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Subject: Re: "A tricky one that has baffled many solvers." [BCM,May 1987,page 189]

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:58:19 12/04/01

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On December 04, 2001 at 16:35:25, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>      Palevic vs Solovev === Correspondence Chess 1983
>      Source:British Chess Magazine,May 1987,page 189
>      [D]2k2r1r/pp4p1/1bp1p3/1q3n2/8/1QBN4/P4PPP/1R1R1B1K b
>      1...Qxb3 2.Rxb3 Rxh2+ 3.Kg1 Rh1+
>      "In the actual game Black,a piece down,settled for a draw by 1...Ng3+
>      2.Kg1 Bxf2+ 3.Nxf2 Qxf1+ 4.Rxf1 Ne2+ with a perpetual check." J.J.Walsh

Sjeng has no problem with it (1.5 seconds):

Time per move (s): 60

  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
8 |    |    | *K |    |    | *R |    | *R |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
7 | *P | *P |    |    |    |    | *P |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
6 |    | *B | *P |    | *P |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
5 |    | *Q |    |    |    | *N |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
4 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
3 |    |  Q |  B |  N |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
2 |  P |    |    |    |    |  P |  P |  P |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
1 |    |  R |    |  R |    |  B |    |  K |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

     a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

Middlegame phase.
Clearing hash...
Time for move : 6000
 2    -672    65      504  Kd8 ??
 2    -480    65      520  Qxb3 !
 2    -441    66      529  Qxb3 !!
 2    -432    66      946  Qxb3 axb3 Kb8
 2    -431    66     1236  Ng3+ !
 2    -431    67     2532  Qxb3 axb3 Kb8
 3    -456    68     3451  Qxb3 axb3 Kb8 Be2
 3    -455    68     3763  Ng3+ !
 3       0    69     5437  Ng3+ !!
 3       0    70     5842  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 3       0    71     6487  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 4       0    72     8357  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 4       0    74    10095  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 5       0    76    13872  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 5       0    81    24856  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 6       0    94    49922  Ng3+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Nxf2 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 <Ne2
+> <Kh1> <Ng3+> <Kg1> <Ne2+> <Kh1> <Ng3+>
 6       1   100    64066  Rxh2+ !
 6      33   102    70489  Rxh2+ !!
 6     249   148   172846  Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qxb3 Bxg7 Qa3 Bxf8 Qxf8 Kg1 Kb8
 6     250   152   180110  Qxb3 !
 6     383   155   185224  Qxb3 !!
 6     729   201   287215  Qxb3 Be5 Qd5 Rd2 Bd4 Bf4
 6     729   207   292235  Qxb3 Be5 Qd5 Rd2 Bd4 Bf4
 7     753   244   380872  Qxb3 Bxg7 Qxb1 Rxb1 Nxg7 Kg1 Kd8 Nf4
 7     753   319   489183  Qxb3 Bxg7 Qxb1 Rxb1 Nxg7 Kg1 Kd8 Nf4
 8     759   536   989344  Qxb3 Be5 Qxa2 Rb2 Qd5 Rbd2 Kd8 Be2
 8     759   704  1296829  Qxb3 Be5 Qxa2 Rb2 Qd5 Rbd2 Kd8 Be2
 9     750  1213  2437551  Qxb3 Bxg7 Qxb1 Rxb1 Nxg7 Kg1 Kd8 Be2 Bc7 f4
 9     750  2495  4597953  Qxb3 Bxg7 Qxb1 Rxb1 Nxg7 Kg1 Kd8 Be2 Bc7 f4
10     768  3576  7248362  Qxb3 Bxg7 Qxb1 Rxb1 Nxg7 Kg1 Rh5 Be2 Rhf5 Bf3 Kd8
Used time : 6001
Ponder move Bxg7 extracted from hash
Learning score: 768  best: 2  depth:9

Nodes: 11796480 (9.92% qnodes)
NPS: 196575
PawnProbes : 4846204     PawnHits : 4824802     HitRate : 99.558355%
TTStores : 5845781 TTProbes : 14416775   TTHits : 2390067   HitRate : 16.578374%

NTries : 2600884  NCuts : 1862189  CutRate : 71.598283%  TExt: 47783
PVS : 237.110516%   PVSF: 0.004942%
Check : 1642676  Recap : 289440  Onerep : 119578  Razor : 12594816
EGTB Hits: 0  EGTB Probes: 0  Efficiency: 0.0%
Move ordering : 95.477113%
Material score: 200   Eval : -603   MaxDiff: 766   MaxLazy: 416  MaxKing: 432
Full evals: 1532617    Lazy evals: 3313588   Quickrate: 68.374890%
Hash : 7099274C1F77DD03

Solution found.
Solved: 1/1



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