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Subject: Re: Hard testposition

Author: Matthew White

Date: 16:41:27 12/02/02

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On December 01, 2002 at 17:52:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>Inspired by the Kasparov-Topalov position I wanted to repost this one:
>
>Kramnik - Kasparov
>
>[D]1r4k1/p3QNpp/1p3n2/8/8/5P2/Pq3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Qe6!!
>
>--
>GCP
Ruffian 1.0.1 takes 7 min on a P3 1GHz with 64MB hash, though it doesn't see the
position as overwhelming in favor of White.

   8-->   1.05   0.67    Nd8 h6 Qf7+ Kh7 Ne6 Rg8 Qxa7 Qd2 Re5
   9/19   1.43     ++    Nd8
   9/20   1.61   1.18    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Re4
   9-->   2.16   1.18    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Re4
  10/24   2.75   0.99    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Re3 Qc1+ Kg2
  10-->   4.16   0.99    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Re3 Qc1+ Kg2
  11/27   5.66   0.90    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Rc1 Qe8+ Kh7 Nf8+ Kh8
                         Ng6+ Kh7 Rxc1 Qxc1+
  11-->   9.08   0.90    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Rc1 Qe8+ Kh7 Nf8+ Kh8
                         Ng6+ Kh7 Rxc1 Qxc1+
  12/28  12.78   1.00    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rb1 Qc6 Qe7 Re8
  12-->  22.64   1.00    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rb1 Qc6 Qe7 Re8
  13/29  31.85   1.03    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rb1 Qc6 Qe7 Qxf3
                         Rxb6
  13-->   1:00   1.03    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rb1 Qc6 Qe7 Qxf3
                         Rxb6
  14/32   1:39   0.82    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rd1 Qc6 f4 Qxd7 Rxd7
                         Rc2 a4
  14-->   3:22   0.82    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rd1 Qc6 f4 Qxd7 Rxd7
                         Rc2 a4
  15/35   5:23   0.74    Nd8 h6 Ne6 Nh5 Qxa7 Rc8 Qd7 Qc3 Rd1 Qc6 f4 Qxd7 Rxd7
                         Ra8 Rd5 Kf7
  15/37   7:02   x.xx    Qe6
  15/37   8:28   0.76    Qe6 h5 Ne5+ Kh7 Qf5+ Kg8 Nc6 Ra8 Re7 Qc1+ Kg2 a5
                         Nd4 Rf8 Qg6 Qh6 Qxh6 gxh6 f4
  15-->  12:06   0.76    Qe6 h5 Ne5+ Kh7 Qf5+ Kg8 Nc6 Ra8 Re7 Qc1+ Kg2 a5
                         Nd4 Rf8 Qg6 Qh6 Qxh6 gxh6 f4
  16/39  17:23     ++    Qe6



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