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Subject: Re: tough stuff

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 15:07:07 05/12/04

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On May 12, 2004 at 02:37:56, Will Singleton wrote:

>[d]rn2k1r1/p4ppp/1pp1p3/8/P1NP2Q1/2B3P1/1P6/R3KB1q w Qq - 0 16
>
>This is Amateur-Djinn, from ICC today.
>
>16. O-O-O! Nd7 (16... Qd5 17. Bb4 h5 18. Qh4 +-) 17. d5! cxd5 18. Bh3 Qxd1+ 19.
>Qxd1! dxc4 20. Qd6 {game over}
>
>Djinn didn't play 18...Qxd1 in the game, but then we wouldn't have the
>opportunity to look at 19.Qxd1.  And if 16.O-O-O is too hard, then try 17.d5 and
>19.Qxd1.
>
>Here's the position from 17.d5, Amateur, on a p4 2.8ghz:
>
>[d]r3k1r1/p2n1ppp/1pp1p3/8/P1NP2Q1/2B3P1/1P6/2KR1B1q w q - 0 17
>
>12 111 5543 19661523 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qh2 Nd6 Ke7
>13 109 7269 25641213 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qh2 Nd6 Ke7 Nxf7 Nc5 Bb4 Re8 Ng5 Kd7 Rxd5 Kc6
>Nf3 Qh1 Rd1
>14 200 19349 67027183 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qxd1 Qxd1 dxc4 Qd6 Rd8
>
>Note: the move 19.Qxd1 (not Kxd1) is critical in the above line.


Zappa prefers Qf4 even at 18 ply.

1. Qg4-f4 Nb8-d7 2. Nc4-d6 Ke8-e7 3. Bc3-b4 f7-f6 4. Ke1-c1 Ke7-f8 5. Nd6-e4
Kf8-e8 6. Rd1-e1
 = (1.76)       Depth: 9/24     00:00:04.48     2406kN
1. Qg4-f4 Nb8-d7 2. Nc4-d6 Ke8-e7 3. Bc3-b4 f7-f5 4. Nd6xf5 Ke7-d8 5. Nf5-e7
c6-c5 6. Ne7xg8 c5xb4 7. Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 8. Qf4-g5 Nd7-f6 9. Rc1xc8 Kd8xc8 10.
Ng8xf6 g7xf6 11. Qg5-g8 Kc8-c7 12. Qg8xe6
 = (3.86)       Depth: 18/45    09:22:07.64     23989842kN

anthony



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