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

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 20:17:00 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!?

Pharaon 2.62:

test \nxg6.epd 999

Looking for Nh4xg6

8   - b - q r k -
7 -   -   - p - p
6 p B n -   - p -
5 - p -   p   -
4   -   - P -   N
3 b B P   Q   -
2 P -   -   P P P
1 -   - R -   K
  a b c d e f g h
2b1qrk1/5p1p/pBn3p1/1p2p3/4P2N/bBP1Q3/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - -
 6.     38    0    46852  Qh6 Be6 Bd5 Qd7 Nf3 Kh8
 6.     38    0    60932  Bd5!
 6.     40    0    73142  Bd5 Ne7 Nf3 Bg4 c4 Bb4
 6.     40    0    81533  Nf3!
 6.     45    0    89395  Nf3 Bg4 Qh6 Bxf3 gxf3 Kh8 Bd5
 6->    45    1   101913  Nf3 Bg4 Qh6 Bxf3 gxf3 Kh8 Bd5
 7.     49    1   143978  Nf3 Bg4 Bd5 Ne7 c4 Nxd5 cxd5 Bd6
 7.     49    1   274747  c4!
 7.     50    2   355884  c4 Qe7 cxb5 axb5 Qh6 Bg4 Rd5 Be2
 7->    50    2   388356  c4 Qe7 cxb5 axb5 Qh6 Bg4 Rd5 Be2
 8.     59    3   624414  c4 Qe7 cxb5 axb5 Bd5 Bg4 f3 Qxh4 Qxa3
 8->    59    3   721903  c4 Qe7 cxb5 axb5 Bd5 Bg4 f3 Qxh4 Qxa3
 9.     61    8  1725655  c4 bxc4 Bxc4 Qe7 Nf3 Qb4 Qb3 Qxb3 axb3 Be6 Bxe6
 9.     61   12  2565936  Bd5!
 9.     61   13  2943364  Bd5 Be6 c4 Be7 cxb5 Nb4 Bxe6 fxe6 Nf3
 9->    61   14  2983771  Bd5 Be6 c4 Be7 cxb5 Nb4 Bxe6 fxe6 Nf3
10.     72   27  5971042  Bd5 Bg4 Nf3 Qd7 c4 Bd6 h3 Be6 Qd3 Bxd5
10.     72   37  8109244  Nf3!
10.     78   49 10919634  Nf3 Bg4 c4 Be7 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Qb8 Be3 Qc7
10->    78   49 10926237  Nf3 Bg4 c4 Be7 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Qb8 Be3 Qc7
11.     82   64 14178300  Nf3 Bg4 c4 Be7 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Kh8 Qd3 Nb4 Qd7
11->    82   68 15355440  Nf3 Bg4 c4 Be7 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Kh8 Qd3 Nb4
12.     88  128 29085822  Nf3 Kh8 Bd5 f6 c4 Be7 Rb1 bxc4 Qc3 Bg4 Qxc4
12->    88  214 49651493  Nf3 Kh8 Bd5 f6 c4 Be7 Rb1 bxc4 Qc3 Bg4 Qxc4
13.     99  356 82491972  Nf3 Bg4 Bd5 Nb8 c4 Bd6 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Nd7 Ba5
13->    99  401 94121654  Nf3 Bg4 Bd5 Nb8 c4 Bd6 cxb5 axb5 h3 Bxf3 Qxf3 Nd7 Ba5
14.     97  592 138796827  Nf3 Bg4 Bd5 Ne7 c4 Nxd5 Rxd5
14->    97  999 241717683  Nf3 Bg4 Bd5 Ne7 c4 Nxd5 Rxd5
 time:998.98s, nodes:241716600, nps:241965, evals:37692818 (15.59%)
 HT Fill:100.0%, HT Hit:3.28%, HT Refut:2.5%, HP Hit:99.3%, HK Hit:99.12%
Rank#09 :
14<=    97  999 241717683  Nxg6 hxg6 Bc5 Bxc5 Bxf7 Rxf7 Qxc5
Not found 1: Nh4f3 played instead of Nh4xg6
 0/1 solved positions in '\nxg6.epd'
The log file 'log/nxg6.epd.001' has been created.



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