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Subject: Re: Does any program see Nunn's winning 1st move?

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 10:34:37 09/09/02

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On September 04, 2002 at 14:23:37, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 18:44:37, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2002 at 15:25:12, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>Nunn - Ward
>>>
>>>[d] r3r1kb/p2bp2p/1q1p1npB/5NQ1/2p1P1P1/2N2P2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1
>>>
>>Result of Hiarcs8.  Any other engine plays this move?
>>
>>1.Qd2 Rab8 2.b3 Qc5
>>  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 3/11   00:00:00
>>1.Qd2 Rab8 2.b3 Qc5
>>  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 3/11   00:00:00
>>1.Qd2 Rab8 2.b3 Qc5
>>  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 3/11   00:00:00
>>1.Qd2 Rab8 2.b3 Qc5
>>  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 3/11   00:00:00
>>1.Qd2 Rab8
>>  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00
>>1.Qd2 gxf5 2.gxf5 Kf7
>>  ³  (-0.52)   Depth: 4/16   00:00:00
>>1.e5 Rab8 2.b3 dxe5
>>  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 4/16   00:00:00
>>1.Ne3 Be6 2.Qf4 a5
>>  ²  (0.53)   Depth: 4/16   00:00:00
>>1.Ne3 Rab8
>>  =  (0.25)   Depth: 5/16   00:00:00  17kN
>>1.Ne3 Rab8 2.Nxc4 Qb4 3.Rd4 Be6
>>  =  (0.22)   Depth: 5/16   00:00:00  20kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Kf7
>>  ±  (0.81)   Depth: 5/19   00:00:00  31kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7 2.Nd5 Nxd5 3.Qxd5+ Re6 4.Qxa8+ Re8 5.Qd5+ Be6 6.Qxd6 Qxb2+ 7.Kd2
>>Qxa2
>>  +-  (1.73)   Depth: 5/20   00:00:00  37kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7 2.Nd5
>>  +-  (1.73)   Depth: 6/20   00:00:00  48kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7
>>  +-  (1.48)   Depth: 7/23   00:00:00  93kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7 2.Nd5 Nxd5 3.Qxd5+ Re6 4.Qxa8+ Re8
>>  ±  (1.31)   Depth: 7/27   00:00:01  172kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7 2.Nd5
>>  ±  (1.31)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:02  365kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7
>>  +-  (1.56)   Depth: 9/31   00:00:09  1507kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7
>>  +-  (1.56)   Depth: 9/31   00:00:10  1616kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7
>>  ±  (1.31)   Depth: 10/34   00:00:31  4722kN
>>1.Nxe7+ Rxe7 2.Nd5 Nxd5 3.Qxd5+ Re6 4.Qxa8+ Re8 5.Qxe8+ Bxe8 6.c3 Be5 7.Rd2 Bc6
>>8.Bg5 Ba4
>>  -+  (-2.09)   Depth: 10/38   00:01:34  12968kN
>>1.Ne3 Rab8 2.b3 Qb4 3.Nb1 cxb3 4.axb3 Rbc8 5.Rd3 Be6 6.Qf4
>>  ³  (-0.63)   Depth: 10/38   00:02:20  18508kN
>>1.e5 dxe5 2.Nh4 Kf7 3.Kb1 Bc6 4.Qe3 Reb8 5.b3 cxb3 6.axb3 Qxe3 7.Bxe3
>>  ³  (-0.45)   Depth: 10/38   00:04:55  37531kN
>>1.Nh4 Kf7 2.Qe3 Qb7 3.Ng2 Reb8 4.b3 cxb3 5.axb3 Qb4 6.Kd2
>>  =  (-0.17)   Depth: 10/39   00:08:03  61228kN
>>1.Bg7 Bxg7 2.Nxg7 Reb8 3.Nh5 Qxb2+ 4.Kd2 Nxh5 5.gxh5 Qb6 6.Ke2 Qb2 7.Kd2
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 10/39   00:13:25  103364kN
>>1.Bg7 Bxg7 2.Nxg7 Reb8 3.Nh5 Qxb2+ 4.Kd2 Nxh5 5.gxh5 Qb6 6.Ke2 Qb2 7.Kd2
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11/40   00:32:26  243161kN
>>
>>(Athlon 4 XP1500+, 128MB hash 02.09.2002)
>
>
>Thanks, your input has helped me add a crucial variation to my analysis:
>
>1.Bg7! Bxg7 2.Nxg7 Kxg7
>
>   [2...Reb8 3.Nh5 Qxb2+ 4.Kd2 Re8
>      (4...Nxh5 5.gxh5 +-)
>    5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Qh6 Re7 7.Rb1 Qa3 8.Nd5 +-]
>
>3.Nd5 Qb5 4.Qh6+ Kf7 5.g5
>
>   [5.Nxf6 c3 6.bxc3 exf6
>      (6...Kxf6 7.Rd5 +-)
>      {6...Rh8 7.Nxh7 Rab8 8.Qf4+ Kg7 9.e5! +-)
>    7.Qxh7+ Kf8 8.e5 Qxe5 9.Qxd7 Re7 10.Qxd6 Qxd6 11.Rxd6 Kg7 is slower]
>
>5...Rab8
>
>   [5...Nh5 6.Qxh7+ Ng7 7.Rh4 +-]
>
>   [5...c3 6.bxc3 e6
>      (6...Nh5 7.Qxh7+ Ng7 8.Rh4 +-)
>    7.Nc7 Qc5 8.gxf6 Kxf6 9.Qf4+ Kg7 10.Rxh7+ Kxh7 11.Qf7+ Kh6 12.Rh1+ Qh5
>       (12...Kg5 13.f4+ Kg4 14.Qxg6+ leading to mate)
>    13.Rxh5+ gxh5 14.Nxa8 +-]
>
>6.gxf6 Qxb2+ 7.Kd2 Bf5
>
>   [7...Ba4 8.Qxh7+ Ke6 9.f7 +-]
>
>8.exf5 Qd4+ 9.Ke2 exf6+ 10.Ne3 +-
>
>
>I think this is a good puzzle.  So far, only Hiarcs sees the first move, but it
>doesn't realize that White is winning.
>
>So this is the challenge: does any program see the first move and give White a
>strongly positive score (say, +1.5 or better)?

Tried Fritz this time...

Ernst.


New game
r3r1kb/p2bp2p/1q1p1npB/5NQ1/2p1P1P1/2N2P2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 7:

1.Ne3!
  =  (0.16)   Depth: 7/28   00:00:00  213kN
1.Ne3!
  ²  (0.31)   Depth: 7/31   00:00:00  231kN
1.Ne3 Be6 2.Qb5 Nd7 3.Ned5 Qxb5 4.Nxb5 Rab8
  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 7/31   00:00:00  257kN
1.Ne3 Be6 2.Qb5 Nd7 3.Ned5 Qxb5 4.Nxb5 Rab8 5.a4
  ²  (0.59)   Depth: 8/26   00:00:01  516kN
1.Ne3 Rac8 2.Ned5 Qb7 3.Nxf6+ Bxf6 4.Qd5+ Qxd5 5.Nxd5 Kf7 6.Nxf6 Kxf6 7.g5+ Ke5
  ²  (0.53)   Depth: 9/28   00:00:02  1390kN
1.Ne3 Rab8 2.Nxc4 Qb4 3.Rd4 Be6 4.a3 Qb7 5.b3 Nxg4
  ²  (0.31)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:06  3073kN
1.Ne3--
  =  (0.03)   Depth: 11/32   00:00:14  8071kN
1.Ne3 Rab8 2.Nxc4 Qb4 3.Rd4 Be6 4.a3 Qb7 5.b3 Nxg4 6.Na5
  =  (-0.03)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:16  8914kN
1.Rde1!
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:22  12781kN
1.Rde1 Rab8 2.Nd1 e6 3.Nfe3 Qa6 4.a3 Rec8 5.Qf4 e5 6.Qg5 Qa5
  =  (-0.03)   Depth: 12/40   00:00:48  27250kN
1.Rde1 Rab8 2.Nd1 a5 3.Nfe3 c3 4.b3 Qb4 5.Nc4
  =  (-0.12)   Depth: 13/44   00:02:33  89097kN
1.Bg7!
  =  (-0.09)   Depth: 13/44   00:03:40  129126kN
1.Nh4!
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 13/44   00:05:37  198473kN
1.Nh4!
  =  (0.09)   Depth: 13/44   00:05:55  209589kN
1.Nh4 Kf7 2.Qe3 Bc6 3.Ng2 Nd7 4.Qe2 Rab8 5.Qxc4+ d5 6.exd5 Qxb2+ 7.Kd2 Bb7 8.g5
  =  (0.13)   Depth: 13/44   00:06:08  217665kN
1.Nh4 Kf7 2.Qe3 Bc6 3.Qxb6 axb6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Bd4 Ra5 6.a3 Bxd4 7.Rxd4 Ne5 8.g5
  =  (0.09)   Depth: 14/41   00:07:29  266235kN
1.Nh4 Kf7 2.Qe3 Reb8 3.Qxb6 axb6 4.Ng2 b5 5.a3 Ne8 6.Kd2 b4 7.axb4 Rxb4 8.Be3
  =  (0.06)   Depth: 15/43   00:15:12  546713kN
1.Bg7!
  =  (0.09)   Depth: 15/43   00:17:52  645136kN
1.Bg7!
  =  (0.25)   Depth: 15/45   00:19:37  709085kN
1.Bg7!
  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 15/45   00:22:30  812439kN
1.Bg7!
  ±  (0.84)   Depth: 16/45   00:38:36  1397803kN
1.Bg7 Bxg7 2.Nxg7 Reb8 3.Nh5 Qxb2+ 4.Kd2 Bc6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Qxf6 Qb7 7.Qe6+ Kg7
8.Qxc4
  ±  (0.91)   Depth: 16/45   00:46:31  1681668kN
1.Bg7!
  ±  (1.19)   Depth: 17/47   01:28:32  3220756kN
1.Bg7 Bxg7 2.Nxg7 Reb8 3.Nh5 Qxb2+ 4.Kd2 Bc6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Qxf6 Qb7 7.Qe6+ Kg7
8.Qxc4
  ±  (1.22)   Depth: 18/47   03:09:33  6939174kN
1.Bg7!
  +-  (1.50)   Depth: 19/50   07:41:33  16953361kN

(Celeron 1.2GHz, 832MB hash, 3, 4 and 5 piece EGTB's 09.09.2002)



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