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Subject: Re: Positional sacrifice beyond our programs' understanding?

Author: Moritz Berger

Date: 12:05:30 05/31/98

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On May 31, 1998 at 12:55:29, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote:

>Hi all of you,
>
>We all know how good chess programs on fast hardware have become.
>The more I am fascinated to see GM positions which seem still to be
>beyond their understanding.
>
>One prominent example is a position from Kasparov-Gelfand,
>Amsterdam 1996.
>
>Here's the critical variation in FEN-format:
>
>r1b1r1k1/1p1nbp1p/1q1p2pB/p7/Pn1NP1P1/2N2B2/1PP4P/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 17

I let Shredder 2 ponder for 2 hours only on the critical move:
(Be3 with +0.31 eval was Shredder's choice after a few seconds at 9ply
in unrestricted search mode)


analysing Nd4-f5 ...
11 ->   0:40.19  -1.70   Nf5 gxf5 gxf5 Kh8 Rg1 Bf6 Bh5 Ne5 Qe2 Qc6
(2.113.211)

12 ->   2:14.54  -1.59   Nf5 gxf5 gxf5 Bf6 Nb5 Ne5 Qxd6 Qxd6 Nxd6 Rd8
Rg1+ Kh8 Rad1 Nxc2 (6.903.862)

13.01   6:34.98  -1.34++ Nf5 (18.910.750)
13 ->  13:00.56  -1.02   Nf5 gxf5 gxf5 Kh8 Rg1 Bf8 Qd2 Bxh6 Qxh6 Qc5 Nd5
Re5 (36.799.712)

14 ->  24:02.02  -1.15   Nf5 gxf5 gxf5 Bf6 Rg1+ Kh8 Qd2 Qd8 Nb5 d5 c3
dxe4 Nd6 (67.611.583)

15.01  48:07.97  -0.90++ Nf5 (134.841.294)
15 ->  88:16.55  -0.54   Nf5 gxf5 gxf5 Kh8 Rg1 Bf8 Qd2 Bxh6 Qxh6 Qc5 Nd5
Rg8 Rxg8+ Kxg8 Nxb4 axb4 f6 (246.075.486)



>Here's the complete game with rich CBM annotations by
>Bönsch/Dokhoian/Romero/Tischbierek:
>(some special characters originate from Chessbase fonts)
>
>Kasparov - Gelfand [B92]
>Amsterdam, 1996
...
>
>critical position:
>
>17.Sf5!? Forcing matters 17...gxf5 18.gxf5 Lf6? [18...Kh8! 19.Tg1 Lf8
>(19...Tg8? 20.Txg8+ Kxg8 21.Dg1+! Dxg1+ 22.Txg1+ Kh8 23.Lh5 Se5 24.Lg7+
>Kg8 25.Lxe5+ Kf8 26.Lf4 Sxc2 27.Sd5+-) 20.Dd2 d5 (20...Sc6? 21.Dg5 Lxh6
>22.Dxh6 Dd4 23.e5! Dxe5 24.Tae1+-; 20...Dd8!? 21.Lg5!?©) A) 21.Lxf8 Txf8
>22.e5 Dc7 (22...Sxe5 23.Dg5 Sg6 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Sxd5 Sxd5 26.Lxd5 Dxb2
>27.Tae1©) ; B) 21.Le3 21...Lc5 22.Lxc5 Dxc5 23.exd5 (23.f6 Dd6 24.e5
>Txe5 25.Dg2 Df8-+) B1) 23...De3 24.Dg2 Dh6 B1a) 25.Tae1 Dokhoian
>25...Tf8 26.Se4 Sf6 27.Sd6 Ta6 28.Dg3 Sxc2 29.Te4 Txd6 (29...Sxe4
>30.Sxf7+) 30.Dxd6 Sg4 31.Dg3 Sge3 32.De5+ f6 33.Dc7 Sxd5 34.Dg3±; B1b)
>25.Tae1© ;
>B2) 23...Se5? 24.Dh6+-; B3) 23...Ta6



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