Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 12:53:50 03/25/00
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On March 25, 2000 at 15:02:50, James Robertson wrote:
>Yesterday Insomniac played a game against CSTal(C). Who knows what engine it was
>using (it wasn't LG, as the notes said). During one of the games, Insomniac
>reached this position with black and played ... Nc4. At the time I suspected
>Bxh3 might be better, and confirmed this after the game.
>
>r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/3b4/3pn3/3N3q/2P1B2P/PP2BPP1/R2Q1RK1 b - - bm Bxh3;
>
>1. ... Bxh3 2. gxh3? Qxh3 3. Bf4 {Re1? Nd3!} Nf3+ 4. Nxf3 Bxf4 5. Qxd5 Re6 6.
>Qxe6 Qxe6 and black wins.
>
>Unfortunately, this position completely stumped Insomniac. What do other
>programs think?
>
>James
Fritz6a agrees with your assumption, here´s the output.
Ernst.
New position
r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/3b4/3pn3/3N3q/2P1B2P/PP2BPP1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
Analysis by Fritz 6:
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6
³ (-0.31) Depth: 4/16 00:00:00 2kN
1...Nc4 2.Qa4 Be6 3.Nxe6 Rxe6 4.Rfe1
= (-0.06) Depth: 5/20 00:00:00 7kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Bc5 3.Nf3 Qf6 4.Qxd5 Rxe2 5.Qxc4
= (-0.13) Depth: 6/20 00:00:00 58kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Be6 3.b3 Ne5 4.Re1 Rac8
= (-0.09) Depth: 7/26 00:00:00 168kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Be6 3.b3 Ne5 4.Re1 Rac8 5.Qd2
= (-0.09) Depth: 8/22 00:00:01 422kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Bc5 3.Bf3 Be6 4.Nxe6 fxe6 5.b3 Nb6 6.Qd3
= (-0.03) Depth: 9/27 00:00:04 1195kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Bd7 3.Re1 Qf6 4.b3 Ne5 5.Qd2 Rac8 6.a3
= (0.03) Depth: 10/30 00:00:11 3311kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Bd7 3.Re1 Re4 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.b3 Nb6
= (0.00) Depth: 11/29 00:00:32 9327kN
1...Nc4 2.Bc1 Be6 3.Re1 Rac8 4.Bxc4 Rxc4 5.Nf5 Qd8 6.Nxd6
= (0.06) Depth: 12/31 00:01:25 25525kN
1...Bxh3
= (0.03) Depth: 12/31 00:02:26 45306kN
1...Bxh3 2.gxh3 Qxh3 3.Bf4 Nf3+ 4.Nxf3 Bxf4 5.Re1 Re6 6.Bd3
³ (-0.50) Depth: 12/34 00:03:15 61524kN
1...Bxh3!
µ (-0.81) Depth: 13/34 00:06:56 130465kN
1...Bxh3! 2.Re1 Bg4 3.g3 Qh5 4.Bf4 Nf3+ 5.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 6.Qxe1
µ (-1.28) Depth: 13/36 00:12:13 230314kN
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