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Subject: Re: Testposition - Endgame tricks

Author: Steven J. Brann

Date: 04:28:57 07/22/01

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On July 21, 2001 at 21:56:16, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]6k1/6pp/3n4/1n1p1P2/p1pP1NP1/PpP1K3/1B5P/8 b - - 0 1
>
>  Euwe - Averbakh, Zuerich 1953
>
>
>  In this position white has just played 36.Nh5-f4, casting eyes on
>  the squares d5 and e6. Averbakh, just like a Spanish matador, went
>  for the swift kill, and just 4 moves later Euwe resigned. It happened:
>
>  36.-Nxa3! (clears the road for the pawns) 37.Bxa3 Nb5  38.Bc1 Nxc3
>  39.Ne2 Nb1! and white resigned 0-1
>
>
>  It looks like Deep Fritz has some trouble with this position.
>  DF wants to protect the pawn on d5 with 36.-Nc7, tried it so far
>  as ply20 and 10 min on a PIII 800.
>
>
>  Test: The mission is clear and the direct winning line above.
>
>  Sune

CM8000 with custom personality on a PIII with 16mb hash also identifies the key
move ...Nxa3 in less than a second.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/8	-1.15	36255		1...Nc7 2. Kd2 Kf7 3. Kc1 Ne4 4.
					h3 Ke7 5. h4 Kd6
0:00	1/8	-1.18	55130		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Ne4+ 5. Kd1 Nf2+ 6. Kd2
					Nxg4 7. Nxd5 Nxh2
0:00	2/9	-1.21	110881		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Ne4+ 5. Kd1 c3 6. Nxd5 Nf2+
					7. Ke2 b2
0:03	3/10	-1.12	400987		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 a3
					4. Kd2 b2 5. Bxb2 axb2 6. Kc2 Nxc3
					7. Kxb2 Nd1+ 8. Kc2 Ne3+ 9. Kc3
0:09	4/11	-1.50	1256535		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Nb5 5. Nxd5 a3 6. Ne7+ Kf8
					7. f6 gxf6
0:22	5/12	-1.71	3133288		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Nb5 5. Nxd5 a3 6. Bxa3 Nxa3
					7. Kc3 Kf7 8. Kb2
0:48	6/13	-1.99	7068518		1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Nb5 5. Nxd5 a3 6. f6 b2
					7. Ne7+ Kf7 8. fxg7 Kxg7 9. Nf5+
					Kf6 10. Kc2 bxc1=Q+ 11. Kxc1 a2
1:54	7/14	-1.92	16453117	1...Nxa3 2. Bxa3 Nb5 3. Bc1 Nxc3
					4. Kd2 Nb5 5. Nxd5 a3 6. Bxa3 Nxa3
					7. Kc3 Nb5+ 8. Kb2 Nxd4 9. Nb6
					h5 10. Nxc4 hxg4

Steve



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