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Subject: A nice saving move from Arasan

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 15:39:50 10/25/01


Hi,

PM (Athlon 1.2GHz) just played out this draw with ArasanX (Athlon 1.3GHz)
on ICC:

[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PostModernist"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[TimeControl "600+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 cxd4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Ba3 Re8 11. cxd4 c3 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14.
Nc4 Qa6 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxb7 Qxe2 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc3
Rxc3 20. Qxc3 g6 21. Qb2 Qd3 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Bc5 a5 24. a4 Kg7 25. h4 Kf6
26. Bd6 N7b6 27. Rc6 Nc4 28. Be5+ Nxe5 29. dxe5+ Kg7 30. Qb5 Qe4 31. Kh2
Nf4 32. gxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Qf3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+
43. Kh3
{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2


Arasan found a nice saving move with 31...Nf4. My program takes 15 seconds
to find this, but doesn't return a draw score after ten minutes. Arasan
moved in 15 seconds. How long does it take your program?

[D]8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ1nP3/P3q2P/6P1/5P1K/8 b - - 0 31 bm Nf4

Cheers

Andrew



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