01	 0:02 	+0.99 	2...Kf5 3.Rf1 Bb4 4.Nd5+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Ke7 6.Bf4 Bxh3 7.Rh1
Bg2 8.Rxh7+ Kd6 9.Nxa8 Rxa8 (700.987) 330.7
best move: Kf6-f5 time: 0:07.944 min  n/s: 382.080  nodes: 3.031.039
  7.01	 0:00 	-1.06 	3.Rf1 Bb4 4.Nd5+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Kd6 6.Nxa8 Rxa8 7.a3 (177.287)
205.9
  8.01	 0:01 	-0.99 	3.Rf1 Bb4 4.Nd5+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Ke7 6.Bf4 Bxh3 7.Rh1 Bg2
8.Rxh7+ Kd6 9.Nxa8 Rxa8 (339.619) 272.5
  9.01	 0:02 	-1.05 	3.Rf1 Bb4 4.Nd5+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Kd6 6.Nxa8 Rxa8 7.Rd1+ Kc7
8.Bf4 Re8 (893.720) 324.3
best move: Re1-f1 time: 0:03.189 min  n/s: 329.533  nodes: 1.048.575
  6.01	 0:00 	+1.90 	3...Bd6 4.Ne3+ Ke6 5.Nc4 c5 6.Rxa5 Rxa5 7.Nxa5 (67.296)
  7.01	 0:01 	+0.45 	3...Bd6 4.Rf4+ Ke6 5.Nb6 Rf8 6.Nxa8 Rxa8 7.Bd2 (421.291)
298.7
  7.13	 0:01 	+0.45++ 	3...Bb4 (540.406) 303.2
  7.13	 0:01 	+0.99 	3...Bb4 4.Rf1+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Ke7 6.Bf4 Bxh3 7.Rh1 Bg2 8.Rxh7+
Kd6 9.Nxa8 Rxa8 (594.427) 303.2
  8.01	 0:02 	+0.79 	3...Bb4 4.Nxb4 axb4 5.Rxb4 Ra5 6.Bd2 Ke6 7.Rbe4 (775.359)
308.3
  9.01	 0:03 	+0.78 	3...Bb4 4.Rf1+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Ke7 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Nxa8 Rxa8 8.Re1
c5 (1.223.917) 333.9
 10.01	 0:06 	+0.82 	3...Bb4 4.Rf1+ Ke6 5.Nc7+ Ke7 6.Bf4 Nc4 7.Nxa8 Rxa8 8.c3 c5
9.Re1+ Kf7 (2.230.439) 353.1
 11.01	 0:16 	+0.68 	3...Bb4 4.Nxb4 axb4 5.Rxb4 Rf8 6.Rh4 Rfe8 7.Rxh7 Be6 8.Rf1+
Ke4 9.b3 (6.172.711) 370.0
 12.01	 0:31 	-0.35 	3...Bb4 4.Nxb4 axb4 5.Rxb4 Re8 6.Rd4 h6 7.gxh6 Re7 8.Bf4
Ra5 9.Bd2 (11.997.499) 375.0
 13.01	 3:14 	-0.48 	3...Bb4 4.Nxb4 axb4 5.Rxb4 Re8 6.Rd4 h5 7.b3 Rf8 8.Rxe5+
Kxe5 9.Rxd7 Rad8 10.Rxd8 Rxd8 11.Bb2+ Ke4 (76.427.231) 392.3

And indeed not drawing but even a winning score. Very deep, good position...


Best regards,
Bas.



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