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Subject: Re: Does any program find Nigel Shorts 31. Kh2!

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 10:03:07 08/15/02

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On August 15, 2002 at 08:31:36, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 14, 2002 at 06:37:04, T. Opas wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2002 at 23:42:32, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On August 13, 2002 at 19:04:59, Mike S. wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 13, 2002 at 17:05:24, Chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>4rrk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PP1/6K1 w - a6 0 31
>>>>>Does any program find Shorts 31. Kh2?
>>>>>
>>>>>31.Kh2! Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5 with the idea Kh6 and mate..
>>>>>
>>>>>The idea of mating with the king in the middle game is very unusual, but maybe
>>>>>the programs can find it anyway by using brute force?
>>>
>>>I tried deep fritz for some hours(selectivity=0,p850,64 mbytes) with no success
>>>so maybe black has a defence after Kh2.
>>>
>>Theres no defence:
>>
>>31.Kh2! Bc8 (best blacks move) 32.Ng5! Qxd7 (32....Bxd7 33.g4! hxg4 34.h5! +-)
>>33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.g4! +-
>>
>>Las
>
>You are right.
>
>The question is how much time programs need to see
>a winning score from the root position(the only open question
>is if Kh2 is the only way to win) .
>
>Finding 32.Ng5 is also a good test position
>and here not using null move pruning does not help.

On the contrary, I think that null move pruning hurts here.

Miguel


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>[D]2b1rrk1/2pR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PPK/8 w - - 0 2
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>Uri



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