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Subject: Re: What is the principle continuation of this position

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:52:39 09/03/00

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On September 03, 2000 at 11:31:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>On September 03, 2000 at 11:17:50, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>
>>[D]3r2k1/p2r2p1/1p1B2Pp/4PQ1P/2b1p3/P3P3/7K/8 w - - bm e6;id "BT2450-27";
>>
>>Best move is "e6", but my program keeps picking "Qxe4".
>>
>>What makes e6 the correct move?  I only ran this positions to 12 plys.
>>
>>Larry.
>
>The line 1.e6 Rxd6 2.Qf7+ Kh8 3.e7 Rd2+ 4.Kg3 b5 5.exd8Q+ Rxd8 6.Qxa7  gives
>white a material advantage.
>
>Another possibility is 4...Bxf7? 5.gxf7 Rg2+? 6.Kxg2 Rd2+ 7.Kg3 so without
>extensions you cannot and only 12 plies your program cannot see that white is
>winning.
>
>This possibility is probably the reason that your program cannot see the right
>move.
>
>Uri


There are probably evaluation terms in play here too.  IE here is my output
on my PII/400 notebook:

                7     0.31   0.95   1. Qxe4 Be6 2. Qf4 Rc8 3. e4 Rc2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 a5
                7->   0.35   0.95   1. Qxe4 Be6 2. Qf4 Rc8 3. e4 Rc2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 a5
                8     0.44   0.94   1. Qxe4 Be6 2. Qf4 Rc8 3. e4 Kh8 4.
                                    Kg3 a5
                8     0.91   1.21   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rd7
                8->   0.95   1.21   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rd7
                9     1.31   1.24   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 Bxf7 5. gxf7 Kh7 6. f8=Q Rxf8 7.
                                    exf8=Q g5 8. hxg6+ Kxg6
                9->   1.69   1.24   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 Bxf7 5. gxf7 Kh7 6. f8=Q Rxf8 7.
                                    exf8=Q g5 8. hxg6+ Kxg6
               10     2.60   1.23   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rxh5 9. Qxa7 Rf5
               10->   2.90   1.23   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rxh5 9. Qxa7 Rf5
               11     4.69   1.42   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rxh5 9. Kf4 Rd5 10.
                                    Qxa7
               11->   5.20   1.42   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. e8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Qxe8+ Bg8 7.
                                    Qxb5 Rd5 8. Qa6 Rxh5 9. Kf4 Rd5 10.
                                    Qxa7
               12    10.30   1.35   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. Kf4 a6 6. Kxe4 Rd1 7. e8=Q+
                                    Rxe8+ 8. Qxe8+ Bg8 9. Qc8 Rd5 10. Qg4
                                    Rd2
               12->  17.26   1.35   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. Kf4 a6 6. Kxe4 Rd1 7. e8=Q+
                                    Rxe8+ 8. Qxe8+ Bg8 9. Qc8 Rd5 10. Qg4
                                    Rd2
               13    27.46   1.35   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. a4 a6 6. e8=Q+ Rxe8 7. Qxe8+
                                    Bg8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Qxb5 Rd8 10. Qb6
                                    Rd2 11. Qc5
               13->  37.64   1.35   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. a4 a6 6. e8=Q+ Rxe8 7. Qxe8+
                                    Bg8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Qxb5 Rd8 10. Qb6
                                    Rd2 11. Qc5
               14     1:02   1.66   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. Kf4 Ra8 6. e8=Q+ Rxe8 7.
                                    Qxe8+ Bg8 8. Qxb5 Rd5 9. Qe2 Ra5 10.
                                    Kxe4 Bd5+ 11. Kd4 Be6 12. e4 Rxa3
               14->   1:13   1.66   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. Kf4 Ra8 6. e8=Q+ Rxe8 7.
                                    Qxe8+ Bg8 8. Qxb5 Rd5 9. Qe2 Ra5 10.
                                    Kxe4 Bd5+ 11. Kd4 Be6 12. e4 Rxa3
               15     1:49   1.69   1. e6 Rxd6 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. e7 Rd2+ 4.
                                    Kg3 b5 5. Kf4 Ra8 6. e8=Q+ Rxe8 7.
                                    Qxe8+ Bg8 8. Qxb5 Rd5 9. Qe2 Ra5 10.
                                    Kxe4 Bd5+ 11. Kd4 Be6 12. a4 Rxa4+
                                    13. Ke5



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