Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 21:31:40 05/18/00
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On May 18, 2000 at 23:30:31, Jon Dart wrote:
>Here is an interesting game played a few days ago. Arasan
>went for 26 .. Bxg3, getting 2 pawns for a piece and what
>looks like an attack. But the queen can be chased off,
>with advantage to White. Crafty does not like Bxg3 at all
>but I think many programs will find it attractive, and the
>consequences are far out enough that they may be hard to
>see. Anyway, I would be interested to know what othre programs
>do here:
>
>[D] r2r2k1/ppqn1p1p/4p1p1/1P1n4/1P3b2/P2B1NPP/4RP2/BQ1R3K b - -
>
>--Jon
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "ICC"]
>[Date "2000.05.16"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "RedBear"]
>[Black "Arasan 5.4"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "B22"]
>[WhiteElo "2521"]
>[BlackElo "2488"]
>[TimeControl "300+3"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nb5
>Na6 8. c4 Qd8 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Be5 Rd8 13. Qb1
>Bd7 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Bxb5 16. b4 Qc7 17. cxb5 Nb8 18. Rc1 Qd7
>19. h3 Nd5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Ra2 Bd6 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Rd1 Qd6 24. Ba1 Nd7
>25. Re2 Qc7 26. g3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3 28. Be4 Qxh3+ 29. Rh2 Qg4
>30. Rh4 Qg3 31. Rg1 Qf2 32. Bd4 Qe2 33. Rh2 Qc4 34. Bxg6 Kf8 35. Rxh7
>Ke7 1-0 {ArasanX resigns}
I ran the position through a few WinBoard engines. Neither Amy nor SOS liked the
idea of Bxg3 and preferred Bh6. However LG2000 v2.7 went for it. Here's a piece
of the logfile.
analyze
6 23 9 11414 f4g3 f2g3 c7g3 f3g1 e6e5
6 24 11 34216 f4g3 f2g3 c7g3 f3g1 d5f4
7 43 72 137282 f4g3 b1b2 d7f6 f2g3 c7g3 f3g1 d5e3 d1d2 f6h5
8 14 325 770566 f4g3 b1b2 f7f6 e2e6 d7f8 e6e2 g3f4 b2b3
9 10 841 2231438 f4g3 b1b2 f7f6 e2e6 g3e5 b2b3 e5a1 b3d5 d7e5 e6e8 g8g7 d5g8
g7h6 g8f8 c7g7
10 40 3945 13673198 f4g3 b1b2 f7f6 e2e6 g3e5 b2b3 e5a1 b3d5 d7e5 e6e8 g8g7 d5g8
g7h6 g8f8 c7g7
10 44 4843 16408796 f4g3 b1b2 f7f6 e2e6 g3e5 b2b3 e5a1 b3d5 d7e5 e6e8 g8g7 d5g8
g7h6 g8f8 h6h5
11 34 22160 81660936 f4g3 d3e4 g3f4 e4d5 e6d5 b1b2 f7f6 d1d5 d7e5 b2b3 c7f7 d5d8
a8d8 b3f7 g8f7 f3e5 f6e5
It looks a little messy, but I hope it's readable.
Sincerely,
Mogens
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