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Subject: Re: A Tough One.

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:27:45 09/04/02

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On September 03, 2002 at 23:58:12, Slater Wold wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 20:42:27, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2002 at 20:34:43, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>On September 03, 2002 at 20:22:57, John Merlino wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 03, 2002 at 20:00:53, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 03, 2002 at 19:35:06, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 03, 2002 at 18:59:54, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>[D]4rrk1/p4p2/1b1Q1n1p/4n1p1/3pb3/1P2P1PN/PB1R1P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 23
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can you find Re6?  And it wins, not draws!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Chessmaster 9000, on a humble PIII-600, finds it in 3:16. However, it was pretty
>>>>>>happy with Nf3+ before that, so it might also win...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>23... Nf3+
>>>>>>24. Kf1 (forced) Nxh2+
>>>>>>25. Ke1 Re6 (NOW Re6)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>>>>0:00	1/3	0.32	2563		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Re6 25.Qb4 Nxd2+
>>>>>>					26.Qxd2
>>>>>>0:00	1/4	0.15	5091		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxd2+ 25.Rxd2
>>>>>>					Re6 26.Qb4 dxe3
>>>>>>0:00	1/4	0.11	5812		23...Re6 24.Qb4 a5 25.Qb5 Nf3+
>>>>>>					26.Kf1 Nxd2+ 27.Rxd2 dxe3
>>>>>>0:00	1/5	0.11	11260		23...Re6 24.Qb4 a5 25.Qb5 Nf3+
>>>>>>					26.Kf1 Nxd2+ 27.Rxd2 dxe3
>>>>>>0:00	1/5	-0.04	17932		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke2 Bf3+
>>>>>>					26.Kd3 Re6 27.Qb4 dxe3
>>>>>>0:00	1/6	-0.37	40593		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke2 Re6
>>>>>>					26.Qb4 dxe3 27.fxe3 Bf3+ 28.Kd3
>>>>>>					Bxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxe3+ 30.Kc2 Rxg3
>>>>>>					31.Bxf6 Rxh3
>>>>>>0:02	1/7	-0.56	167791		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Nf3+
>>>>>>					26.Ke2 Re6 27.Qa3 Nxd2 28.Rxd2 Bf5
>>>>>>0:06	1/8	-0.73	436350		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Re6
>>>>>>					26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Qxd2
>>>>>>					dxe3 29.fxe3 Ng4
>>>>>>0:18	1/9	-0.73	1396122		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Re6
>>>>>>					26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Qxd2
>>>>>>					Bf5 29.Ng1 dxe3
>>>>>>0:50	1/10	-1.01	3985604		23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Re6
>>>>>>					26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Ke2 Nxd2 28.Rxd2
>>>>>>					dxe3 29.fxe3 Nd5 30.Qc4 Nxe3
>>>>>>2:42	2/11	-1.06	13031332	23...Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Re6
>>>>>>					26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Ke2 Nxd2 28.Qxd2
>>>>>>					Bf5 29.Ng1 dxe3 30.fxe3 Bxe3 31.Qxe3
>>>>>>					Rxe3+ 32.Kxe3
>>>>>>3:16	2/11	-1.23	15735481	23...Re6 24.Qa3 Nf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxh2+
>>>>>>					26.Kg1 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Rxd2
>>>>>>					dxe3 29.Rd6 Bf5 30.Kg2 e2 31.Rxe6
>>>>>>					Bxe6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>jm
>>>>>
>>>>>Nf3+ doesn't win.  Best case it draws, worst case there are several lines that
>>>>>lose.
>>>>>
>>>>>A lot of programs get "confused" on this one, because the material is all wacko.
>>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>Here is the line that CM plays:
>>>>
>>>>23...Nf3+
>>>>24.Kf1 Nxh2+
>>>>25.Ke1 Nf3+
>>>>26.Ke2 Re6
>>>>27.Qb4 Nxd2
>>>>28.Rxd2 Nd5 (and an eval of over 2.0 for Black).
>>>>
>>>>How can White improve on the above line?
>>>>
>>>>jm
>>>
>>>
>>>That line is great.  But any program that says it's 2.0 for Black is nuts.  ;)
>>>
>>>Consider after 28...Nd5:
>>>
>>>Bxd4 Rc8 Bxb6 Rxb6 Kg1 Nf6 Rd1 Bf3 Rc1 Rbc6 Rxc6 Rxc6 Qb2 Ng4
>>>
>>>And it seems to me, white is at *least* even.  And IMO, slightly better.
>>>
>>>
>>>Besides, Re6 wins almost immediatly.
>>
>>I think you missed something. After 28...Nd5, if Bxd4 then Knight takes Queen at
>>b4 -- game over.
>
>Yes, you are correct.  I did miss the line above.  Because 26. Ke2?? is not
>right.  Better is Kf1.
>
>Then Re6 should fail low, and the score is much more even.

I do not see nothing good for white after
1...Nf3+ 2.Kf1 Nxh2+ 3.Ke1 Nf3+ 4.Kf1 Nxd2+ 5.Rxd2 Re6

Yace likes 4.Ke2 after learning from this line.

New position
[D]4rrk1/p4p2/1b1Q1n1p/6p1/3pb3/1P2PnPN/PB1R1P2/3RK3 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Yace 0.99.56:

4.Ke1-f1 Nf3xd2+ 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-a3 d4xe3 7.f2xe3 Nf6-h5 8.Bb2-d4 Nh5xg3+
9.Kf1-f2 Ng3-f5 10.Bd4-c5 Be4-c6 11.Rd2-e2 Rf8-e8
  µ  (-1.22)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Qd6xf6
  ±  (1.07)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Qd6xf6
  ±  (1.07)   Depth: 2   00:00:00
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Qd6xf6
  ±  (1.07)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4
  ±  (0.71)   Depth: 4   00:00:00
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 g5-g4
  ²  (0.67)   Depth: 5   00:00:00  17kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 d4-d3+ 7.Ke2-f1 Rf8-e8
  ²  (0.65)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  127kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 Be4-g2 7.Bb2-a3 Rf8-e8
  ²  (0.46)   Depth: 7   00:00:01  428kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 Be4-g2 7.Nh3-g1 d4xe3 8.f2-f3
  =  (-0.01)   Depth: 8   00:00:02  828kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 Be4-g2 7.Bb2-a3 Rf8-c8 8.Nh3-g1
  ³  (-0.33)   Depth: 8   00:00:04  1729kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 Be4-f5 7.Bb2-a3 Bf5-g4+ 8.Ke2-e1 Rf8-d8
9.Nh3-g1
  =  (-0.21)   Depth: 9   00:00:14  6190kN
4.Ke1-e2 Nf3xd2 5.Rd1xd2 Re8-e6 6.Qd6-b4 Be4-f5 7.Bb2-a3 Rf8-e8 8.Ke2-f1 Bf5xh3+
9.Kf1-g1
  ³  (-0.61)   Depth: 10   00:00:25  10263kN
4.Ke1-e2 Re8-e6 5.Qd6-b4 Nf3xd2 6.Qb4xd2 Be4-g2 7.Nh3-g1 d4xe3 8.f2xe3 Bb6xe3
9.Qd2xe3 Re6xe3+ 10.Ke2xe3
  µ  (-0.80)   Depth: 10   00:01:08  27325kN
4.Ke1-e2 Re8-e6 5.Qd6-b4 Nf3xd2 6.Rd1xd2 Be4-f5 7.Nh3xg5 h6xg5 8.Bb2xd4 Nf6-e4
9.Rd2-b2 Bf5-g4+ 10.Ke2-f1 Rf8-e8
  µ  (-0.83)   Depth: 11   00:02:52  66555kN

(Blass, Tel-aviv 04.09.2002)

Uri



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