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Subject: Re: Interesting position from Hossa - Arasan

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 21:59:19 10/05/00

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On October 05, 2000 at 22:48:40, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>Hi!
>
>Here comes a position from a game Hossa - Arasan:
>
>[D]r3r1k1/3q2p1/2p1ppQP/2P3p1/1p1P4/pPb1RN2/P4P2/1K5R w
>
>There are two moves which are winning fast: Ne5 and Nxg5 (e.g. 1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.
>Reh3 +-). Hossa missed those moves and lost the game. First I thought that this
>should be very easy to find for a comp but after having talked to some
>programmers I saw that other programs also need more time than I expected (at
>least too long for a blitz game). How long does your favourite program take to
>see either Ne5 or Nxg5 with a +- score (something like +0.5 doesnt count)?

Crafty:
White(1): epdpfga epd.epd epd.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 12:00 (12:00)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6     0.24  -0.85   1. Re4 Rad8 2. Rg4 e5 3. hxg7 Qxg7
                                    4. Qxg7+ Kxg7 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Rxb4
                6     0.74  -0.81   1. Nh2 Qb7 2. Nf3 Rad8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
                                    Rg1
                6->   0.80  -0.81   1. Nh2 Qb7 2. Nf3 Rad8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
                                    Rg1
                7     1.06  -0.98   1. Nh2 Qb7 2. Nf3 Rad8 3. Re2 Qc7 4.
                                    hxg7 Qxg7 5. Qh5
                7     1.24  -0.82   1. Re4 Qb7 2. Rg4 Rad8 3. Rg3 Qc7 4.
                                    hxg7 Qxg7 5. Qh5
                7->   1.43  -0.82   1. Re4 Qb7 2. Rg4 Rad8 3. Rg3 Qc7 4.
                                    hxg7 Qxg7 5. Qh5
                8     2.31  -0.90   1. Re4 Rad8 2. Rg4 Qb7 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
                                    Rhg1 Qd7 5. R1g3 <HT>
                8     4.82     ++   1. Nh2!!
                8->   5.57  -0.51   1. Nh2
                9    10.89  -0.29   1. Nh2 Re7 2. hxg7 Qd5 3. Nf3 Rxg7
                                    4. Qxf6 g4 5. Rg1 Qf5+ 6. Qxf5 exf5
                9->  12.21  -0.29   1. Nh2 Re7 2. hxg7 Qd5 3. Nf3 Rxg7
                                    4. Qxf6 g4 5. Rg1 Qf5+ 6. Qxf5 exf5
               10    17.54  -0.33   1. Nh2 Re7 2. Ng4 Qxd4 3. Ne5 fxe5
                                    4. hxg7 Rxg7 5. Qxe6+ Rf7 6. Qg6+ Kf8
                                    7. Rh8+ Ke7 8. Qxg5+ Kd7 9. Rxa8 Rxf2
               10    19.96  -0.02   1. h7+ Kh8 2. Qxg5 fxg5 3. Ne5 g6 4.
                                    Nxd7 Bxd4 5. Re4 Bxf2 6. Rxb4
               10->  21.57  -0.02   1. h7+ Kh8 2. Qxg5 fxg5 3. Ne5 g6 4.
                                    Nxd7 Bxd4 5. Re4 Bxf2 6. Rxb4
               11    23.15  -0.33   1. h7+ Kh8 2. Qxg5 fxg5 3. Ne5 g6 4.
                                    Nxd7 Bxd4 5. Re4 Bxf2 6. Rxb4 Rad8
               11     1:55     ++   1. Re5!!
               11     2:07   0.15   1. Re5 Bxd4 2. Rd1 Qc7 3. Rxe6 Rxe6
                                    4. Nxg5 fxg5 5. Qxe6+ Kh8 6. Rxd4 gxh6
                                    7. Qxh6+
               11->   2:51   0.15   1. Re5 Bxd4 2. Rd1 Qc7 3. Rxe6 Rxe6
                                    4. Nxg5 fxg5 5. Qxe6+ Kh8 6. Rxd4 gxh6
                                    7. Qxh6+
               12     3:26     ++   1. Re5!!
               12     4:10   0.73   1. Re5 Bxd4 2. Rxg5 fxg5 3. Nxg5 Bxc5
                                    4. f3 Bd4 5. h7+ Kh8 6. Nf7+ Qxf7 7.
                                    Qxf7 Rad8 8. Kc2



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