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Subject: Re: A tough position

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 14:55:09 12/17/00

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On December 17, 2000 at 14:08:33, Peter Berger wrote:

>[D]r5k1/1pqn3p/r4b2/p2p4/8/RP6/RP1BBPP1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1
>
>In this position Black seems to be in serious trouble that calls for drastic
>measures . The difficulty is that the key move ..Qh2 ( with idea of ..Rxe3 after
>..Re8 Be3 and the chess on h1 ) doesn't reach perpetual . Still it offers by far
>the best fighting chances as White's rooks are (temporary?) out of game and
>black gets ample compensation for the exchange . The usual question : how long
>does your(?) program need to find ..Qh2 and which program can find this at all ?
>
>Btw , Fritz6a can . That it even went on to win this game is another surprising
>part of the story .. :-)

The most recent Dos Version of Comet running on Windows ME (ME stands for "me
thinks I need a better OS") given 15 minutes to make 1 move on that position,
found Qh2 in just over a minute, and stuck with that move.  Personally, I
couldn't have made that move, I probably would have moved Rook a6 to the King
file myself.

Pete

Comet-B.27    Sun Dec 17 16:31:51 2000

depth	score	  sec	  nodes		  pv
 1.	-1.16	    0	     1143	 a6a7
 2.	-1.98	    0	     1664	 a6a7  d2e3
 3.	-1.77	    0	     8640	 a6e6  a3a5  a8e8
 4.	-1.68	    0	    17029	 a6e6  a3a5  a8a5  a2a5
 4.	-1.68	    0	    29505	 a6e6  a3a5  a8a5  a2a5
 5.	-1.18	    0	   107913	 a6e6  a3a5  a8a5  a2a5  c7h2  a5a8  g8f7
 5.	-1.18	    0	   137535	 a6e6  a3a5  a8a5  a2a5  c7h2  a5a8  g8f7
 6?	-1.32	    1	   182297	 a6e6  d2e3  e6e8
 6?	-1.59	    2	   432648	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  g4f5  g8g7  d2e3  f6b2
 6?	-1.86	    3	   563290	 a6e6  e2g4  b7b6  g4e6  g8g7
 6.	-1.90	    3	   741770	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  g4f5  d7c5  d1h5
 6.	-1.90	    4	   812170	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  g4f5  d7c5  d1h5
 7.	-1.94	    5	  1078127	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  g4f3  d5d4  f3d5  g8h8
 7.	-1.94	    8	  1714961	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  g4f3  d5d4  f3d5  g8h8
 8.	-1.89	   13	  2930481	 a6e6  e2g4  e6e8  d1f3  c7h2  f3d5  g8h8
 8.	-1.89	   24	  5087101	 a6e6  e2g4  e6e8  d1f3  c7h2  f3d5  g8h8
 9.	-1.97	   35	  7637968	 a6e6  e2g4  e6a6  d2c3  d5d4  c3a5  c7c5
 9!	-1.76	   70	 17432710	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2  h1g2  a6d3  d7e5
 9.	-1.69	   79	 19599584	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2  h1g2  a6b5  g2g4
 9.	-1.69	  106	 25902606	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2  h1g2  a6b5  g2g4
10.	-1.69	  150	 39540913	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2
10.	-1.69	  283	 75218331	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2
11.	-1.79	  573	182141411	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2  a8e8  d2e3  e8e3
11.	-1.79	  900	280218496	 c7h2  e2a6  h2h1  f1e2  a8e8  d2e3  e8e3

==> My Move: c7h2 in 15:03




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