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Subject: Re: Can Black win this position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:16:07 05/31/02

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On May 31, 2002 at 01:50:47, Bill Gletsos wrote:

>On May 31, 2002 at 01:19:15, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>Tim thanks for your reply.
>The problem I have with the position is that after
>1...Rh6 2. Qd4 Qh5 3.c4 appears equal
>and if instead 2...Kh8 then I can find nothing definatively winning for Black
>after eith 3.Rg1 or 3. Kg1
>
>Bill
>
>>
>> Hiarcs 8 finds the winning move.
>>
>>1...Rh6 2.Kg1 Qh5 3.Kf1 Rf3 4.Qd2 e3 5.Rxe3 Rxe3 6.fxe3 Qh1+ 7.Rg1 Rf6+ 8.Qf2
>>Qe4 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Ke2 Qc2+ 11.Kf3 Qxb2
>>
>>On AMD 1400 with 192 MB Hashtables
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>
>>On May 31, 2002 at 00:46:42, Bill Gletsos wrote:
>>
>>>Can Black win the following position and if so how?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>[D]5rk1/6pp/p4r2/2Pp1q2/p3p3/P1P1Q1P1/1P3PR1/4RK2 b - - 0 1

Chessmaster 9000 Beta version, on a PIII-733, says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	-0.70	4634		1...Qh5 2.Re2 Qh1+ 3.Rg1 Qh3+ 4.Rg2
0:00	2/5	-0.58	15668		1...Qh5 2.Re2 Qh1+ 3.Rg1 Qh3+ 4.Rg2
					Qh5 5.Rd2
0:00	2/6	-0.68	44382		1...Qh5 2.Re2 Rf3 3.Qd2 Qh1+ 4.Rg1
					Qh3+ 5.Rg2 Rd3
0:02	3/7	-0.61	141643		1...Qh5 2.Kg1 Rh6 3.Kf1 Qf7 4.Rd1
					Rh1+ 5.Rg1 Rh2
0:06	3/8	-0.47	566626		1...Qh5 2.Re2 a5 3.Qd4 Rc6 4.Rd2
					Rf5 5.Qe3
0:09	3/8	-0.61	815210		1...Rh6 2.Qd4 Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Qh3+ 4.Ke2
					Rxf2+ 5.Qxf2 Rh2 6.Ref1 Rxf2+ 7.Rxf2
					Qc8 8.Rgf1 Qxc5
0:45	4/9	-0.64	4205642		1...Rh6 2.Kg1 Qh5 3.Kf1 Rb8 4.g4
					Qg6 5.Qe2 Qc6 6.c4 Rh1+ 7.Rg1
2:02	5/10	-0.92	11285755	1...Rh6 2.Kg1 Qh5 3.Kf1 Rf3 4.Qd4
					Rd3 5.Qb4 Rf6 6.Kg1 Rd2 7.Qb8+ Rf8
4:05	6/11	-0.92	23844602	1...Rh6 2.Kg1 Qh5 3.Kf1 Rf3 4.Qd4
					Rd3 5.Qb4 Rf6 6.Kg1 Rd2 7.Qb8+ Rf8
22:48	7/12	-1.14	137549124	1...Rh6 2.g4 Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Rxg1+ 4.Kxg1
					Qxg4+ 5.Qg3 Qxg3+ 6.fxg3 Rc8 7.c4
					dxc4 8.Rxe4 Rxc5 9.Re8+ Kf7 10.Ra8
					Rc6 11.Ra7+ Kf6 12.Kf2 Rb6

And, after forcing your reply to 1...Rh6 (being 2.Qd4), it definitely looks
worse for White:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.53	7021		2...Qf7 3.Kg1 Rf6 4.Rh2
0:00	1/4	-0.61	9682		2...Qf7 3.Re2 Rh1+ 4.Rg1 Rh2 5.c6
0:00	2/5	-0.44	27702		2...Qf7 3.Re2 Rh1+ 4.Rg1 Qh5 5.f4
					exf3ep 6.Re7
0:01	2/5	-0.61	71366		2...Rf7 3.f4 exf3ep 4.Re8+ Rf8
					5.Rxf8+ Kxf8 6.Rd2
0:02	2/6	-0.54	181935		2...Rf7 3.Kg1 Qh5 4.Kf1 Rhf6 5.Kg1
					Rb7 6.Rh2
0:04	2/6	-0.61	330994		2...Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Qh3+ 4.Ke2 Rxf2+
					5.Qxf2 Rh2 6.Ref1 Rxf2+ 7.Rxf2
					Qc8 8.Rgf1 Qxc5
0:13	3/7	-1.48	1195233		2...Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Rh2 4.Re2 e3 5.Qxe3
					Qb1+ 6.Re1 Rfxf2+ 7.Qxf2 Rxf2+
					8.Kxf2 Qxb2+ 9.Re2 Qxc3 10.Re8+
					Kf7 11.Rge1 Qxc5+ 12.R8e3
0:24	3/8	-1.87	2449613		2...Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Rh2 4.Re2 e3 5.Qxe3
					Qb1+ 6.Re1 Rfxf2+ 7.Qxf2 Rxf2+
					8.Kxf2 Qxb2+ 9.Kf1 Qxa3 10.c6 Qxc3
					11.Re8+ Kf7
1:17	4/9	-2.26	8849539		2...Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Rh2 4.Re2 e3 5.Qxe3
					Qb1+ 6.Re1 Qd3+ 7.Re2 Qxe3 8.Rxe3
					Rfxf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxb2 10.Kf1 Rbf2+
					11.Ke1 Ra2 12.Kf1 Ra1+ 13.Re1 Rxa3
6:43	5/10	-2.26	46409815	2...Rh1+ 3.Rg1 Rh2 4.Re2 e3 5.Qxe3
					Qb1+ 6.Re1 Qd3+ 7.Re2 Qxe3 8.Rxe3
					Rfxf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxb2 10.Kf1 Rbf2+
					11.Ke1 Ra2 12.Kf1 Ra1+ 13.Re1 Rxa3

jm



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