Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:10:58 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 21:53:49, William Bryant wrote: >On April 28, 2000 at 12:36:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >>I was watching some chess engines play last night, and this position came up: >>8/4kp1p/4p3/1b1pP1P1/prpP1P2/5K2/1P1R4/3B4 b - - >> >>To my abject horror, the side to move did not play c3 >> >>My question is, did black throw away a win, or are my instincts just wrong >>again? > >Dan, > >While reading the posts I ran this in the background for a couple of minutes. > >Screamer, like insomniac, quickly liked a3. > >William >wbryant@ix.netcom.com > >New Board Position >8/4kp1p/4p3/1b1pP1P1/prpP1P2/5K2/1P1R4/3B4 b - - >Move 1 B>> >The Current Search Time: 900 seconds >PLY NODES TIME SCORE PV >__________________________________________________ > 5/00 4019 0.067 -0.71 Kd7 Ke3 Bc6 Rh2 Ke7 > 5/03 6215 0.147 -0.75 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rd3 a3 > 6/00 11380 0.254 -0.65 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rd3 a3 Ke3 > 7/00 41630 0.788 -0.65 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rc2 Rc6 Be2 Bxe2+ Kxe2 a3 > 7/01 57276 1.087 -0.66 Bc6 Rh2 Bb7 Kg4 Kd7 Bf3 Bc6 > 8/00 113079 2.058 -0.66 Bc6 Rh2 Kd8 Kg4 Kd7 Bf3 Rb3 Rc2 > 9/00 393027 6.795 -0.67 Bc6 Rh2 Rb6 Kg4 Rb7 Bf3 Rb3 Rc2 a3 >10/00 1016140 17.221 -0.76 Bc6 Rh2 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 a4 c3 Rxh7 Bxa4 >10/06 1297069 21.580 -1.21 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Bc6 >11/00 1666907 27.597 -1.16 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra4 >Rh3 >12/00 2944800 49.276 -1.21 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra4 >Rc2 Ra3 >13/00 8209018 137.019 -1.16 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra8 >Rc2 Rh8 Rh2 I suppose this probably means I can only see three and a half moves ahead! Sure seemed good to me at the time though. I'm sure I would have played c3 in a real game.
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