Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:01:26 05/13/01
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On May 13, 2001 at 09:13:02, Andrew Williams wrote:
>Hello
>
>Here's a position from a blitz game between ChesterX and PostModernist on ICC.
>PM is too hasty here, playing 49... Rxb3 On my Athlon 1200 it takes PM
>34 seconds to choose g6 instead. However, this tranlates to more than two
>minutes on the PIII 450 on which the game was played. How long does it take
>other programs to avoid Rxb3? Please state hardware.
>
>[D] 1r1r4/5kp1/2pp1n2/p1p2Q1p/P1P4P/1PP1PBq1/3R4/3R3K b - - am Rxb3
>
>
>Here's the whole game:
>
>[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
>[Site "204.178.125.65"]
>[Date "2001.05.13"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "ChesterX"]
>[Black "PostModernist"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2749"]
>[BlackElo "2633"]
>[TimeControl "600+2"]
>
>1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3
>8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 d6 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rd1 a5 13. a4 b6 14. b3
>Re5 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Red1
>Rb8 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. h3 Bh7 23. Nd5 h5 24. h4 Bf5 25. Bf4 Ra8 26. Ne3 Bh7
>27. Rd5 Bg6 28. Qb2 Nc5 29. Rd2 Qd7 30. Nd5 Rac8 31. Be3 f5 32. Rcd1 Qf7
>33. Qc2 Ne5 34. Nf4 Ng4 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. e3 Rb8 37. Rb1 Nf6 38. Nh3 Nh7
>39. Rbd1 Red8 40. Qb2 Qe8 41. Qc2 Bf7 42. Nf4 Nf6 43. Nh3 Qe7 44. Ng5 c6
>45. f3 exf3 46. Bxf3 Qe5 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. Kh1 Qxg3 49. Qxf5 Rxb3 50. Rg1
>Qxh4+ 51. Rh2 Qxc4 52. Bxh5+ Kf8 53. Bd1 Qe4+ 54. Qxe4 Nxe4 55. Bxb3 g5 56.
>Rf1+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rc7 Kf5 59. Bc2 Re8 60. Rxc6 Kg4 61. Bxe4 Rxe4
>62. Rg2+ Kf3 63. Rxg5 Rxa4 64. Rxd6 Rc4 65. Rdd5 a4 66. Rxc5 Rh4+ 67. Kg1
>Kxe3 68. Rcd5 Rc4 69. Rge5+ Kf3 70. Rd3+ Kf4 71. Rd4+ Kf3 72. Rxc4 a3 73.
>Rce4 Kg3 74. Re3+
>{PostModernist resigns} 1-0
>
>
>Andrew
On my PIII/750 notebook, Crafty changes to another move at the 10 second
mark:
9 5.98 -- 1. ... Rxb3
9 6.99 -0.04 1. ... Rxb3 2. Rg1 Qxh4+ 3. Rh2 Qxc4
4. Bxh5+ Kf8 5. Bd1 Rdb8 6. Bxb3 Rxb3
9 10.19 ++ 1. ... Qxh4+!!
9 20.73 -0.70 1. ... Qxh4+ 2. Rh2 g6 3. Rxh4 gxf5
4. Rb1 Rdc8 5. Bxh5+ Nxh5 6. Rxh5 Rh8
7. Rxh8 Rxh8+
9 21.32 ++ 1. ... g6!!
9 23.69 -1.27 1. ... g6 2. Qf4 Qxf4 3. exf4 Rxb3
4. Bxc6 Rxc3 5. Rxd6 Rxd6 6. Rxd6 Rh3+
7. Kg2 Rxh4
9-> 24.33 -1.27 1. ... g6 2. Qf4 Qxf4 3. exf4 Rxb3
4. Bxc6 Rxc3 5. Rxd6 Rxd6 6. Rxd6 Rh3+
7. Kg2 Rxh4
10 25.03 -1.33 1. ... g6 2. Qf4 Qxf4 3. exf4 Rxb3
4. Rd3 d5 5. Kg2 Ra3 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Kg3 Rxa4 8. Bxd5+ cxd5 9. Rxd5 Rxd5
10. Rxd5
10-> 29.02 -1.33 1. ... g6 2. Qf4 Qxf4 3. exf4 Rxb3
4. Rd3 d5 5. Kg2 Ra3 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Kg3 Rxa4 8. Bxd5+ cxd5 9. Rxd5 Rxd5
10. Rxd5
My quad cuts that to under 3 seconds...
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