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Subject: Re: Nice king safety testposition

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:22:55 08/16/01

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On August 16, 2001 at 04:42:20, Scott Gasch wrote:

>This is a position that can come up in the sicilian dragon.  My engine does not
>see it until it's way too late, even in standard time controls.
>
>[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1
>
>The idea is to avoid Ng3 because it leads to something like this:
>
>[D] 3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2B1/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP4Q/2K4R b - - 0 3
>
>I bet that the strong amateurs and pros will avoid this move quickly.  I need
>about 6M nodes and 10 ply to see its bad... even then my engine still wants to
>play it as it thinks the king can sneak out.  It can't, according to opening
>book literature.
>
>Scott

New position
3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Fritz:

1...Bxd4--
  =  (-0.22)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:00  4kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 b5
  -+  (-2.31)   Depth: 5/23   00:00:00  20kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Na5 4.Kb1 Bxd4
  -+  (-2.47)   Depth: 6/23   00:00:00  40kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Na5 4.Kb1 Bxd4 5.Qxd4 Nxb3
  -+  (-2.47)   Depth: 7/22   00:00:00  116kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Na5 4.Kb1 g3 5.c3 Nxb3
  -+  (-2.44)   Depth: 8/30   00:00:00  394kN
1...Ng3--
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:01  1129kN
1...Ng3--
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:02  1425kN
1...Ng3--
  -+  (-1.81)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:05  3963kN
1...Ng3-- 2.Qh2 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 f6 4.Bh6 Bh8 5.Bf8 Bg7 6.Bxg7
  µ  (-1.09)   Depth: 10/34   00:00:08  6212kN
1...Ng3--
  µ  (-0.78)   Depth: 11/34   00:00:28  19693kN
1...Ng3-- 2.Qh2 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 f6 4.Bh6 g3 5.Qxg3 Bxh6 6.Rxh6 g5 7.fxg5
  =  (-0.09)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:40  27689kN
1...Na5!
  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:43  30024kN
1...Na5! 2.Qe3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.fxe5 dxe5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ne6
  µ  (-0.75)   Depth: 11/39   00:01:53  74210kN
1...b5!
  µ  (-0.78)   Depth: 11/39   00:03:00  117883kN

(Blass, Tel-aviv 16.08.2001)

New position
3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1

Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0:

1...Ng3 2.Qh2 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Nxb2 4.Qh7+ Kf8 5.f5 Nc4 6.Bxc4 Rxc4
  -+  (-2.51)   Depth: 8   00:00:00  83kN
1...Ng3 2.Qh2 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Kf8 4.Qh7 Qa5 5.c3 Qd8
  -+  (-1.66)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  185kN
1...b5 2.Qf2 a5 3.Bxc4 Rxc4 4.f5 a4 5.c3 a3 6.Qh2 Qc8
  µ  (-1.10)   Depth: 10   00:00:20  3930kN
1...Na5 2.Qe3 Nxb3+ 3.Nxb3 Rc4 4.f5 Nf6 5.fxg6 Rxe4 6.Qf2 fxg6 7.Nf4 Qb6
  ³  (-0.56)   Depth: 11   00:01:48  21718kN
1...Na5 2.Qe3 Nf6 3.Bh6 Nxd5 4.Bxd5 Bxh6 5.Rxh6 e6 6.b4 exd5 7.bxc5 dxc5 8.Nb3
Rxe4 9.Qxc5
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 12   00:02:21  28546kN
1...Na5 2.Qe3 Nf6 3.f5 Nxb3+ 4.Nxb3 Nxd5 5.exd5 Rc4 6.fxg6 Bf5 7.Rd2 Bxg6 8.Rdh2
Be4
  ³  (-0.66)   Depth: 13   00:03:11  38969kN

(Blass, Tel-aviv 16.08.2001)

New position
3qr1k1/pp1bppb1/3p2p1/2rN2Bn/2nNPPp1/1B6/PPP1Q3/2KR3R b - - 0 1

Analysis by Junior 7:

1...Nd2 2.Qxd2 g3
  +-  (1.52)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Nb6 2.f5 Nxd5
  ³  (-0.39)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Na5 2.f5 Nxb3+
  ³  (-0.67)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Bxc4
  -+  (-1.75)   Depth: 3   00:00:00  1kN
1...Ng3 2.Qd3 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 b5 4.Bh6
  -+  (-1.89)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  18kN
1...Ng3 2.Qh2 Nxh1 3.Rxh1 Na5 4.Qh7+ Kf8 5.Bh6 Nxb3+ 6.Nxb3 Bxh6 7.Rxh6
  µ  (-0.99)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  384kN
1...Nxb2 2.Kxb2 Ng3 3.Qd2 Nxh1 4.Rxh1 g3 5.Kb1
  µ  (-1.15)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  475kN
1...Nxb2 2.Kxb2 Rxd5 3.exd5 Ng3 4.Qe3 Nxh1 5.Rxh1 g3 6.f5 Bxf5
  =  (-0.05)   Depth: 12   00:00:06  4655kN
1...Nb6 2.f5 Ng3 3.Qh2 Nxh1 4.fxg6 Nxd5 5.Qxh1 f6 6.Bxd5+ e6 7.Qh7+ Kf8 8.Nxe6+
Bxe6
  µ  (-0.79)   Depth: 12   00:00:10  6780kN
1...b5 2.Bh4 a6 3.Qe1 Rc8 4.Bf2
  µ  (-0.82)   Depth: 12   00:00:11  7981kN
1...b5 2.f5
  ³  (-0.52)   Depth: 15   00:00:55  37407kN
1...b5 2.f5 g3 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bxf6 Bxf6 5.fxg6 fxg6 6.Nxf6+ exf6 7.Bxc4+ bxc4 8.Rdg1
g2 9.Qxg2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 17   00:05:38  219644kN

(Blass, Tel-aviv 16.08.2001)



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