Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 06:33:55 07/19/00
Here is a position that arose in a game on ICC today (PGN below):
[D] 8/1N6/6p1/2K1k2p/8/1PP5/8/8 w - - acd 11; acn 576768; acs 5; ce 772; fmvn
60; hmvc 0; id "PostModernist vs Tinker"; pm Kc6 ; pv 60. Kc6 h4 61. Nc5 Kf4 62.
Kd5
Notice that my program gives a score of +7.72 after a depth 11 search. What
happened in fact is that Tinker managed to force home its g-pawn and win. I
was wondering whether PM missed something here. After a longer search, PM
prefers Kc4, but it's not clear if White can do better than draw.
I'd be interested in any opinions on this position, either silicon- or
carbon-generated :-)
The game score is presented below. Note that at one point, PM has SEVEN
doubled pawns!
[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.07.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PostModernist"]
[Black "Tinker"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nh4 Nh5 6. Nxf5 Nxf4 7. e3 Ng6
8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nh5 O-O 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qe7
14. Qd2 Qf7 15. f3 Na5 16. b3 Qe7 17. O-O-O Qa3+ 18. Kb1 c6 19. Qc1 Qd6 20.
g4 b5 21. f4 b4 22. Na4 g5 23. fxg5 e5 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. a3 Rb8 26. dxe5 Qe6
27. axb4 Nb7 28. Qd3 g6 29. e4 Rfd8 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Qh3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1
Rf8 33. Nb2 Nd8 34. Rh1 Qe7 35. Nc4 Ne6 36. Na5 Nd8 37. c3 Rf2 38. Qe3 Rxg2
39. Qf3 Rd2 40. Nxc6 Qe6 41. Kc1 Rd7 42. Nb8 Rc7 43. Rf1 Rf7 44. Qd3 Rxf1+
45. Qxf1 Nf7 46. Qf6 Qxg4 47. Nc6 Qg1+ 48. Kb2 Qg2+ 49. Ka3 Qxg5 50. Qxg5
Nxg5 51. Nxa7 Kf7 52. b5 Ne6 53. Nc6 Nc5 54. b6 Ke6 55. Kb4 Nb7 56. Na5 Nd8
57. Kc5 h5 58. b7 Nxb7+ 59. Nxb7 Kxe5 60. Kc6 h4 61. Nc5 Kf4 62. Ne6+ Kg4
63. Nc5 h3 64. Nd3 Kg3 65. Nc5 h2 66. Ne4+ Kf3 67. Nf6 h1=Q 68. Nd5 g5 69.
b4 g4 70. b5 Qh6+ 71. Kd7 g3 72. b6 g2 73. b7 g1=Q 74. b8=R Qg4+
{PostModernist resigns} 0-1
Regards
Andrew
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