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Subject: Re: Another Test Position: Botvinnik-Capablanca, AVRO 1938, Ba3!!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:22:22 02/05/01

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On February 05, 2001 at 00:40:47, Arturo Ochoa wrote:

>[D]8/p3q1kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 w - -




This was perhaps interesting 20 years ago.  Today, no.  Crafty finds Ba3 in
under 30 seconds on my quad xeon.  On my sony notebook it takes about 90
seconds:

         (3)   12    10.73   0.58   1. Nf1 Na5 2. Ne3 Nc6 3. Nxd5 Nxe5
                                    4. Nxe7 Nd3 5. Ba3 Nf4 6. Nc6 Nxe6
                                    7. Nxa7
         (4)   12->  21.11   0.58   1. Nf1 Na5 2. Ne3 Nc6 3. Nxd5 Nxe5
                                    4. Nxe7 Nd3 5. Ba3 Nf4 6. Nc6 Nxe6
                                    7. Nxa7
         (3)   13    27.55   0.58   1. Nf1 Na5 2. Ne3 Nc6 3. Nxd5 Nxe5
                                    4. Nxe7 Nd3 5. Ba3 Nf4 6. Nc6 Nxe6
                                    7. Nxa7
               13     1:34     ++   1. Ba3!!
         (2)   13     2:34   3.53   1. Ba3 Qxa3 2. Nh5+ gxh5 3. Qg5+ Kf8
                                    4. Qxf6+ Kg8 5. Qf7+ Kh8 6. g3 Nxd4
                                    7. e7 Qc1+ 8. Kg2 Qc2+ 9. Kh3 Qf5+
                                    10. Qxf5 Nxf5 11. e8=Q+ Kg7 12. Qe5+
                                    Kg6 13. Qxd5
               13->   2:43   3.53   1. Ba3 Qxa3 2. Nh5+ gxh5 3. Qg5+ Kf8
                                    4. Qxf6+ Kg8 5. Qf7+ Kh8 6. g3 Nxd4
                                    7. e7 Qc1+ 8. Kg2 Qc2+ 9. Kh3 Qf5+
                                    10. Qxf5 Nxf5 11. e8=Q+ Kg7 12. Qe5+
                                    Kg6 13. Qxd5



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