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Subject: Re: Interesting position from Hossa - Arasan

Author: Eelco de Groot

Date: 00:59:50 10/06/00

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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)?
>
>Greetings,
>Steffen.

I think this should qualify as fast enough for blitz? However Q5T Experimental
Personality also likes 1.Re3-e5 for a while. Trust the Q5T to sac a Knight or
Rook or any other piece whenever it can!

Regards, Eelco

Rebel Engine for ECTool. (c) Ed Schröder

Engine version   :  REBEL CENTURY 2
Rebel personality : "Q5T Experimental" (visit Rebel Board for more details)
Opening book file :  REBEL.MVS
Hash table size  :  40 MB
Analysis mode   :  Analyzing next move
Refresh interval : 500 ms

Game begin


00:00  01.09  2.28  1.h7+ Kh8
00:00  03.00  3.24  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Rf3 Bxd4 3.Qxg5+ Rad8 4.Kc1
00:01  04.00  3.11  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Rf3 Bxd4 3.Rf7 Re7 4.Rf3
00:02  05.00  2.01  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Rf3 Re7 3.Rhh3 Bxd4 4.h7+ Kh8+ 5.Rd3
00:02  05.01  2.83  1.Ne5 fxe5 2.Rf3 exd4 3.h7+ Kh8 4.Rf7 Qxf7 5.Qxf7+
00:04  06.00  2.36  1.Ne5 fxe5 2.Rf3 exd4 3.h7+ Kh8 4.Rf7 Qxf7 5.Qxf7+ e5
00:04  06.01  2.55  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Rf3 Re7 3.Rhh3 Qxd4 4.Rh1 Qxc5
00:08  07.00  2.39  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Rf3 Re7 3.Qxg5 Qxd4 4.Qg6 Qxc5
00:22  08.00  2.75  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Reh3 g4 3.Qxg4 Bxd4 4.Rf3 Rad8 5.Qg6 Bxc5
00:31  08.19  2.75  1.Re5
00:34  08.19  3.70  1.Re5 Rad8 2.Rxg5 fxg5 3.h7+ Kh8 4.Ne5 Qe7 5.Nf7 Qxf7
6.Qxf7+ Bxd4 7.f3 Bxc5
00:42  09.00  3.56  1.Re5 Rad8 2.Rxg5 fxg5 3.h7+ Kh8 4.Ne5 Qe7 5.Nf7 Qxf7 6.Qxf7
Bxd4
01:41  10.00  3.96  1.Re5 Re7 2.Rxg5 Qe8 3.Qxf6 Qf8 4.h7+ Kh8 5.Qxf8+ Rxf8 6.Ne5
Rf6 7.Nxc6
03:20  10.01  3.96  1.Nxg5
05:01  10.01  3.96  1.Nxg5
07:44  10.01  8.24  1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.Reh3 g4 3.Rh4 Kf8 4.hxg7+






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