Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:18:20 04/04/02
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On April 04, 2002 at 10:25:39, Art Basham wrote: >This combination may be too difficult for computers to find today, but in 20 >years or so, who knows?! > > >White played 1. Nxg6..!! > >[D]2r2rn1/p3q1bk/n2p2pp/1b1PPp2/1pp2P1N/1P2N1P1/P1QB2BP/4RRK1 w - - > >After.... KxN > >2. Nxf5 RxN > >3. QxR+..!! KxQ > >4. Be4+ Kg4 > >5. and then h3+ mates! Very cool position! Chessmaster holds onto Nxg6 after eight seconds (on a PIII-600), but then at 1:43 discards it for Nexf5!? Also note that Chessmaster suggests 1...cxb3 in response to either move. Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 0.99 1655 1.bxc4 dxe5 2.fxe5 Bxe5 3.Nxg6 Kxg6 4.Rxf5 0:00 1/3 1.01 2012 1.Nxc4 Bxc4 2.bxc4 dxe5 3.fxe5 Bxe5 0:00 1/4 1.01 3744 1.Nxc4 dxe5 2.fxe5 Bxc4 3.bxc4 Bxe5 0:00 1/4 1.02 5266 1.bxc4 dxe5 2.fxe5 Bxe5 3.Nxg6 Kxg6 4.Nxf5 0:00 1/4 1.14 12076 1.exd6 Qxd6 2.Nxc4 Qc7 3.Re6 Bd4+ 4.Kh1 0:00 1/4 1.19 13921 1.Nhxf5 gxf5 2.Nxf5 cxb3 3.Qxc8 Rxc8 4.Nxe7 Nxe7 5.exd6 0:00 2/5 1.62 21582 1.Nhxf5 cxb3 2.Nxe7 bxc2 3.Nxc8 Rxc8 4.Bh3 0:01 2/6 1.74 49893 1.Nhxf5 cxb3 2.Nxe7 bxc2 3.Nxc8 Rxc8 4.Bh3 Rc7 0:02 2/6 2.21 115910 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 2.Bh3 Bd7 3.e6 Bxe6 4.dxe6 Qxe6 5.Nxf5 0:02 2/6 2.38 137393 1.Nexf5 cxb3 2.Qxc8 Rxc8 3.Nxe7 Nxe7 4.exd6 Bxf1 5.dxe7 0:03 3/7 2.03 193296 1.Nexf5 cxb3 2.Qe4 Nc5 3.Nxe7 Nxe4 4.Nxc8 Nxd2 0:08 3/7 2.24 523873 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 2.Nxf5 Rxf5 3.g4 Bd7 4.e6 Bd4+ 5.Kh1 Be8 6.gxf5+ Kg7 7.bxc4 0:43 3/8 2.44 2722778 1.Nxg6 cxb3 2.Nxf8+ Qxf8 3.Qxf5+ Qxf5 4.Nxf5 Bxf1 5.Kxf1 bxa2 6.Nxd6 Rc7 1:09 4/9 2.49 4191098 1.Nxg6 cxb3 2.Nxf8+ Qxf8 3.Qxb3 Bxf1 4.Bxf1 Nc5 5.Qb2 a5 6.Bb5 1:43 4/9 2.97 6017470 1.Nexf5 cxb3 2.Qxc8 gxf5 3.Bh3 Bxe5 4.Bxf5+ Kg7 5.fxe5 Bxf1 6.Qc6 Nb8 7.Qxd6 Qxd6 8.exd6 3:35 4/10 2.97 12422517 1.Nexf5 cxb3 2.Qxc8 gxf5 3.Bh3 Bxe5 4.Bxf5+ Kg7 5.fxe5 Bxf1 6.Qc6 Nb8 7.Qxd6 Qxd6 8.exd6 After 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 2.Nxf5 Rxf5, Chessmaster announces Mate in 13 in 12 seconds, and then changes to Mate in 11 after 1:54: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 1.38 3133 3.g4 Bd7 4.Be4 Qf8 5.gxf5+ Bxf5 6.Bxf5+ Qxf5 7.Qxf5+ Kxf5 8.exd6 0:00 1/4 2.05 11555 3.g4 Bd7 4.e6 Bd4+ 5.Kh1 Kg7 6.Qxf5 0:00 2/5 2.24 37949 3.g4 Bd7 4.e6 Bd4+ 5.Kh1 Be8 6.gxf5+ Kg7 7.bxc4 0:03 2/6 1.91 305685 3.g4 Bd7 4.e6 Bd4+ 5.Kh1 Bb5 6.gxf5+ Kg7 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Rxe3 0:12 2/6 Mate13 1028546 3.Qxf5+ Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6 Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Rf8 9.Be1+ Rf2 10.Re4+ Kxh3 11.Bf5+ Kg3 12.Bxf2+ Kf3 13.Bxa7+ Kg3 14.Rg4+ Kh3 15.Rf3# 0:49 3/7 Mate13 4532402 3.Qxf5+ Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6 Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Rf8 9.Be1+ Rf2 10.Re4+ Kxh3 11.Bf5+ Kg3 12.Bxf2+ Kf3 13.Bxa7+ Kg3 14.Rg4+ Kh3 15.Rf3# 1:54 3/8 Mate11 10480784 3.Qxf5+ Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6 Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Rf8 9.Be1+ Rf2 10.Re4+ Kxh3 11.Bf5+ Kg3 12.Bxf2+ Kf3 13.Be1# jm
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