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Subject: Re: Another sac. :)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:40:16 08/09/02

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On August 09, 2002 at 15:31:31, John Merlino wrote:

>On August 09, 2002 at 15:22:49, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2002 at 14:47:12, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 2002 at 14:36:41, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>[D]1q4k1/1rb1rpp1/2p2n2/p2p4/3P2P1/2N1PQ1P/1P6/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 37
>>>>
>>>>Anyone get Rxb2?
>>>>
>>>>I am @ work so I cannot really study this, but it looks pretty nice from what I
>>>>can see.
>>>
>>>Chessmaster 9000, on a PIII-600, says no sale. It did take a good long look at
>>>it, though:
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>0:00	1/3	-0.86	1340		37...Rb3 38.Ra3 Rxa3 39.bxa3
>>>0:00	1/4	-0.80	3799		37...Rb3 38.g5 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>>0:00	1/5	-0.67	17492		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Rb4 39.Qc2 Re6
>>>0:01	1/5	-0.68	42114		37...Bh2+ 38.Kh1 Qc7 39.g5 Ne4
>>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4
>>>0:01	1/6	-0.68	64374		37...Bh2+ 38.Kh1 Qc7 39.g5 Ne4
>>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4
>>>0:01	1/6	-0.80	86115		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Nh7 39.Qf5 g6 40.Qc2
>>>					Ng5
>>>0:03	1/7	-0.74	206219		37...Rb3 38.g5 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>>					40.Qf5 Rb5
>>>0:10	1/8	-0.78	647210		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Nh7 39.Ra3 Rxa3
>>>					40.bxa3 Ng5 41.Qh4 f6 42.Kg2
>>>0:29	1/9	-0.69	1906490		37...Rb3 38.Qf2 Rb4 39.Qc2 Nh7
>>>					40.h4 Bg3 41.Rxa5 Bxh4 42.Rf4
>>>0:43	1/9	-0.75	2872154		37...Rb4 38.Qf2 Qe8 39.Kh1 Ne4
>>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Ra3 Re7 42.Qc2
>>>1:34	1/10	-0.78	6403879		37...Rb4 38.Qf2 Qe8 39.Kh1 Ne4
>>>					40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Ra3 Re7 42.Qc2 Rc4
>>>4:31	2/11	-0.73	19090601	37...Rb4 38.Rf2 Ne4 39.Nxe4 dxe4
>>>					40.Qg2 Qb5 41.Rc2 Re6 42.Rc5 Qd3
>>>					43.Ra3
>>>6:17	2/11	-0.80	26150126	37...Qd8 38.g5 Qd6 39.Rf2 Ne4 40.Nxe4
>>>					dxe4 41.Qg4 Rb5 42.Ra3 Re8 43.Rc3
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Well, Rxb2 led to a win against a pretty decent opponent in a standard game (not
>>blitz).  I won't say it's the *only* move, but at least I know it does win,
>>pretty convincingly too.
>
>You're almost certainly correct. I'm pretty hampered by a pretty slow processor,
>and CM might have found the move with a better CPU. Maybe someday I'll have a
>1GHz! ;-)
>
>jm

Then again, further analysis, after forcing Rxb2 Bxb2 Qxb2, shows that CM9000
still doesn't like it better than Qd8:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.25	2337		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3
0:00	1/4	-0.25	5318		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3
0:00	1/5	-0.64	15389		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Na4 Rxh3 43.Rxc6
0:01	1/6	-0.64	40240		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Na4 Rxh3 43.Rxc6
0:03	1/6	-0.54	53406		39.Ne2 Qd2 40.Ra3 Ne4 41.Rb3 Bd6
0:04	1/7	-0.75	108681		39.Ne2 Qd2 40.Ra3 Ne4 41.Kg2 Bd6
					42.Raa1
0:05	1/8	-0.61	206562		39.Ne2 Qd2 40.Ra3 Ne4 41.Kg2 Qb4
					42.Rfa1 Qb2
0:13	1/9	-0.89	736221		39.Ne2 Qd2 40.g5 Rxe3 41.Ra2 Qd3
					42.Qf5 Qxf5 43.Rxf5 Ne4
0:18	1/9	-0.77	1173819		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Nd1 Rg3+ 43.Kf1 Bb6 44.Rxc6
					Bxd4 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.Rxa5 Rxh3
0:33	2/10	-0.77	2474414		39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Nd1 Rg3+ 43.Kf1 Bb6 44.Rxc6
					Bxd4 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.Rxa5 Rxh3
2:04	3/11	-0.59	10427185	39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Nd1 Rg3+ 43.Kf1 Bb6 44.Rxc6
					Bxd4 45.Rxa5 Rxh3 46.Rc7
6:55	4/12	-0.52	35620726	39.Rfc1 Qd2 40.Qe2 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3
					Rxe3 42.Nd1 Re6 43.Nf2 Bb6 44.Ra4
					Ne4 45.Nxe4 Rxe4

jm



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