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Subject: Re: Avoid move === Kasparov-Vukic, Skara 1980

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:54:18 12/16/02

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On December 16, 2002 at 07:16:12, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>              Kasparov-Vukic, Skara 1980
>      [D]4n3/1p3pp1/p1krp2p/P6P/2P2PP1/2B5/1PK5/4R3 b
> And here Vukic played 1. Nf6?? and resigned after 1...Bxf6 2. gxfe Rd1!
> I believe the White plan is beyond the horizon of chess programs [and Vukic's,
> for that matter]. White will be able to create passed pawns on both wings. JAFM

CM9000, on a P3-733, gives up on Nf6 after about 1/4 second. It likes Rd8 until
18 seconds, after which it switches to Kd7:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.21	647		1...Nf6 2.Bxf6 gxf6 3.b4 Rd4
0:00	1/4	0.24	1279		1...Nf6 2.Bxf6 gxf6 3.Rd1 Rxd1
					4.Kxd1
0:00	1/4	0.23	1863		1...Rd8 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bxf6 gxf6
0:00	1/5	0.24	4474		1...Rd8 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.Kc3
0:00	1/6	0.32	10403		1...Rd8 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.Rd1
					Rg8
0:01	1/7	0.37	70595		1...Rd8 2.g5 Kc5 3.g6 fxg6 4.Re5+
					Kd6 5.Bb4+ Kc7 6.hxg6
0:02	1/8	0.45	163519		1...Rd8 2.g5 Kd7 3.b4 Ke7 4.b5
					Rd6 5.gxh6 gxh6
0:04	2/9	0.37	334792		1...Rd8 2.g5 Kd7 3.b4 Ke7 4.b5
					f6 5.f5 e5
0:13	3/10	0.50	1104731		1...Rd8 2.g5 Rc8 3.b3 Kd7 4.Rd1+
					Kc6 5.Be5 f6 6.gxf6 gxf6
0:18	3/10	0.47	1600843		1...Kd7 2.b4 Rc6 3.Rd1+ Ke7 4.Kb3
					Nf6 5.b5 axb5 6.Bb4+ Ke8 7.cxb5
0:36	4/11	0.43	3305601		1...Kd7 2.b4 f6 3.Re2 Ke7 4.Rd2
					Rxd2+ 5.Kxd2 Nd6 6.Kd3 Kd7 7.Bd4
1:35	5/12	0.46	8818455		1...Kd7 2.b4 Ke7 3.b5 Rd7 4.f5
					Rc7 5.Kb3 Nd6 6.Bb4 axb5 7.cxb5
					Kd7 8.fxe6+ fxe6

After forcing Nf6, the score goes up to +2 in less than one second.

jm



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