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Subject: Re: Positional test position.

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 18:55:37 02/10/02

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On February 10, 2002 at 19:58:24, Dan Andersson wrote:

>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O
>8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qe1 Bf6 14.
>Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. b4 b6 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. e5 dxe5
>
>[D]r2r2k1/pp1n1ppp/2bppq2/8/4PP2/2NB4/PPP3PP/3RQR1K w - - 0 16
>White has one really good plan. And it's a fairly unusual one for the Sicilian.
>16. b4 with the plan to dislodge the knight from protecting the e5 square. And
>black has oly one good reply 16... Nf8 to defend the king. 16... b6 is met by
>17. Bb5 and 16. a6 is roughly the same after 17. a4.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

Gaviota finds it in ~7 min on a pIII 800 mhz but it does not consider Nf8
on the PV. After Nf8 the analysis is belowed. Gaviota prefers to keep pressure
on the "d" column. It looks ok but maybe it does not follow the best plan...
Some serious analysis is required I think.

Miguel


r2r2k1/pp1n1ppp/2bppq2/8/4PP2/2NB4/PPP3PP/3RQR1K w - - 0 16
+-----------------+
| r . . r . . k . |
| x x . n . x x x |
| . . b x x q . . |
| . . . . . . . . |
| . . . . o o . . |
| . . N B . . . . |
| o o o . . . o o |
| . . . R Q R . K |
+-----------------+

legal moves available = 33
       103   1:      0.0    +0.80  Bd3-c4
       377   2       0.0      :-(
       593   2:      0.0    +0.31  e4-e5    d6xe5
      1810   3:      0.0    +0.49  Bd3-c4   Qf6-e7   Nc3-b5
      2159   4       0.0      :-(  Bd3-c4
      4185   4       0.1    +0.32  Bd3-b5   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5   Qf6xb2
                                   Nb5xd6   Qb2xc2   <-transp
      7684   4:      0.1    +0.32  Bd3-b5   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5   Qf6xb2
                                   Nb5xd6   Qb2xc2   <-transp
      9464   5       0.2    +0.21  Bd3-b5   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5   Qf6xb2
                                   Nb5xd6   Nd7-f6
     18645   5       0.3    +0.33  b2-b4    a7-a6    Bd3-c4   Qf6-e7
                                   Rf1-f3
     29032   5:      0.4    +0.33  b2-b4    a7-a6    Bd3-c4   Qf6-e7
                                   Rf1-f3
     42459   6       0.6    +0.02  b2-b4    a7-a6    Bd3-c4   Qf6-e7
                                   Rf1-f3   Nd7-f6
     48745   6       0.7    +0.20  Bd3-b5   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5   Qf6xb2
                                   Nb5xd6   Ra8-b8   Qe1-a5   Qb2xc2
                                   Qa5xa7
     87634   6       1.2    +0.26  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-c5
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5
    100684   6:      1.4    +0.26  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-c5
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5
    119331   7       1.6    +0.25  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-f6
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5    Nf6-g4
    309242   7:      3.9    +0.25  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-f6
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5    Nf6-g4
    718922   8       9.8    +0.26  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-f6
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5    d6xe5
                                   f4xe5
    851919   8:     11.4    +0.26  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-f6
                                   Bb5xc6   b7xc6    e4-e5    d6xe5
                                   f4xe5
   1303580   9      17.4    +0.15  Qe1-e3   Qf6-e7   a2-a3    Nd7-f6
                                   Bd3-e2   a7-a6    Rd1-d4   b7-b5
                                   Rf1-a1
   2252342   9      29.6    +0.23  f4-f5    Qf6-e7   f5xe6    f7xe6
                                   Bd3-b5   Rd8-f8   Rf1xf8   Ra8xf8
                                   Qe1-d2   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5
   3803244   9:     49.8    +0.23  f4-f5    Qf6-e7   f5xe6    f7xe6
                                   Bd3-b5   Rd8-f8   Rf1xf8   Ra8xf8
                                   Qe1-d2   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5
   7262235  10      96.8    +0.13  f4-f5    Qf6-e7   Bd3-b5   Nd7-e5
                                   Rd1-d4   Ra8-b8   Bb5xc6   b7xc6
                                   b2-b3    Rd8-f8
   9742066  10     130.7    +0.20  Qe1-e3   a7-a6    Rf1-f3   Nd7-c5
                                   Bd3-e2   a6-a5    Be2-c4   Qf6-e7
                                   f4-f5    e6-e5
  15882319  10:    211.2    +0.20  Qe1-e3   a7-a6    Rf1-f3   Nd7-c5
                                   Bd3-e2   a6-a5    Be2-c4   Qf6-e7
                                   f4-f5    e6-e5
  21449729  11     283.9    +0.17  Qe1-e3   a7-a6    Rf1-f3   Qf6-e7
                                   Bd3-e2   Nd7-f6   Rf3-h3   b7-b5
                                   a2-a3    Ra8-b8   b2-b4
  32648100  11     428.7    +0.28  b2-b4    Nd7-b6   b4-b5    Bc6-e8
                                   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7   Rd1-d4   f7-f6
                                   Be2-g4   a7-a6    a2-a4    a6xb5
                                   a4xb5
  39988313  11:    525.8    +0.28  b2-b4    Nd7-b6   b4-b5    Bc6-e8
                                   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7   Rd1-d4   f7-f6
                                   Be2-g4   a7-a6    a2-a4    a6xb5
                                   a4xb5


setboard r2r2k1/pp1n1ppp/2bppq2/8/4PP2/2NB4/PPP3PP/3RQR1K w - - 0 16
force
b4
move_entered: b2-b4
Nf8
move_entered: Nd7-f8
d
+-----------------+
| r . . r . n k . |
| x x . . . x x x |
| . . b x x q . . |
| . . . . . . . . |
| . o . . o o . . |
| . . N B . . . . |
| o . o . . . o o |
| . . . R Q R . K |
+-----------------+

analyze
        80   1:      0.0    +0.63  Bd3-c4
       444   2:      0.0    +0.32  Bd3-b5   Qf6-e7   Bb5xc6   b7xc6
      1517   3       0.0      :-)  b4-b5
      1733   3:      0.0    +0.71  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2
      3232   4       0.0    +0.61  b4-b5    Bc6-e8   e4-e5    Qf6-e7
      3854   4:      0.1    +0.61  b4-b5    Bc6-e8   e4-e5    Qf6-e7
      5748   5       0.1    +0.63  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   e4-e5    d6xe5
                                   f4xe5    <EMPTY>  <-transp
     13971   5:      0.2    +0.63  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   e4-e5    d6xe5
                                   f4xe5    <EMPTY>  <-transp
     22181   6       0.3    +0.39  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Rf1-f3   Qf6-e7
                                   e4-e5    d6-d5
     49862   6       0.7    +0.39  Bd3-b5   Ra8-c8   Qe1-e3   Bc6xb5
                                   Nc3xb5   Rc8xc2   Nb5xd6
     63841   6:      0.9    +0.39  Bd3-b5   Ra8-c8   Qe1-e3   Bc6xb5
                                   Nc3xb5   Rc8xc2   Nb5xd6
    116856   7       1.5    +0.24  Bd3-b5   Bc6xb5   Nc3xb5   Qf6-e7
                                   f4-f5    a7-a6    f5-f6    g7xf6
                                   Qe1-g3   Nf8-g6   Nb5xd6
    156871   7       1.9    +0.55  b4-b5    Bc6-e8   Rf1-f3   Qf6-e7
                                   Bd3-c4   Nf8-g6   a2-a4
    228971   7:      2.8    +0.55  b4-b5    Bc6-e8   Rf1-f3   Qf6-e7
                                   Bd3-c4   Nf8-g6   a2-a4
    341508   8       4.2    +0.43  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7
                                   f4-f5
    549479   8:      6.9    +0.43  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7
                                   f4-f5
    888504   9      11.1    +0.47  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7
                                   Rd1-d4   Nf8-g6   g2-g3    a7-a6
                                   <-transp
   2416927   9:     31.0    +0.47  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Qf6-e7
                                   Rd1-d4   Nf8-g6   g2-g3    a7-a6
                                   <-transp
   4032545  10      52.6    +0.38  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Ra8-c8
                                   Rd1-d3   Qf6-e7   Qe1-d2
   9281895  10:    121.8    +0.38  b4-b5    Bc6-d7   Bd3-e2   Ra8-c8
                                   Rd1-d3   Qf6-e7   Qe1-d2




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