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Subject: Re: Can your program find the correct move for black ? (Full game included)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:06:44 04/19/02

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On April 19, 2002 at 17:57:46, Terry Ripple wrote:

>This position is taken from an actual game: "Tseshkovsky vs Prokopchuk" (1995)
>
>[D]rn1qkb1r/ppp1pppp/8/3n4/2B3b1/2P2N2/PP1P1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
>
>1)e4 d5 2)exd5 Nf6 3)Bb5+ Bd7 4)Bc4 Bg4 5)Nf3 Nxd5 6)c3!? >Black has to be -
>extremely careful with his next move! 6)...c6 Black's best! Other moves fall
>foul to White's cunning 6)c3:
>
>a)6)...Nb6? and 6...Nf6? both run into 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Ne5+.
>
>b)6)...e6? 7.Qa4+ Qd7 [or 7...c6? 8.Bxd5 and 9.Qxg4] 8.Bb5 c6 9.Bxc6 Nxc6 -
>  10.Qxg4 and White has an extra pawn. (Note: Rebel Tiger 14 chooses e6?)
>
>( Does Tiger believe that it has enough compensation for the pawn?)
>
>c)...Nxc6?! 7.Qb3 Bxf3 [7...Na5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Bxd5 wins!] 8.Qxb7! Nb6 [8...Na5?-
>  9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Qxc6+ Qd7 12.Qxa8+] 9.gxf3 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Ned7 11.d4,
>    again with a healthy pawn advantage.
>
>d)6)...g6?! 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 and the b-pawn drops!
>
>From the actual game after White's move 6)c3 follows 6...c6 7.d4 e6 8.Nbd2 Nd7
>  9.h3 Bf5 10.0-0 Be7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Bd2 Bg6 15.Qb1 Rab8
> 16.Neg5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 N7f6 19.a4 a6 [Not 19...bxa4?! 20.c4 Ne7 -
> 21.Bc3, when the a4-pawn would soon drop!] 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Rbd8 -
> 22.Bg5 Rd7 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qf3 Ne7 25.Bf4 Qb7 26.h4! Rd5 27.h5 Rf5 28.Qg4 g6
> 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Be5?( best Bd6!)30...Rh5! 31.Qf3? (31.Bf6,playing on the weak-
>   dark squares, would have been more effective!) 31...f5! 32.Ree1 Nd5 --
> 33.Bd6 Re8 34.Qg3 Qh7 35.f3 g5 36.Be5 f4 37.Bxf4 Nxf4 38.Re5 Rh1+ 39.Kf2 Qc2+
>   and Black wins!
>
>
> Best regards,
> Terry

Chessmaster 9000 doesn't see it (on a PIII-600):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.35	1935		1...e6 2.d4 c5 3.Bg5
0:00	1/3	0.26	2219		1...Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Bxf3 4.Qxf3
					Nxe5
0:00	1/3	0.24	3740		1...e5 2.h3 Bh5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4
					Bxf3 5.gxf3
0:00	1/4	0.60	9250		1...e5 2.Qb3 c6 3.Qxb7 Nd7 4.Qxc6
0:00	1/4	0.15	11447		1...e6 2.O-O Nb6 3.Bb5+ c6
0:00	2/5	0.25	19365		1...e6 2.d4 Be7 3.O-O O-O 4.Nbd2
0:01	2/6	0.20	43292		1...e6 2.Qa4+ Qd7 3.Bb5 c6 4.Be2
					Bxf3 5.Bxf3
0:04	3/7	0.17	231737		1...e6 2.d4 Nd7 3.h3 Bf5 4.O-O
					Bd6 5.Bg5
0:08	3/8	0.23	536570		1...e6 2.Qa4+ Qd7 3.Bb5 c6 4.Be2
					Bf5 5.O-O Nb6
0:11	3/8	0.09	705060		1...Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nb6 4.Be2
					Qxd1+ 5.Bxd1 O-O-O 6.Nbd2
0:21	4/9	0.21	1386520		1...Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.O-O exd4 4.cxd4
					Bb4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.Qe1+ Ne7 7.bxc3
					Bxf3 8.gxf3
0:31	4/9	0.16	2065810		1...e6 2.O-O Nd7 3.d4 Bd6 4.h3
					Bf5 5.Bg5 f6
1:43	4/10	0.15	6925182		1...e6 2.Qa4+ Qd7 3.Bb5 c6 4.Qxg4
					cxb5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Qg3 Nc6 7.O-O
4:18	5/11	0.16	17829370	1...e6 2.O-O Nb6 3.Be2 Be7 4.d4
					O-O 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bf5

However, here is the analysis after 4...e6 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Bb5 c6 7.Bxc6 Nxc6
8.Qxg4. CM thinks it has good compensation after either 8...f5 or 8...Nf6:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.36	1743		5...Nf6 6.Qc4 O-O-O 7.O-O
0:00	1/4	-0.56	4116		5...Nf6 6.Qg3 Qd3 7.Qc7 Qe4+ 8.Kf1
0:00	2/5	-0.26	11105		5...Nf6 6.Qc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
0:00	2/6	-0.33	27402		5...Nf6 6.Qa4 e5 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4
					O-O-O
0:01	3/7	-0.15	92920		5...Nf6 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
					e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxd7 Nexd7
0:04	3/8	-0.25	274015		5...Nf6 6.Qc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
					Rac8 9.Be3
0:14	4/9	-0.02	986801		5...Nf6 6.Qc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
					Rac8 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.Bg5
0:57	4/10	-0.07	4158641		5...Nf6 6.Qc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
					Rac8 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ned5
1:26	4/10	-0.18	6173347		5...f5 6.Qa4 e5 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2
					Nb6 9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qd1 O-O-O
3:12	5/11	-0.11	14707890	5...f5 6.Qa4 e5 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2
					Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc4 Rae8 11.Nba3

jm



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