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Subject: Re: Bullet position.

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:20:11 05/23/02

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On May 23, 2002 at 14:05:23, Dan Andersson wrote:

>This is a position played a few minutes ago by me. And I decided to test a few
>engines on it.
>[D]r4rk1/4bpp1/1n2p2p/pqp2P2/R2pP3/1P1P2N1/2P1Q1PP/2B2RK1 w - - 0 19
>The position is quite won already. What is amazing is that some engines take
>forever to play 19. f6 . It's a clear given and can't take more than a few
>seconds to decide. Playing safety first is an abomination in such a position.
>The possible mates are quite nice.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson


Even after forcing 1.f6, Fritz takes awhile to see just how hosed Black is:

1...Nxa4 2.Qg4 g6 3.fxe7 Rfe8 4.bxa4 Qxa4 5.e5 Rxe7 6.Bxh6 Qxc2
  ±  (1.15)   Depth: 8/26   00:00:00  344kN
1...Nxa4 2.Qg4 g6 3.fxe7 Rfe8 4.bxa4 Qxa4 5.e5 Rxe7 6.Bxh6 Qxc2
  ±  (1.15)   Depth: 9/24   00:00:00  465kN
1...Bxf6!
  ±  (1.12)   Depth: 9/26   00:00:01  609kN
1...Bxf6!
  ±  (0.96)   Depth: 9/26   00:00:01  622kN
1...Bxf6 2.Rxf6 gxf6 3.Qg4+ Kh7 4.Nh5 Rg8 5.Nxf6+ Kh8 6.Qh4
  ±  (0.93)   Depth: 9/26   00:00:01  646kN
1...Bxf6--
  ±  (1.21)   Depth: 10/28   00:00:01  737kN
1...Bxf6 2.Rxf6 Nxa4 3.Qg4 Kh8 4.Bxh6 Rg8 5.Qh5 Rgf8 6.Qg5 Rg8 7.bxa4
  +-  (1.93)   Depth: 10/28   00:00:02  1165kN
1...Bd6!
  +-  (1.90)   Depth: 10/31   00:00:05  3007kN
1...Bd6!
  +-  (1.75)   Depth: 10/31   00:00:05  3341kN
1...Bd6--
  +-  (2.03)   Depth: 11/31   00:00:09  5374kN
1...Bd6 2.fxg7 Rfd8 3.Qh5 f5 4.exf5 Qe8 5.Qxh6 Bxg3 6.Qh8+
  +-  (2.96)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:25  14396kN
1...Bxf6!
  +-  (2.93)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:25  14478kN
1...Bxf6!
  +-  (2.78)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:27  15521kN
1...Nxa4!
  +-  (2.75)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:29  16961kN
1...Nxa4 2.Qg4 g6 3.fxe7 Rfb8 4.Qf4 Qe8 5.Qf6 Kh7 6.bxa4 Rb7 7.Qxf7+ Qxf7
  +-  (2.65)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:30  17881kN
1...Rfe8!
  +-  (2.62)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:34  19874kN
1...Rfe8 2.Qg4 Bf8 3.fxg7 Be7 4.Qh5 f5 5.Qxh6 Bd6 6.Qh8+ Kf7 7.c4
  +-  (2.59)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:35  20669kN
1...Rfb8!
  +-  (2.56)   Depth: 11/36   00:00:42  24842kN
1...Rfb8 2.Bxh6 g6 3.fxe7 Nxa4 4.Qf3 f5 5.exf5 exf5 6.Qd5+ Kh7 7.Bf4 Rg8 8.bxa4
  +-  (2.81)   Depth: 12/35   00:01:00  35166kN
1...Rfb8--
  +-  (3.09)   Depth: 13/32   00:01:36  57084kN



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