Author: Slater Wold
Date: 17:57:55 03/24/02
[D]r3k2r/pp1b1ppp/2n1p3/qBbpP3/3p1P2/1P1P4/PBP3PP/RN1Q1R1K w kq - 0 11
What does your program say?
I tested it with a few programs, and most were unable to find the move a4!
After a4, you should start failing high, all the way to about +1.50.
Shriov played this move in a 3/3 game against Crafty a few years ago. ;)
The whole game:
[Event "ICC 3 3"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1996.06.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Leon"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[ECO "B30"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "18:28:36"]
[TimeControl "180+3"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Kh1 Nc6
8. f4 d5 9. e5 Bd7 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. d3 Qa5 12. a4 a6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Nf3 Qb4 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 Bb4 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20.
Rf2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Ra8 24. Rf1 Ra2 25. g4 Bd2 26.
Kg2 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxa1 28. b4 Ra4 29. Nb3 g5 30. Rf1 Rxb4 31. d4 Rc4 32. Nc5
Rxc2+ 33. Kg3 Be8 34. Ra1 Kf8 35. Ra8 Rc3+ 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Ke3 h6 38. Rb8
Rc3+ 39. Kd2 b4 40. Rxb4 Rh3 41. Rb8 Rxh2+ 42. Ke3 Rh3+ 43. Kd2 h5 44. Nd7+
Ke7 45. Nf6 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Bc6 47. gxh5 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rd2 50. h6
Rxd4 51. h7 Rh4 52. h8=Q Rxh8 53. Rxh8 g4 54. Kxg4 Bb5 55. Kf4 Ba4 56. Ke3
d4+ 57. Kxd4 Bc6 58. Kc5 Ba4 59. Kb6 Bd7 60. Kc7 Ba4 61. Rd8 Bc2 62. Ng8#
{Black checkmated}
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