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Subject: Re: Challenge position for engines! (Lots of luck)

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:55:30 03/04/02

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On March 04, 2002 at 17:43:29, Albert Silver wrote:

>The following position occurred in Spassky-Beliavsky, Reykjavik, 1988
>
>[D]2b1qrk1/5p1p/pBn3p1/1p2p3/4P2N/bBP1Q3/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - -
>
>Spassky found a tremendous move 25.Nxg6!! and won the game. I don't think any
>engines will have much luck with it but feel free to try it. I've analyzed it in
>detail and can verify that it is the strongest move and correct, so as a further
>challenge, see if you can find the *strongest* continuation after the possible
>defense: 25...hxg6 26.Qh6 Be6!?

The new GLC says this:
>epd 999 \nxg6.epd
 Line 001: Test [Nxg6]...
 Generating internal KP-K end-game table...
 Done (0.311 secs)
 Game stage: Middle game
 Current eval: 0.276
 Ply  Time   Score   Nodes  Principal Variation
  4   0.02  +0.053    5730  Bd5 Ne7 2. Bb3 Bb7
  4   0.03  +0.053   13473  Bd5 Ne7 2. Bb3 Bb7
  5   0.05  +0.051   21854  Bd5 Bg4 2. Nf3 Qd7 3. c4
  5   0.11  +0.121   64153  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Qh6 Bb7
  5   0.13  +0.121   74296  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Qh6 Bb7
  6   0.15  +0.070   91419  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Qh6 Be6 4. Bxe6 Qxe6
  6   0.27  +0.070  171617  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Qh6 Be6 4. Bxe6 Qxe6
  7   0.36  +0.046  238211  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Qh6 Be6 4. Bxe6 Qxe6 5. Rd2
  7   0.72  +0.221  449451  Bd5 Bb7 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Ng5 Bd6 4. f3
  7   0.83  +0.221  529585  Bd5 Bb7 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Ng5 Bd6 4. f3
  8   1.73  +0.089 1046198  Bd5 Ne7 2. c4 b4 3. Ba8 Qa4 4. Rd6 Be6
  8   2.26  +0.342 1393452  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Rd5 b4 5. Ng5
  8   2.51  +0.342 1570209  c4 Qe7 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Rd5 b4 5. Ng5
  9   4.41  +0.324 2789434  c4 Bb4 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Nf3 Be6 4. a3 Bxb3 5. Qxb3
                              Be7 6. Qe3
  9   5.98  +0.324 3858858  c4 Bb4 2. cxb5 axb5 3. Nf3 Be6 4. a3 Bxb3 5. Qxb3
                              Be7 6. Qe3
 10  10.31  +0.413 6654866  c4 Qe7 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. cxb5 axb5 {ht}
 10  12.04  +0.413 7904690  c4 Qe7 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. cxb5 axb5 {ht}
 11  29.56  +0.321  19057k  c4 Bg4 2. f3 Bc8 3. cxb5 axb5 4. Bxf7+ Rxf7 5. Qxa3
                              g5 6. Nf5 Bxf5 7. exf5 Rxf5
 11  51.66  +0.367  33187k  Nf3 Bg4 2. Bd5 Qd7 3. h3 Bxf3 4. Qxf3 Bb2 5. Rb1
                              Ba3 6. c4 Bb4 7. cxb5 axb5
 11  55.95  +0.367  35932k  Nf3 Bg4 2. Bd5 Qd7 3. h3 Bxf3 4. Qxf3 Bb2 5. Rb1
                              Ba3 6. c4 Bb4 7. cxb5 axb5
 12   1:31  +0.461  57301k  Nf3 Bg4 2. Bd5 Qd7 3. c4 Bd6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
                              bxc4 6. Bxc4 Qb7 7. Qe3 Rb8
 12   2:26  +0.461  93675k  Nf3 Bg4 2. Bd5 Qd7 3. c4 Bd6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
                              bxc4 6. Bxc4 Qb7 7. Qe3 Rb8
 13   5:23  +0.617 200462k  Nf3 Bg4 2. c4 Be7 3. cxb5 axb5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
                              Qb8 6. Qe3 Qb7 7. Bd5 Rc8 8. f3
 13   7:50  +0.617 298258k  Nf3 Bg4 2. c4 Be7 3. cxb5 axb5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
                              Qb8 6. Qe3 Qb7 7. Bd5 Rc8 8. f3
 14  11:52  +0.534 446732k  Nf3 Bg4 2. c4 Be7 3. cxb5 axb5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
                              Qb8 6. Qe3 Bg5 7. Qxg5 Qxb6 8. Rd7 Qc5
 local:  t=16:39  nps=638782.3  n=638153773 (18.0% / 82.0%)  fh=89.1%
 total:  t=16:39  nps=638782.3  n=638153773  draws=416196
 trans:  probes=114468411  hits=14489233 (12.66%)  draft=9787234 (8.55%)
 tcuts:  exact=1219 (0.00%)  upper=6641525 (5.80%)  lower=2411588 (2.11%)
 tstor:  exact=1748 (0.00%)  upper=43586187 (72.25%)  lower=16741263 (27.75%)
 ext:  check=37626828  recap=1761032  ppush=80439  1rep=2657617  thrt=0
 q-moves:  gen=440786013  tested=217181268  made/un=86757959  max-dep=14
 max eval diff:  part-1=3.296  part-2=2.346
 !m Nh4-f3 534 5166         Bd5    >
move h4f36   3/48           Bd5    >
  time left 10.00
 -> Score=534  PV=Nf3 Bg4 2. c4 Be7 3. cxb5 axb5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Qb8 6. Qe3
Bg5 7. Qxg5 Qxb6 8. Rd7 Qc5
 Game finished test: 0
>
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 2b1qrk1/5p1p/pBn3p1/1p2p3/4P2N/bBP1Q3/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - bm Nxg6;
 Line 001: Test [Nxg6]: failed [Nf3; score=0.534]

 Passed 0 out of 1 (0 invalid)



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