Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Dortmund === Topalov-Bareev [The combination that won the tiebreak]

Author: Kolss

Date: 13:09:18 07/18/02

Go up one level in this thread


On July 18, 2002 at 14:07:24, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>       Topalov-Bareev,Dortmund,July 2002
> Source ==> http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=164
>     [D]r6r/k4pp1/pq2p2p/1p1n4/3N3P/1R6/PPP1QPP1/2KR4 w
>     23. Nxb5+! axb5 24. Rxb5 Qc6 25. Rdxd5 exd5 26. Qe7+ Ka6 28. Rb3 1-0

The current Ikarus (V0.29) needs 14 seconds on a PIII-450MHz with 128MB Hash, 49
seconds to get the line actually played in the game, so it seems OK at this one,
although not as impressive as Chess Tiger:

       6    1   +0.27  1. a4 b4 2. c4 Rac8 3. Nc2 Nf4
       7    2   +0.27  1. a4 b4 2. c4 Rac8 3. Nc2 Nf4 4. Rd7+ Rc7
       8    4   +0.55  1. a4 b4 2. c4 Qc5 3. Nc2 Nb6 4. Rxb4 Rad8 5. Ne3
       9   10 FailHigh 1. a4! b4 2. c4 Qc5 3. Nc2 Nb6 4. Rxb4 Rad8 5. b3
       9   11   +0.85  1. a4 b4 2. c4 Qc5 3. Nc2 Nb6 4. Rxb4 Rad8 5. b3
       9   14 FailHigh 1. Nxb5+! axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe3+ Ka6 5.
Rb4 Qc7 6. Qd3+
       9   15   +2.12  1. Nxb5+ axb5 2. Rxb5 Qd6 3. Rd4 Nc3 4. Qd2 Nxb5 5. Rxd6
Nxd6
      10   17 FailHigh 1. Nxb5+! axb5 2. Rxb5 Qd6 3. Rd4 Nc3 4. Qe3 Ne2+ 5. Qxe2
Qxd4 6. Qf3
      10   21   +2.98  1. Nxb5+ axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe7+ Ka6 5.
Rb3 Qb6 6. Rxb6+ Kxb6 7. Qd6+ Ka7
      11   33   +3.06  1. Nxb5+ axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe3+ Ka6 5.
Rb4 Qb5 6. Rxb5 Kxb5 7. Qd3+ Kc5
      12   49 FailHigh 1. Nxb5+! axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe7+ Ka6 5.
Rb3 Qb6 6. Rxb6+ Kxb6 7. Qd6+ Ka7 8. Qxd5
      12   66   +3.85  1. Nxb5+ axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe7+ Ka6 5.
Rb3 Qb6 6. Rxb6+ Kxb6 7. Qd6+ Ka7 8. Qxd5 Rhg8
      13  113   +3.85  1. Nxb5+ axb5 2. Rxb5 Qc6 3. Rdxd5 exd5 4. Qe7+ Ka6 5.
Rb3 Qb6 6. Rxb6+ Kxb6 7. Qd6+ Ka7 8. Qxd5 Rhg8 9. Qxf7+ Kb6

Great combination by Topalov - even if it seems fairly easy for computers!


Best regards, Munjong.



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.