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Subject: Re: Would Gambit Tiger get itself into such a position?

Author: Eelco de Groot

Date: 16:45:13 10/30/00

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On October 30, 2000 at 13:53:03, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 30, 2000 at 02:44:43, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On October 29, 2000 at 22:54:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On October 29, 2000 at 22:05:58, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 29, 2000 at 21:18:53, Eelco de Groot wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 28, 2000 at 18:35:32, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 28, 2000 at 17:59:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>GT did consider Bb7 for about one minute after 7 minutes of thinking on my PII
>>>>>>>333 with 28 Mb hash.  The analysis was similar to Sarahs' afterward.  The score
>>>>>>>did remain negative for black however.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>GT would never "under-develope" to the extent that black did.  The game is a
>>>>>>>draw even with material superiority due to the horrible back rank situation. At
>>>>>>>least GT tells us how "not" to play.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tim Frohlick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I posted the game.
>>>>>>I do not know if gambit would get itself to the position that I posted(I think
>>>>>>that bxc5 was too greedy and Ba6 was better but I did not analyze the game for a
>>>>>>long time and I may be wrong).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You can try to see if there is a move in the game that gambit does not like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I see that gambit understands the position better than other programs(it can at
>>>>>>least see that f6 has negative score)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It cannot see that Bb7 is good enough for black to draw but I am not sure if Bb7
>>>>>>is really good enough for a draw(I only know that it was probably good enough
>>>>>>for moshe to draw and it is possible that gambit can improve the opponent's
>>>>>>moves after Bb7)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Uri,
>>>>>
>>>>>Maybe Tim is right and the game should be a draw. What I would like to see is a
>>>>>good winning line for White after 14. .. f7-f6 or 14. ..f7-f5, that could tell
>>>>>us more.
>>>>
>>>>Here is a winning line after 14...f5
>>>>
>>>>15.Bh6 f4 16.Ng5 Nb6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rh7+ Kg8 19.Ke2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I did not see a clear winning line after 14...f6 but I guess that I did not
>>>>analyze deep enough and unfortunately moshe did not save all the analysis that
>>>>he did but he is convinced that 14...f6 is losing.
>>>>
>>>>I see that I do not like black's position after 14...f6 because black has
>>>>problems to develop the pieces and white has interesting options after 15.Bh6
>>>>Qe7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
>>>
>>>I think that the main line here continues
>>>17.Qh6+ Kf7 18.Nh4 Rg8 19.Qh7+Rg7 20.Nxg6 Rxh7 21.Rxh7+ Kxg6 22.Rxe7 cxd4
>>>23.Bd3+ Kg5 24.Be4 c6 25.g3 fxe5 26.Rxe6 Nf6 27.Rxe5+ Kh6 28.Rc1 when white is
>>>probably winning after 28...Nxe4 29.Rxe4 or 28...Bb7 29.Re7 Nxe4 30.Rxe4
>>>
>>>This is one of the lines that moshe saved.
>>
>>I think that in this line better is 18.0-0-0 instead of 18.Nh4
>>At least I can get bigger advantage against the computer but I need to check if
>>it is a forced win(18.0-0-0 was also one of the lines of moshe).
>>
>>Uri
>
>I talked with moshe in the phone and asked him if 18.0-0-0 was the move.
>He told me that he does not remember if it was in move 18 but 0-0-0 was in the
>main line that proved that white is winning so it seems that Nh4 is not the most
>convincing move for white.
>
>Uri


Thanks for giving those lines , Uri. I don't know if I or computer will have
time to look at them all. Maybe Christophe or Tiger-owners will want take
another look at the 14. ..f7-f5 line as that is the move that Gambit Tiger
played. I was wondering a bit about 15. ..Rf8-f7 instead of 15. ..Qe8-e7 in the
14. ..f7-f6 lines that you gave, as 14. ..f7-f6 15.Bg5-h6 Rf8-f7 is what both
Century 2.0 and Q5T prefer:

Century 2.0, last lines after 14. ..f7-f6:

28:33  13.00  -0.45  1.Bh6 Qe7 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qh6+ Kf7 5.Nh4+ Rg8 6.Qh7+
21:23  14.00  -0.48  1.Bh6 Qe7 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qh6+ Kf7 5.exf6+ Qxf6 6.Ng5+ Ke8
7.Nxe6 Qxf2+
26:14  15.00  -0.35  1.Bh6 Rf7 3.Bd3 f5 4.Bxg7 Rxg7 5.Qh6 Kf8 6.Be4

You can see that at 14 ply it still follows your line but plays 18.exf6+ instead
of 18.Nh4+.

Q5T Experimental, last lines after 14.Qd1-c1:

16:41  12.00  -0.74  1..f6 2.Bh6 Rf7 3.Bxg7 Rxg7 4.Qh6 Kf8 5.Qh8+ Kf7
59:17  13.00  -0.96  1..f6 2.Bh6 Qe7 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qh6+ Kf7
50:16  14.00  -0.59  1..f6 2.Bh6 Rf7 3.Bxg7 Rxg7 4.Qh6 Kf8 5.exf6 Nxf6 6.Qf4

If I take Q5T a few ply further in this last line, after 14. ..f7-f6 15.Bg5-h6
Rf8-f7 16.Bh6xg7 Rf7xg7 17.Qc1-h6, the evaluation drops so I suppose White does
look good here, see Q5T output, now with proper move-numbers:

00:00  04.00  -1.57  17..Kf8 18.Qh8+ Rg8 19.exf6 cxd4
00:01  05.00  -1.37  17..Kf8 18.Qh8+ Rg8 19.exf6 cxd4 20.Qh6+
00:03  06.00  -1.20  17..Kf8 18.Qh8+ Kf7 19.exf6 Qxh8 20.Rxh8 Kxf6 21.Rxc8 cxd4
00:06  07.00  -1.20  17..Kf8 18.Qh8+ Kf7 19.exf6 Qxh8 20.Rxh8 Kxf6 21.Rxc8 cxd4
22.Nxd4
00:16  08.00  -1.12  17..Kf8 18.Qh8+ Kf7 19.exf6 Qxh8 20.Rxh8 Kxf6 21.Rxc8 cxd4
22.Nxd4 e5
00:51  09.00  -1.00  17..Kf8 18.Qh8 Kf7 19.d5 Nxe5 20.dxe6+ Bxe6 21.Nxe5+ fxe5
22.Qxe8+ Kxe8 23.Bxe6 Ke7 24.Bd5 c6
02:08  10.00  -1.39  17..Kf8 18.Qf4 Qf7 19.exf6 Rh7 20.Rxh7
05:06  11.00  -1.60  17..Kf8 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Qf4+ Nbd7 20.Ne5 Kg8
45:28  12.00  -1.79  17..Kf8 18.Qf4 Qf7 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.Qxc7 Ba6

So okay, a draw still seems far off for Black here after 14. ..f7-f6 15.Bg5-h6
Rf8-f7, -1.79 pawns.

I am still curious though how the actual game progressed after Moshe's 14.
..Bc8-b7, as Q5T is still very pessimistic after about twenty minutes:

Last Move : 14... Bb7 (White to play)

00:00  04.00  0.03  15.Bh6 Bxf3 16.Bxg7 Bh5 17.Bxf8 Nxf8
00:02  05.00  2.07  15.Bh6 Bh8 16.Qf4 Bxf3 17.Bxf8 Nxf8 18.gxf3
00:05  06.00  -0.02  15.Bh6 Bh8 16.Bxf8 Qxf8 17.Ng5 cxd4 18.Nxe6 Qb4+
00:09  06.03  -0.02  15.Bf6
00:13  06.03  4.09  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Qc6 17.fxg7 Qe4+ 18.Be2 Rc8 19.Qxc5
00:20  07.00  3.39  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 e5 17.fxg7 exd4+ 18.Be2 Bxf3
00:45  08.00  3.90  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 e5 18.fxg7 exd4+ 19.Kf1
Kxg7 20.Qh6+ Kf6
01:28  09.00  3.64  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 cxd4 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+
Kf6 20.Qh4+ g5 21.Qxd4+ e5
03:49  10.00  3.64  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nc6 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+
Kf6 20.dxc5 Ke7
10:35  11.00  2.55  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.Bb5 Nxf6 19.Bxe8
20:42  12.00  2.50  15.Bf6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7

If I now enter the following three plies the score goes up just a little to
-1.87 pawns for Black after about 1 hour 30 minutes, switching between various
engines:

Last Move : 15.Bf6 (Black to play)


Last Move : 15... Nxf6 (White to play)


Last Move : 16.exf6 (Black to play)

00:00  02.00  0.85  16.exf6 Bxf3 17.fxg7 Kxg7 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.gxf3
00:00  03.00  -0.80  16..e5 17.fxg7 exd4+ 18.Kf1
00:00  04.00  -1.71  16..e5 17.fxg7 exd4+ 18.Kf1 Bxf3 19.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
00:02  05.00  -4.68  16..e5 17.fxg7 exd4+ 18.Kf1 Bxf3 19.Rh8+ Kxg7
00:10  06.00  -4.68  16..e5 17.fxg7 exd4+ 18.Kf1 Bxf3 19.Rh8+ Kxg7 20.Qh6+ Kf6
00:14  06.09  -4.68  16..Bxf3
00:17  06.09  -3.81  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qa4 18.fxg7 Qb4+ 19.Ke2 Kxg7 20.Qh6+ Kg8
00:22  07.00  -2.79  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 cxd4 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd2 Rh8 20.Qxd4+ e5
21.Rxh8 exd4+
00:45  08.00  -2.82  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.O-O-O Ke7
21.Qh4+ g5 22.Qxg5+
01:45  09.00  -3.06  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 cxd4 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.Qh4+ g5
21.Qxd4+ Ke7 22.Rh7
04:51  10.00  -2.13  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.Rd1 Ke7
21.Qh4+ f6 22.Qe4
07:36  11.00  -2.03  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.Qf4+ Ke7
21.dxc5
18:20  12.00  -1.86  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.O-O-O Ke7
21.Qh4+ g5 22.Qxg5+
30:13  13.00  -1.87  16..Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kf6 20.O-O-O Rh8

Eelco




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