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Subject: Re: A tough position

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:07:44 12/18/00

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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 .. :-)

Not so tough for Phalanx, apparently.  Finds it in just a few seconds:

[ white, 1 ]
post
post on
[ white, 1 ]
level 999
fixed time 999 seconds
[ white, 1 ]
r5k1/1pqn3p/r4b2/p2p4/8/RP6/RP1BBPP1/3Q1K2 b - -

r5k1/1pqn3p/r4b2/p2p4/8/RP6/RP1BBPP1/3Q1K2 b - -
  5   -171    55    46915  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Ra8-e8  Bd2-e3
                           Re8xe3  Ke2-d2  Qh1xg2  Kd2xe3  Pb7xa6  Ra3xa5
  5   -166    59    51412  Ra6-a7  !
  5   -125    79    75878  Ra6-a7  Be2-b5  Bf6-g7  Bd2-c3
  5   -120    92    91921  Ra6-e6  !
  5    -93   105   110233  Ra6-e6  Ra3xa5  Ra8xa5  Ra2xa5  Qc7-h2  Ra5-a8
                           Kg8-g7  Be2-f3
  5 ->   0:01.18   129392   2 turns
  6   -109   197   249186  Ra6-e6  Be2-g4  Re6-e4  Ra3xa5  Ra8xa5  Bd2xa5
                           Qc7-c6  Bg4-f5
  6 ->   0:02.69   375179   0 turns
  7   -102   420   634425  Ra6-e6  Be2-g4  Re6-a6  Bd2xa5  Ra6xa5  Bg4xd7
                           Kg8-h8  Qd1-g4
  7    -97   488   740640  Qc7-h2  !
  7    -82   530   816449  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Qh1xg2  Pb3-b4
                           Ra8-e8  Ra3-e3  Re8xe3  Bd2xe3  Pb7xa6  Ra2xa5
  7 ->   0:07.41  1248682   1 turn
  8    -82   957  1579767  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Qh1xg2  Pb3-b4
                           Ra8-e8  Ra3-e3  Re8xe3  Bd2xe3  Pb7xa6  Ra2xa5
  8 ->   0:15.26  2542795   0 turns
  9    -36  2532  4053080  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Ra8-e8  Bd2-e3
                           Re8xe3  Ke2-d2  Qh1xg2  Qd1-f1  Re3-g3  Qf1xg2
                           Rg3xg2  Ba6xb7  Rg2xf2  Kd2-e3
  9 ->   0:38.82  6570899   0 turns
 10    -37  7495 12277740  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Ra8-e8  Bd2-e3
                           Re8xe3  Ke2-d2  Qh1xg2  Qd1-f1  Re3-g3  Ba6-e2
                           Bf6-g5
 10 ->   2:26.10 23773624   0 turns
 11    -96 24401 38453202  Qc7-h2  Be2xa6  Qh2-h1  Kf1-e2  Qh1xg2  Pb3-b4
 11 ->  12:15.33 121443663   0 turns




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