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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 20:37:40 10/30/00

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On October 30, 2000 at 19:45:13, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>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


I will post the game after it is finished.
I believe that Q5T is too passimistic.

moshe offered a draw at move 23 but the opponent did not agree but I guess it is
going to be a draw.

Uri



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