Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:02:49 08/22/02
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On August 22, 2002 at 10:57:07, Andrew Williams wrote:
>Hi,
>
>PM just got squashed by crafty on ICC. The move where it becomes obvious what
>will happen is here:
>
>[D]3r2k1/1p3pp1/p3p2p/P1b2q2/4n3/1B2P2P/1PQ2PP1/R1B3K1 b - - bm Rd1
>
>PostModernist just didn't see this coming at all. When I try to search from this
>position, PM doesn't find Rd1 in 2 minutes. I'd really like to hear how long it
>takes other engines to find it.
>
>Here is the full game:
>
>[Event "ICS rated standard match"]
>[Site "204.178.125.65"]
>[Date "2002.08.22"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "PostModernist"]
>[Black "crafty"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "2550"]
>[BlackElo "2498"]
>[TimeControl "1800+10"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
>Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Ne4
>Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
>Qe2 Rd8 21. Bb3 Ne4 22. Qc4 Qd6 23. a5 Qe5 24. Qc2 Qf5 25. h3 Rd1+ 26. Qxd1
>Qxf2+
>{PostModernist resigns} 0-1
>
>Thanks for any information.
>
>Andrew
Chessmaster 9000, on a PIII-600, does well on this one, needing eight seconds to
see the move and eleven seconds to see the win:
Time Depth Score Positions Moves
0:00 1/3 0.27 2130 1...Bb4 2.Ra4 Bd2 3.Bxd2 Nxd2 4.Qxf5
exf5
0:00 1/3 0.08 2418 1...Qe5 2.Ra4 Nf6 3.Bd2
0:00 1/3 0.00 4920 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Qg3+
4.Kg1 Qf2+
0:00 1/4 0.00 6087 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Qg3+
4.Kg1 Qf2+
0:00 1/4 -0.08 6662 1...Qe5 2.Ra4 Nf6 3.Rf4 Qd6
0:00 1/5 0.02 18398 1...Qe5 2.Ra4 Nf6 3.Rf4 Qc7 4.Bd2
0:00 1/5 0.00 20771 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Qg3+
4.Kg1 Qf2+
0:01 1/5 -0.03 51127 1...h5 2.Bc4 h4 3.f3 Ng3 4.Qxf5
Nxf5
0:01 1/6 -0.10 98584 1...h5 2.Bc4 Bb4 3.f3 Ng3 4.Qxf5
Rd1+ 5.Kh2 Nxf5
0:02 1/6 -0.17 159025 1...Qe5 2.Ra4 f5 3.Qc4 Ng5 4.Qf4
Qf6
0:04 1/7 -0.04 260949 1...Qe5 2.Ra4 f5 3.Qc4 Kh8 4.Qe2
Qd6
0:05 1/7 -0.13 398010 1...Rd6 2.Bc4 Nd2 3.Qxf5 exf5 4.Ba2
Bb4 5.f3 Bxa5 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Rxa5
0:08 1/7 -0.45 579186 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh1 Bd6
4.Bxe6 Qg3 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Qxd6+
Qxd6 7.Bb3 Qd3 8.Be6
0:11 1/8 -2.61 951229 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Bd6+
4.Qxd6 Nxd6 5.Bd1 Ne4 6.Bf3 Qg3+
7.Kg1 Qe1+ 8.Kh2
0:13 1/9 -2.65 1141324 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Bd6+
4.Qxd6 Nxd6 5.Bd1 Ne4 6.Bf3 f5
7.Bxe4 fxe4 8.b3
0:17 1/10 -2.77 1567986 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Bd6+
4.Qxd6 Nxd6 5.Bd1 Nf5 6.Bf3 Qg3+
7.Kh1 Qe1+ 8.Kh2 Nxe3 9.Bxb7 Nf1+
10.Kh1 Nd2+ 11.Kh2
0:39 2/11 -4.26 3910136 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh2 Bd6+
4.Qxd6 Nxd6 5.Bd1 Nf5 6.Bf3 Qg3+
7.Kh1 Qe1+ 8.Kh2 Ng3 9.b3 Nf1+
10.Kg1 Nd2+ 11.Kh2 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3
Qf2+ 13.Kh1 Qxf3+ 14.Kh2 Qf2+ 15.Kh1
2:38 3/12 -4.82 18049380 1...Rd1+ 2.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 3.Kh1 Bd6
4.Bd2 Qg3 5.Kg1 Qh2+ 6.Kf1 Qh1+
7.Ke2 Qxg2+ 8.Kd3 Nf2+ 9.Kc2 Nxd1
10.Rxd1 Bb4 11.Bc4 Bxd2 12.Rxd2
Qxh3
jm
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