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Subject: Re: A nice saving move from Arasan

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 16:34:23 10/25/01

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On October 25, 2001 at 18:39:50, Andrew Williams wrote:

>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

31...Nf4 is *not* brillant.  32. gxf4 is a blunder.

Intial position:
[D][D]8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ1nP3/P3q2P/6P1/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1

W,S - Deep Junior 7
8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ1nP3/P3q2P/6P1/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Junior 7:

1...h6 2.Rc8
  ±  (1.20)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qe4
  ±  (1.00)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qe4
  ±  (1.00)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qe4
  ±  (1.00)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qe4
  ±  (1.00)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qd4 3.f4 Qf2+ 4.Kh3
  ±  (0.95)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  4kN
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qd4 3.Kg1 h6 4.Rc8
  ±  (1.08)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  47kN
1...Qd4 2.Rc2 Nb4 3.Re2 Nd3 4.Rd2
  ±  (0.97)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  286kN
1...Qd4 2.Qc5 Qxa4 3.Ra6 h6 4.Rxa5 Qe4 5.Ra8 Kh7
  ±  (1.15)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  855kN
1...Qxe5 2.Qxa5 Qd4 3.Kg2 h6 4.Qb5 Qe4+ 5.Kg1 Qd4
  ±  (1.11)   Depth: 12   00:00:01  1074kN
1...Qf3 2.Rc2 Nf4 3.Qc6 Nd5 4.Rb2 Qe4 5.f4 Kh8
  ±  (1.09)   Depth: 12   00:00:01  2021kN
1...Qf3 2.Rc2 g5 3.Qc4 gxh4 4.Qxh4 Qf5 5.Re2 Nc3 6.Rb2 Qxe5 7.Rb7
  ±  (1.05)   Depth: 15   00:00:02  5509kN
1...Qf3 2.Rc2 g5 3.Qc4 gxh4 4.Qxh4 Qf5 5.Re2 h6 6.f4 Nc3 7.Rb2 Nxa4
  ±  (0.99)   Depth: 18   00:00:19  46870kN, tb=5
1...Qf3 2.Rc2 g5 3.Qc4 gxh4 4.Qxh4 Qf5 5.Rb2 Qxe5 6.Rb7 h6 7.Qg4+ Kf8 8.Qf3 Ne7
9.Qd3
  ±  (1.07)   Depth: 21   00:03:01  431771kN, tb=143

(W,  25.10.2001)


After 31...Nf4:
[D]8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ2P3/P3qn1P/6P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1

Deep Junior 7 - W,S
8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ2P3/P3qn1P/6P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Junior 7:

2.gxf4 Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh2 Qxh4+
  +-  (2.31)   Depth: 3   00:00:00  1kN
2.gxf4 Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh1 Qxh4+ 7.Kg1 Qg4+ 8.Kh2 Qf3
  +-  (2.07)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  8kN
2.gxf4 Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh1
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  40kN
2.f3 Qxf3 3.gxf4 Qf2+
  ±  (1.23)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  41kN
2.f3 Qxf3 3.gxf4 Qf2+ 4.Kh1 Qxh4+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kf1 Qxf4+ 7.Ke2 Qe4+ 8.Kd2
  ±  (1.32)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  955kN
2.f3 Qxf3 3.gxf4 Qf2+ 4.Kh1 Qxh4+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kf1 Qxf4+ 7.Ke1 Qe3+ 8.Kd1 Qf3+
9.Kc1
  +-  (1.43)   Depth: 15   00:00:06  16108kN
2.f3 Qxf3 3.gxf4 Qf2+ 4.Kh1 Qxh4+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kf1 Qxf4+ 7.Ke2 h5 8.Rc4 Qh2+
9.Kd3 Qg3+ 10.Kc2 h4 11.Qxa5
  ±  (1.26)   Depth: 18   00:00:51  136137kN, tb=10

(W,  25.10.2001)

After 32. gxf4:
[D]8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ2P3/P3qP1P/8/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1

W,S - Deep Junior 7
8/5pkp/2R1p1p1/pQ2P3/P3qP1P/8/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Junior 7:

2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh2 Qxh4+
  +-  (2.33)   Depth: 3   00:00:00  1kN
2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh1 Qxh4+ 7.Kg1 Qg4+ 8.Kh2 Qf3
  +-  (2.07)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  7kN
2...Qxf4+!
  +-  (1.77)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  24kN
2...Qxf4+! 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+ 6.Kh1
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  48kN
2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  182kN
2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 15   00:00:01  1773kN
2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 18   00:00:07  15630kN, tb=2
2...Qxf4+ 3.Kg1 Qg4+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+ 5.Kg2 Qg4+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 21   00:01:08  150809kN, tb=174

(W,  25.10.2001)



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