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Subject: Re: Test Position === Kunneman vs NN,Berlin 1934

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:44:59 07/17/02

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On July 17, 2002 at 09:35:42, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>       Kunneman vs NN,Berlin 1934
>  [D]6k1/pp3p1p/1qp3pB/3rb3/8/2P2QP1/PP3P1P/4R1K1 b
>   Source ==> http://www.chesscafe.com/REVIEWS/books.HTM
>     Dvoretsky gives the game continuation ==>
>    1...Qxb2! 2 Qf6 Qxc3? 3. Qg7+ Bxg7 Re8+ 1-0.
>     However,the position turns out to be incredibly complex.
>    He devotes three pages of analysis to describe his conclusions about this
>     position. After 1...Qxb2! 2. Qf6 Black has 2...Qc1!! 3. Qxe5 Qxh6 !
>     with equal chances. So he tries the alternative 2. Kg2 but concludes
>     2...f5! is good. So he tries 2. Qe3 until one of his
>     students finds 2...Qa3!! Finally, he concludes that the
>     improvement of 2. g4!! f5 3. c4! is the correct solution.
>     But another defense, found later, of 3...Rd7! still gives
>     Black a draw. Current assessment of the position: Who knows!?

Chessmaster 9000 needs one second (on a PIII-600) to find 1...Qxb2 and includes
the 2.Qf6 line in the PV. After 34 seconds it scores it as a draw:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.41	1953		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1
0:00	1/4	0.14	4618		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Qf8 5.Qxb7
0:00	1/4	-0.06	6018		1...f5 2.Qe2 Qd8 3.h4
0:00	1/4	-0.10	13396		1...Qa5 2.a3 Qd8 3.Qe2 g5
0:00	1/5	0.18	26284		1...Qa5 2.Qe2 b5 3.a3 Qd8
0:00	1/5	0.14	32030		1...f5 2.Qe3 Kf7 3.Qxb6 axb6 4.Bg5
0:01	1/6	0.20	69165		1...f5 2.Qe2 Kf7 3.Bg5 Qa5 4.b4 Qb5
0:01	1/6	0.07	88401		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2
0:02	1/7	0.05	147898		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2 6.Re7 Qd1+
					7.Kg2
0:04	1/8	0.05	338515		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2 6.Re7 Qd1+
					7.Kg2
0:12	1/9	0.14	1019020		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2 6.Re7 Rf5
					7.Qxa7 Qc1+ 8.Kg2 Qxc3
0:34	2/10	0.00	2913245		1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2 6.Re7 Rf5
					7.Qxa7 Qd1+ 8.Kg2 Qf3+ 9.Kg1 Qd1+
1:54	3/11	0.00	10191079	1...Qxb2 2.Qf6 Qc1 3.Qxe5 Qxh6
					4.Qb8+ Kg7 5.Qxb7 Qd2 6.Re7 Rf5
					7.Qxa7 Qd1+ 8.Kg2 Qf3+ 9.Kg1 Qd1+

jm



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