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Subject: Re: GM Christiansen's rook sac -- Susan is right!

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 15:06:36 10/02/02

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On October 01, 2002 at 21:41:34, John Merlino wrote:

>And, how do they evaluate this positon that resulted from it? Larry played f3,
>which certainly appeared to be good. Susan Polgar said that she thought Qh1+
>would lead to a won endgame.
>
>[D]8/p1p5/Pp1p2nk/1P1B3q/2P1Ppr1/1Q4p1/R5P1/3R1K2 b - - 0 57
>
>And, finally, if Larry had played Qh1+, this position would have resulted. What
>say your programs now? Do they play Qf3+, Ne5+ or Qh3? Any input from strong
>humans would also be greatly appreciated....
>
>[D]8/p1p5/Pp1p2nk/1P1B4/2P1Ppr1/1Q1K2p1/R5q1/3R4 b - - 0 59
>


Great position!

I let different programs play from this position and CT14 showed the winning
line in a match against Fritz 7.008

I set a depth of 14 for each move, which takes on my duron 735 Mhz in the
beginning about 30 min/move.

Here is the game (from the position above):



Fritz 7 - Chess Tiger 14.0 [A28]
cm-christiansen-endgametest, 14ply/14pl JOACHIM (2), 02.10.2002

W=14.7 ply; 359kN/s
B=14.7 ply; 220kN/s
... 59... Qh3 60.Rg1 g2+ 61.Kc2 Rg3 62.Qb4 Ne5 63.c5 bxc5  -1.40/14  46:35
64.Qd2  -0.44/14  11:13  Kh7  -0.84/14  12:14  65.Kb1  0.00/14  13:57  f3 (Nf3)
-1.60/14  13:52  66.Qd1 (Qf4)  0.00/14  10:10  66...Nd3  -1.82/14  7:24  67.b6
(Rd2)  0.00/14  6:01  67...cxb6  -2.30/14  3:53  68.Bg8+  -0.62/14  4:15  Kg7
(Kh8)  -2.72/14  1:45  69.Bc4  -0.66/14  2:44  Ne5 (f2)  -2.86/14  6:17  70.Bd5
(Bb5)  -0.69/14  13:57  70...Qh6 (Qh2)  -3.26/14  2:29  71.Qe1  -1.09/14  12:35
Qf4  -3.04/14  2:16  72.Rf2  -1.37/14  7:10  Kg6  -3.16/14  6:51  73.Qc3 (Qd1)
-1.56/14  11:39  73...b5  -3.66/14  5:23  74.Ka2 (Kc2)  -1.97/14  34:07  74...b4
 -3.64/14  2:25  75.Qb3 (Qc2)  -2.06/14  11:59  75...Ng4 (Kh5)  -4.62/14  3:54
76.Qc2  -2.47/14  33:45  Nxf2  -4.65/14  7:47  77.Qxf2 adjud.  -2.62/14  5:19
0-1





60 Kc2 is another possible line, but every engine I tried changes to Rg1 after
few minutes. Tonight I will run another match with the move 60.Kc2

Do you see better defence for white, than Fritz 7.008 found?


60.Rg1 g2+ 61.Kc2 (forced) Rg3. 62. Qb4 (or Qb2) Ne5

in this position most engines after a few minutes begin to realize, that black
has an advantage. Most engines switch from the more logical Qd2 to c5 after few
minutes.



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