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Subject: Re: Two Good Test Moves...

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:04:40 03/10/02

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On March 10, 2002 at 08:55:03, Art Basham wrote:

>Here of course white played the best possible move 1. Re3...!
>
>   If black plays Be6, then
>2. Nh7 and wins...!
>
>Most good programs will find these 2 moves that white made rather quickly.
>
>[D]r1b1qnk1/ppp2p2/1b5Q/2npP1N1/8/2P5/PP3PPP/RN2R1K1 w - -

Chessmaster 8000 says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	0.24	11842		1.Nf3 Nd3 2.Re2 Ng6 3.Na3 Ndxe5
					4.Nxe5 Nxe5
0:00	1/4	0.40	15267		1.Re3 Bf5 2.Nd2 Ng6 3.Rf3
0:00	2/5	0.19	35785		1.Re3 Bg4 2.Qh4 Qd7 3.e6 Bxe6 4.Nxe6
					fxe6
0:01	2/6	0.29	108333		1.Re3 Bg4 2.h3 Bf5 3.Nd2 Ng6 4.Ngf3
0:04	3/7	-0.09	380103		1.Re3 Bf5 2.Nd2 Nd3 3.Re2 Nxe5
					4.Rae1 Nfd7
0:07	3/7	0.00	568199		1.Nd2 Nd3 2.Re2 Nf4 3.Ree1 Nd3
0:14	3/8	0.00	1212388		1.Nd2 Nd3 2.Re2 Nf4 3.Ree1 Nd3
0:24	3/8	0.53	2052960		1.Re3 Qc6 2.Nxf7 Qxh6 3.Nxh6+ Kh7
					4.Rf3 Ng6 5.Nf7 Bg4 6.Ng5+ Kh6
0:39	4/9	0.35	3368264		1.Re3 Qc6 2.e6 Ncxe6 3.Rh3 Bd4
					4.Nxe6 Qxe6 5.Qxe6 Bxe6 6.cxd4
					Bxh3 7.gxh3 Ne6 8.Nc3
1:29	4/10	0.24	8179798		1.Re3 Qc6 2.e6 Ncxe6 3.Rh3 Bd4
					4.Nxe6 Qxe6 5.Qxe6 Bxe6 6.cxd4
					Bxh3 7.gxh3 Ne6 8.Nc3 Rd8
5:31	5/11	0.63	29992930	1.Re3 Qc6 2.Qh4 Ne4 3.Nxe4 dxe4
					4.Rg3+ Ng6 5.Qd8+ Kh7 6.Nd2 Bc5
					7.Qg5 Kg8 8.Qh6 Bf5

After 1.Re3 Be6, it says Mate in 8 in one second:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.89	1868		2.b4 Ncd7 3.Nxe6 Qxe6
0:00	1/3	0.91	4868		2.Rf3 Ne4 3.Nxe6 Nxe6
0:00	1/4	0.98	6235		2.Rf3 Ne4 3.Nxe6 Qxe6
0:00	1/4	9.12	29185		2.Nh7 f5 3.Rg3+ Qg6 4.Rxg6+ Nxg6
					5.Nf6+ Kf7 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Qxg6
0:01	2/5	Mate08	54957		2.Nh7 f6 3.Rg3+ Bg4 4.Rxg4+ Qg6
					5.Rxg6+ Kf7 6.Qg7+ Ke6 7.Qxf6+
					Kd7 8.Rg7+ Kc8 9.Qxf8#
0:01	2/6	Mate08	102831		2.Nh7 f6 3.Rg3+ Bg4 4.Rxg4+ Qg6
					5.Rxg6+ Kf7 6.Qg7+ Ke6 7.Qxf6+
					Kd7 8.Rg7+ Kc8 9.Qxf8#
0:03	3/7	Mate08	319471		2.Nh7 f6 3.Rg3+ Bg4 4.Rxg4+ Qg6
					5.Rxg6+ Kf7 6.Qg7+ Ke6 7.Qxf6+
					Kd7 8.Rg7+ Kc8 9.Qxf8#

jm



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