Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:15:27 01/16/02
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On January 16, 2002 at 11:17:11, Matthew Barnett wrote:
>[D]r6r/1b1n1pk1/p3p1pR/1p1pP1P1/2q2P2/P1N2B2/1PP4Q/2KR4 w - - 0 24
>
>Here, in a correspondence game, I played Nxd5 and went on to win. I'm trying to
>work out how good it is against the other more obvious move, Rh1. Personally, I
>think it is at least as good as Rh1, if not better (that's why I played it at
>the time!) although the dividends aren't really seen until the endgame.
>
>When it comes to using Deep Fritz (Athlon 1900+ 128MB RAM), it doesn't see the
>possibility for a long, long time. If I make it analyse the position from Nxd5,
>it likes it much more quickly and by quite a bit after about 18 ply.
>
>Does anyone's engine see Nxd5 reasonably quickly and what do they think of it
>when Nxd5 is played?
Pepito likes Rh1 for quite a while:
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
8 | *R | | | | | | | *R |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
7 | | *B | | *N | | *P | *K | |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
6 | *P | | | | *P | | *P | R |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
5 | | *P | | *P | P | | P | |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
4 | | | *Q | | | P | | |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
3 | P | | N | | | B | | |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
2 | | P | P | | | | | Q |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
1 | | | K | R | | | | |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
a b c d e f g h
5 121 29 21489 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-d4 Qh2-g3
5 136 38 47818 f5 !!
5 121 39 48673 f5 ??
5 121 39 48674 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8
5 121 39 48717 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8
6 111 48 73542 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-d4 Qh2-g3 Ra8-c8
6 111 56 96601 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-d4 Qh2-g3 Ra8-c8
7 118 98 216648 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Qh2-d2 Ra8-c8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-c5
Qd2-d3
7 118 171 427667 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Qh2-d2 Ra8-c8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-c5
Qd2-d3
8 109 211 546940 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Qh2-h6 Kf8-e7 Qh6-h4 Nd7-f8
Rh7-g7 Nf8-d7 Qh4-g4
8 109 307 830237 Rd1-h1 Rh8-e8 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Qh2-h6 Kf8-e7 Qh6-h4 Nd7-f8
Rh7-g7 Nf8-d7 Qh4-g4
9 106 689 2013404 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 Qh2-d2 Kg7-f8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-c7 Qd2-d4 Qc7-c5
Qd4xc5
9 106 1337 3973298 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 Qh2-d2 Kg7-f8 Bf3-e2 Qc4-c7 Qd2-d4 Qc7-c5
Qd4xc5
10 139 2147 6680380 Rd1-h1 !!
10 137 2247 6981757 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6xe6 Kg7-f8 Re6-d6 Ra8-d8
Qh2-d2 a5 Nc3xd5 Bb7xd5 Bf3xd5
10 137 2994 9227113 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6xe6 Kg7-f8 Re6-d6 Ra8-d8
Qh2-d2 a5 Nc3xd5 Bb7xd5 Bf3xd5
11 104 10942 33442926 Rd1-h1 ?? Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6xe6 Kg7-f8 Re6-d6 Ra8-d8
Qh2-d2 a5 Nc3xd5 Bb7xd5 Bf3xd5
11 105 11174 34162610 Rd1-h1 !!
11 174 12610 38376042 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8xg5 Bf7xe6 Ke7xe6 Qh2-h6 Nd7-f6 e5xf6
11 174 12610 38376085 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8xg5 Bf7xe6 Ke7xe6 Qh2-h6 Nd7-f6 e5xf6
12 204 22162 64898734 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8-h8 Rh7xh8 Ra8xh8 Qh2xh8 Qc4-f4 Kc1-b1 Ke7xf7
12 204 23708 69589666 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8-h8 Rh7xh8 Ra8xh8 Qh2xh8 Qc4-f4 Kc1-b1 Ke7xf7
13 203 50628 148959443 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8-f8 Bf7xe6 Ke7xe6 Qh2-h6 Ke6xe5 Qh6-g7 Nd7-f6 g5xf6
13 203 84097 253108743 Rd1-h1 Rh8-g8 f5 g6xf5 Rh6-h7 Kg7-f8 Bf3-h5 Kf8-e7
Bh5xf7 Rg8-f8 Bf7xe6 Ke7xe6 Qh2-h6 Ke6xe5 Qh6-g7 Nd7-f6 g5xf6
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