Author: Pete Galati
Date: 12:38:57 03/15/00
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On March 15, 2000 at 14:17:59, Robin Smith wrote: >In the 13th US correspondence chess championship finals I played a move that my >computer NEVER finds. Do any programs find 17.... Qd5! > >This move prevents white from playing Be4 (which would put presure on b7 and >support a possible d pawn push), it frees d8 for blacks rook and it keeps the >queen eyeing d5, restraining whites isolated d-pawn. I believe it is the >strongest move in the position, but when I reviewed the game with my computer it >never finds it even after a very long "think" because of the exchange sac >involved. > >I was also surprised by the odd appearance of some of my opponents moves. Is >there a computer program that wants to play these moves, in particular moves >13-16? (I am NOT accusing my opponent of cheating, computers are not >dissallowed in ICCF sponsored events). > >Here is the game: > >[Event "US13F"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "????.??.??"] >[Round "?"] >[White "Bacon, Joe"] >[Black "Smith, Robin"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "B22"] >[Annotator "Smith"] >[PlyCount "38"] > >1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Bf4 >Qb6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Bd3 Ndb4 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 >15. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qd5! 18. Qa4 Be7 19. Nb6 axb6 0-1 > >the "if moves" 20. Qxa8 Bd7 21. Qa7 Bb5 persuaded white to resign, his exposed >king and out of play queen leave white no hope. > >Robin Smith >11th US correspondence chess champion Uncomfortable position. WinBoard 4.0.7 + AnMon StartChildProcess (dir="d:\anmon") AnMon xboard 930 >first : xboard 930 >first : new random 930 >first : level 2 60 0 [snip] 11430 >first : black 11430 >first : time 360000 otim 360000 11430 >first : white go 13240 <first : 4 4 177 15999 Qxa8 Qxg2 Rc1g1 Bg5 13350 <first : 4 10 189 17717 Qxa8 Qxg2 Rc1g1 Re8 13350 <first : 4 12 190 17817 Qxa8 h6 13350 <first : 4 14 190 17952 Qxa8 Qxg2 Rc1g1 h5 13460 <first : 4 15 197 18669 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 14340 <first : 5 12 286 32870 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc5 14340 <first : 5 10 288 33074 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc5 Qg4 Ke1 Qb4 14390 <first : 5 7 289 33263 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc2 14390 <first : 5 5 294 33788 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc2 Qg4 Kd2 Qg5 14450 <first : 5 3 299 34325 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Ke1 14500 <first : 5 1 303 34755 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Qa8 14610 <first : 5 -1 315 36506 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Qa8 Qe5 Be4 Qb5 17080 <first : 5 -2 565 70178 Qxa8 Qxg2 Rc1g1 Bc5 18350 <first : 6 -3 688 94049 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc1g1 18350 <first : 6 -5 691 94435 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Qxb7 29550 <first : 6 -6 1809 254965 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rh1d1 Qxb2 Kf1 35480 <first : 7 -7 2401 362977 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Qxb2 Kf1 Bc5 35920 <first : 7 -9 2448 369294 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Bc5 Qxb7 Qxb2 36200 <first : 7 -11 2476 373224 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Bc5 b3 Qe5 36420 <first : 7 -13 2497 376063 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Bc5 b4 Qe5 36640 <first : 7 -15 2517 379239 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Qxb2 Ke1 36970 <first : 7 -17 2551 384336 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rc7 Bc5 b4 Qe5 60530 <first : 7 -18 4906 738499 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Rh1d1 Qxb2 Kf1 Bc5 203280 <first : 8 -17 19185 2723917 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Qxb7 Qxb2 Rc2 Qb4 279850 <first : 8 -15 26844 3885280 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Qxd4 Qxb7 Bb4 345870 <first : 8 -13 33444 4839235 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Bg5 Rc1d1 f6 365640 <first : 8 -11 35425 5133557 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Bg5 Rc1d1 f5 371240 <first : 8 -11 35984 5218734 Qxa8 Bd7 Qa7 Bg5 Rc1d1 f5 371240 <first : 1. ... a4a8 Interrupting first 780440 >first : force 780440 >first : quit
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