Author: Edward Screven
Date: 17:15:16 04/03/98
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On April 03, 1998 at 13:42:03, Howard Exner wrote:
>4r3/1b2r1bk/pq1pP3/1p1P1NP1/n1p2pN1/2P5/1P2RQ2/4R1K1 w - - id "CSTal -
>Fritz5"
>
>This position is interesting. Did CSTal ever consider the move Nf6+ here
>instead of Re3? Perhaps other programs could verify this also as it
>looks
>like Nf6+ forces the win for white. One line runs 43. Nf6+ Bxf6
>44. g5xf6 Rg8+ 45. Kf1 Qxf2+ 46.Kxf2 Rc7 47.f7 Rf8 48.Rg1!
my program agrees with you, preferring Nf6+ by a wide margin.
(it scores fxe3 as a draw.) - edward
softlimit=3:00 hardlimit=3:00
1.02 6 -0.03 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Rg8+ Kf1 Qxf2+ Rxf2
Ree8 f7 Rc8 Rxf4 Nxb2 Nxd6
1.63 7 > +0.27 Nf6+
1.88 7 +0.60 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Rg8+ Kf1 Qxf2+ Rxf2
Rc7 f7 Ra8 e7
3.94 8 > +0.90 Nf6+
4.72 8 +0.99 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Rg8+ Kf1 Qxf2+ Rxf2
Rc7 f7 Rf8 e7 Rxf7 Rh2+ Kg6 e8=Q
Kxf5
11.28 9 > +1.29 Nf6+
16.80 9 +1.74 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Kg6 Nxe7+ Kxf6 Nc6
Bxc6 Qxb6 Nxb6 dxc6 f3 Rf2 Rg8+ Kf1
31.73 10 > +2.04 Nf6+
38.25 10 +2.12 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rg8+ Kf1
Rc7 f7 Rf8 e7 Rxe7 Rh2+ Kg6 Rg2+ Kf6
Rxe7 Kxf5 Rxb7
1:47 11 +2.23 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rc7 Rh2+
Kg6 Nxd6 Ra8 Rg2+ Kxf6 Ne4+ Ke7 d6+
Kxe6 dxc7
final 3:00 11. +2.23 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rc7 Rh2+
Kg6 Nxd6 Ra8 Rg2+ Kxf6 Ne4+ Ke7 d6+
Kxe6 dxc7
nodes=13673996 (22.82%i 41.42%l 35.76%q) nps=75954
transhits=3153443 (23.06%) transwins=1858555 (13.59%)
nullmoves=1275810 nullwins=1002814 (78.60%) psb=[-100,130]
qeval=6301500 (78.39%) feval=1737431 (21.61%) peval=46430
(0.58%)
seval=164403 (1.02%) checkex=3140884 recapturex=301638
pawnpushex=453034
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