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Subject: a classic (Micro WCh. 1993)

Author: Mike S.

Date: 21:54:17 12/10/02


The King - Nimzo [B99]
12th World Microcomputer Chess Champion, 1993
[D]r7/8/4p2k/5bR1/3p3r/Np6/1P6/K5R1 w - - 0 59
59.Rh5+ Kxh5 60.Rg5+ Kh6 ½-½

This stalemate idea saved Nimzo 3rd place in the Micro WM, Munich 1993.
http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/93wm$tix.htm

Drawish eval required!

P3/700 MHz, 64 MB hash:

Analysis by List 504:

59.R5g3 d3 60.Rd1 Rh2 61.Rdxd3
  -+  (-4.30)   Depth: 5   00:00:00  3kN
(...)
59.R5g2 e5 60.Rf2 Rh5 61.Rgf1 Kg6 62.Rf3 d3 63.Rg3+ Rg5 64.Rxf5 Rxg3
  -+  (-4.75)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  1525kN
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rxh5 d3 64.Rh2 Kf7 65.Rf2
Ke7 66.Kb1
  -+  (-4.53)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  1540kN
59.Rh5+ Kxh5 60.Rg5+ Kh6 61.Rg6+ Kh7 62.Rg7+ Kh8 63.Rh7+ Kg8 64.Rxh4 d3 65.Rd4
e5 66.Rd5 Re8 67.Nc4
  -+  (-4.33)   Depth: 12   00:00:05  1699kN
59.Rh5+!
  -+  (-3.93)   Depth: 13   00:00:06  1977kN
59.Rh5+ Kxh5 60.Rg5+ Kh6 61.Rg6+ Kh7 62.Rg7+ Kh8 63.Rh7+ Kg8 64.Rg7+ Kf8 65.Rf7+
Ke8 66.Re7+ Kd8 67.Rd7+ Kc8 68.Rc7+ Kb8 69.Rb7+ Kxb7
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 13   00:00:06  1983kN
59.Rh5+ Kxh5 60.Rg5+ Kh6 61.Rg6+ Kh7 62.Rg7+ Kh8 63.Rh7+ Kg8 64.Rg7+ Kf8 65.Rf7+
Ke8 66.Re7+ Kd8 67.Rd7+ Kc8 68.Rc7+ Kb8 69.Rb7+ Kxb7
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 14   00:00:06  2024kN


Analysis by Chess Tiger 14.0:

59.R5g2 e5 60.Rg5 Rh1 61.Rxh1+ Kxg5 62.Rd1
  -+  (-3.66)   Depth: 8   00:00:00  99kN
(...)
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rxh5 d3 64.Rh2 e5 65.Rh5 d2
66.Rg5+ Kh7 67.Rg1 e4 68.Rd1
  -+  (-4.24)   Depth: 14   00:00:08  1931kN
59.Rh5+
  -+  (-3.34)   Depth: 15   00:00:10  2416kN
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.Re7+
Kd8 66.Rd7+ Kc8 67.Rc7+
  ³  (-0.36)   Depth: 15   00:00:10  2426kN
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.Re7+
Kd8 66.Rd7+ Kc8 67.Rc7+
  ³  (-0.36)   Depth: 16   00:00:10  2443kN

Tiger is "not so sure..." (-0.36), but "chases" the black king correctly, in the
pv.


Analysis by Goliath Light 1.5:

59.Rg7 e5 60.Rf7
  -+  (-4.20)   Depth: 6/10   00:00:00
(...)
59.R5g3 Bc2 60.Rf3 e5 61.Rf6+ Kh5 62.Re6 Re4 63.Reg6
  -+  (-4.29)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:01  459kN
59.Rh5+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:01  740kN
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rg8+ Kf7 65.Rg7+
Kf6 66.Rg6+ Bxg6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:01  748kN
59.Rh5+ Rxh5 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rg8+ Kf7 65.Rg7+
Kf6 66.Rg6+ Bxg6

1 second! Goliath Light has a special talent for perpetuals (the engine Patzer
too as I'm being told).

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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