Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Positional Test [TheKing 3.12 X and Shredder 6.32 find solution]

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 23:00:47 01/18/02

Go up one level in this thread


On January 17, 2002 at 21:38:44, David Rasmussen wrote:

>[D]2r1r1k1/1b4p1/2p1p2p/pp2q3/1P6/PQ2P3/5PPP/1BR2RK1 w - - 0 25
>
>What program plays Rc5, even though it allows black to save his pawn by a4? bxa5
>wins a pawn for white, but leaves doubles isolated pawns on the a-file, which
>allows counterplay. With 25. Rc5 a4 white has all the positional advantages.
>
>/David

TheKing 3.12 X [see tournament T2002 80'/40] and Shredder 6.32 show the correct
move in their analysis:

Neue Partie
2r1r1k1/1b4p1/2p1p2p/pp2q3/1P6/PQ2P3/5PPP/1BR2RK1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by TheKing 3.12 X on Ath 1.4/256 with 32 MB hash:

1.Lg6 Ted8 2.Dc2 axb4 3.axb4
  ±  (1.25)   Tiefe: 3   00:00:00
1.Lg6 Ted8 2.f4 Dd6 3.Tfd1
  ±  (1.30)   Tiefe: 4   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Tcd8 3.Dc2
  ±  (1.32)   Tiefe: 4   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Df6 2.Dc2 Tcd8 3.Dh7+ Kf8 4.bxa5
  ±  (1.31)   Tiefe: 5   00:00:00  14kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Tcd8 3.a6 De7 4.Db4
  +-  (1.49)   Tiefe: 6   00:00:00  35kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ted8 3.Lf5 Kf7 4.a4 De7
  ±  (1.31)   Tiefe: 7   00:00:00  78kN
1.Tc5 Dd6 2.Td1 De7 3.Lf5 axb4 4.axb4 Ta8 5.Lg6
  +-  (1.45)   Tiefe: 8   00:00:01  293kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Le4 De7 4.Db4 Txa5 5.Lxc6 Lxc6 6.Txc6 Txa3 7.Dxb5
  +-  (1.52)   Tiefe: 9   00:00:05  814kN
1.Tc5 a4 2.Lh7+ Kf8 3.Dc2 Dc7 4.De4 Tcd8 5.Lg6 Te7 6.Df3+ Kg8
  +-  (1.48)   Tiefe: 10   00:00:11  1705kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Db4 Dd8 4.Le4 Dxa5 5.Lxc6 Lxc6 6.Txc6 Dxb4 7.axb4 Ta2
8.Td1
  ±  (1.38)   Tiefe: 11   00:00:27  4817kN
1.Tc5 a4 2.Lh7+ Kf8 3.Dc2 Df6 4.Le4 Ted8 5.Tc1 Td7 6.f4 Tcd8 7.Lxc6 Lxc6 8.Txc6
  +-  (1.41)   Tiefe: 12   00:02:19  24743kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Td1 De7 4.Te5 Txa5 5.Lg6 Txa3 6.Txe6 Txb3 7.Txe7
  ±  (1.32)   Tiefe: 13   00:05:17  57684kN

(Utzinger, Wetzikon 19.01.2002)


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Neue Partie
2r1r1k1/1b4p1/2p1p2p/pp2q3/1P6/PQ2P3/5PPP/1BR2RK1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Shredder 6.32 on Ath 1.4/256 with 32 MB hash:

1.bxa5
  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 1/2   00:00:00
1.bxa5
  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 1/2   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5
  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5
  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc3
  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 3/6   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc3
  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 3/6   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Lh7+ Kxh7 3.Dd3+ Dxd3
  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 4/8   00:00:00
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc2 c5 3.Dh7+ Kf8
  ±  (1.18)   Tiefe: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Dd3 Dg3
  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Dd3 axb4 2.Dh7+ Kf8 3.axb4
  ±  (1.35)   Tiefe: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Dd3 axb4 2.axb4 c5 3.Dxb5 Dd5
  ±  (1.33)   Tiefe: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Dxe3 2.Dxe3 axb4
  ±  (1.34)   Tiefe: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Dc7 2.Lg6 a4 3.Dc3
  +-  (1.43)   Tiefe: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Dc7 2.Lg6 a4 3.Da2 Te7
  +-  (1.55)   Tiefe: 6/12   00:00:00
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Le4 Tec8 4.Lf5 Txa5 5.Dxe6+ Df7
  +-  (1.64)   Tiefe: 7/14   00:00:00  52kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Le4 Df8 4.Db4 Txa5 5.Lxc6
  +-  (1.48)   Tiefe: 8/16   00:00:00  103kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Le4 De7 4.Te5 Dd6 5.Dc3
  +-  (1.48)   Tiefe: 9/18   00:00:00  201kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Le4 Tec8 4.Db4 Dd8 5.Te5 c5 6.Dxb5 Lxe4 7.Txe4 Dxa5
8.Dxa5 Txa5 9.Txe6 Txa3
  +-  (1.43)   Tiefe: 10/20   00:00:02  520kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 Tcd8 3.a4 Dd6 4.Tfd1 bxa4 5.Txd6 Txd6
  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 10/20   00:00:03  832kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 c5 3.f3 La6 4.Dc2 Kf8 5.Tfd1 De5
  +-  (1.52)   Tiefe: 10/20   00:00:04  1075kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 c5 3.f3 La6 4.Dc2 De5 5.Dh7+ Kf8 6.Le4 Ted8
  +-  (1.53)   Tiefe: 11/22   00:00:05  1552kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 c5 3.f3 Dg5 4.f4 Dg4 5.Tf2 La6 6.De5 c4 7.Td2
  +-  (1.56)   Tiefe: 12/24   00:00:11  3209kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Td1 Txa5 4.Td7 Lc8 5.Tc7 g6
  +-  (1.57)   Tiefe: 12/24   00:00:14  4290kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Td1 Ted8 4.Txd8+ Txd8 5.f4 De7 6.Te5
  +-  (1.63)   Tiefe: 12/24   00:00:19  5662kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Td1 De7 4.Dc2 Ted8 5.Td4 Txd4 6.Dh7+ Kf8 7.exd4 Txa5
  +-  (1.51)   Tiefe: 13/26   00:00:36  10877kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 c5 3.f3 Dg5 4.f4 Dg4 5.Tf2 La6 6.De5 Tcd8 7.Dxc5
  +-  (1.52)   Tiefe: 13/26   00:00:48  14473kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc2 c5 3.f4 Ted8 4.Tfd1 Dh5 5.Txd8+ Txd8 6.Dxc5
  +-  (1.57)   Tiefe: 13/26   00:01:00  17905kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Db2 c5 3.f3 Dg5 4.f4 Dd5 5.Tfd1 Dc6 6.Dc2 Ta8 7.Dg6 Ted8 8.Txd8+
  +-  (1.63)   Tiefe: 14/28   00:01:45  31121kN
1.Tfd1 c5 2.Dc2 axb4 3.Dh7+ Kf8 4.Td7 Ted8 5.Txb7 Td5
  +-  (1.64)   Tiefe: 14/28   00:03:22  60123kN
1.Tfd1 c5 2.Dc2 Ted8 3.bxc5 Txd1+ 4.Txd1 Kf8 5.Td7 Txc5 6.Df5+ exf5 7.Tf7+ Kxf7
  +-  (1.64)   Tiefe: 14/28   00:04:36  82852kN
1.Tfd1 c5 2.Dc2 Ted8 3.bxc5 Txd1+ 4.Txd1 Kf8 5.Dg6 Ke7 6.f4 Dxe3+ 7.Kh1 Kf8
8.Td8+
  ±  (1.40)   Tiefe: 15/30   00:07:39  137942kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc2 c5 3.f4 Ted8 4.Dh7+ Kf8 5.Tf2 Df5 6.Dxf5+ exf5 7.Lxf5
  +-  (1.41)   Tiefe: 15/30   00:08:22  150154kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc2 c5 3.f4 Df5 4.De2 Dd5 5.Tfd1 Dc6 6.Dc2 Ta8 7.Dg6 Kf8 8.e4 Kg8
  +-  (1.62)   Tiefe: 15/30   00:09:35  171078kN
1.bxa5 Dd5 2.Dc2 c5 3.f4 Df5 4.De2 Dd5 5.Tfd1 Dc6 6.Dc2 Ta8 7.Dg6 Kf8 8.e4 Kg8
  +-  (1.63)   Tiefe: 16/32   00:14:49  264261kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Db4 Dd8 4.De4 Kf8 5.La2 Dd6 6.Te5 Dxa3 7.Df4+
  +-  (1.64)   Tiefe: 16/32   00:26:53  486416kN
1.Tc5 Df6 2.bxa5 Ta8 3.Db4 Dd8 4.De4 Kf8 5.La2 Df6 6.Db4 Kg8
  +-  (1.70)   Tiefe: 16/32   00:31:32  574684kN

(Utzinger, Wetzikon 19.01.2002)



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.