Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:04:05 08/28/01
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On August 27, 2001 at 19:19:13, Peter Berger wrote:
>Just came across this one:
>
>[D] 7r/Q2k1ppp/2b1p3/8/6q1/2B5/5PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 am Ke8
>
>Here black has to play Kd6 and this should take not much time. Ke8 loses without
>any resistance.
>
>Very interesting differences between the engines . For example Fritz solves this
>in 0 seconds and Yace and many others will need several _minutes_. In general
>this one seems to be very tough for the amateurs . Shredder has a hard time,
>too.
>
>This is move 27 out of an ICC blitz game :
>
>[Event "ICS Match (Partie in 4 Minuten + 3 Sekunde(n) pro Zug)"]
>[Site "unbekannt"]
>[Date "2001.08.27"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Bringer1.9ß05"]
>[Black "Yace(C)"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2812"]
>[BlackElo "2929"]
>
>1. d4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } d5 2. c4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } dxc4
>3. Nf3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nf6 4. e3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } e6
>5. Bxc4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } c5 6. O-O { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } a6
>7. Qe2 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } b5 8. Bb3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Bb7
>9. a4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nbd7 10. axb5 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } axb5
>11. Rxa8 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Qxa8 12. Nc3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>b4 13. Nb5 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Qb8 14. e4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>cxd4 15. Nbxd4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Be7 16. Bg5 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Nxe4 17. Ba4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Bd5 18. Bxd7+ { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Kxd7 19. Ne5+ { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Qxe5 20. Qb5+ { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Kc7 21. Bxe7 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Qxd4 22. Rc1+ { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Nc3 23. bxc3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } bxc3 24. Bb4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Bc6 25. Qa5+ { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Kd7 26. Bxc3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>Qg4 27. Qa7+ { 0.00/10 0:00:09.7 } Ke8 28. f3 { 3.62/11 0:01:09.8 (PB:
>0:01:09.7 ) }
>Bxf3 29. g3 { 4.11/10 0:00:01.7 } Qe4 30. Bxg7 { 4.43/10 0:00:13.7 (PB:
>0:00:13.6 ) }
>Qb7 31. Qa4+ { 4.49/11 0:00:11.3 } Ke7 32. Bxh8 { 4.55/11 0:00:12.8 }
>Bh1 33. Qc2 { 4.64/10 0:00:15.7 (PB: 0:00:02.2 ) } h5 34. Rb1 { 5.41/10
>0:00:07.2 }
>Qc6 35. Qf2 { 8.34/11 0:00:39.8 (PB: 0:00:39.6 ) } e5 36. Qa7+ { 9.08/11
>0:00:14.0 (PB: 0:00:13.8 ) }
>Qd7
>{Yace resigns}1-0
Chessmaster 8000, on a PIII-600, never considers anything other than Kd6:
Time Depth Score Positions Moves
0:00 1/4 0.00 9103 1...Kd6 2. Qa3+ Kd7 3. Qa7+
0:00 2/5 0.00 31186 1...Kd6 2. Qa3+ Kd7 3. Qa7+
0:01 2/6 0.00 120820 1...Kd6 2. Qa3+ Kd7 3. Qa7+
0:03 3/7 0.00 270882 1...Kd6 2. Qa3+ Kd7 3. Qa7+
0:10 3/8 0.00 905100 1...Kd6 2. Qa3+ Kd7 3. Qa7+
1:02 4/9 0.11 5217414 1...Kd6 2. f3 Bxf3 3. Qb6+ Kd7
4. Qf2 Bxg2 5. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 6. Kxg2
Rc8 7. Rd1+ Ke7 8. Rd3 f6 9. Kf3
Rc4 10. Ke2
3:20 5/10 0.10 16979866 1...Kd6 2. f3 Bxf3 3. Qb6+ Kd7
4. Qf2 Bxg2 5. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 6. Kxg2
Rc8 7. Rd1+ Ke7 8. Rd3 f6 9. Bb4+
Ke8 10. Kf3 Rc2 11. Rd2
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