Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 14:02:18 10/03/02
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On October 03, 2002 at 15:49:01, Terry Ripple wrote: >On October 03, 2002 at 15:14:06, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>On October 02, 2002 at 18:06:36, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>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. >> >> >>60.Kc2 seems to hold the position: >>60...Qh2+ 61.Kb1 g2 62.e5! g1Q 63.Rxh2 Qxh2 64.exd6 cxd6 65.Be4! >> >>So my opinion is, that 57...Qh1+ leads to an advantage for black, but which is >>probably not enough for a win by perfect defense. >> >>Good night ;-) >--------------------- >You are correct because my results that i posted to on this very line shows >pretty much that it's very drawish! Check my recent post if you didn't already! > >Regards, > Terry yes I saw your post, the line is slightly different, but the "idea" is the same. The key move to hold the draw is e5. While analyzing I had the feeling, that Fritz doesn't understand this position very well, while Tiger or Shredder find winning lines faster.
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