Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 03:48:34 04/01/00
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On March 31, 2000 at 16:23:24, Chessfun wrote: > > >This position came up in my tourney. >Nimzo to play played Qxc2?? and resigned 5 moves later. >How long does your program take to avoid taking the pawn?. > >MCP 8 is in book with 15. either Bc1 or Qc1 since Qc1 leads to >black thinking it is winning seems the best move. This Qc1 should >be in every book as the best move in this variation. > >[D]r3kb1r/2q2ppp/p2p4/1p1PpP2/8/4Q3/PPP1N1PP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 17 > > >Thanks. PostModernist likes Qxc2 for 23 seconds when it switches to Rc8. It finds Be7 after 92 seconds and seems to be sticking with that at the moment. Search output follows: 6> 24 0 11724 1... Qxc2 6= 117 0 26522 1... Qxc2 2. b4 Be7 3. Rf2 O-O 7> 85 1 73091 1... Qxc2 7= 99 1 75685 1... Qxc2 2. a4 bxa4 3. Qb6 Qc5 4. Qxc5 dxc5 5. Rxa4 8> 99 3 130986 1... Qxc2 8= 117 4 212657 1... Qxc2 2. Rab1 Qc5 3. Qxc5 dxc5 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Ne4 9> -28 18 839770 1... Qxc2 9b 2 23 1090025 1... Rc8 2. b4 Be7 3. c3 O-O 4. a4 Bf6 5. axb5 axb5 9= 21 27 1270057 1... Rc8 2. b4 Qc4 3. Qd2 Be7 4. Rfc1 O-O 5. a4 10> 16 92 3879777 1... Be7 10= 19 100 4189636 1... Be7 2. a4 Qc4 3. axb5 Qxb5 4. Qe4 Rc8 5. c3 Qb6 6. Rf2 O-O 11> 19 156 6448745 1... Be7 11= 23 220 9320795 1... Be7 2. a4 bxa4 3. Nc3 Rb8 4. Rfb1 h5 5. Qe2 Qc5 6. Kh1 Rxb2 Andrew
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