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Subject: Re: A Brave Queen...!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:17:18 12/18/02

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On December 18, 2002 at 14:10:04, Art Basham wrote:

>In 1964 Tal played...Qd6...!
>
>I am wondering if any chess programs find it too...
>
>[D]rnb1k1nr/1p3pbp/p1p3p1/q3p3/2B1PB2/2N2N2/P1PQ1PPP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 13
>
>This is the actual position at move 13...
>Taken from the book, "Power Mates"...

CM9000, on a P3-733, finds Qd6 in 11 seconds, loses it to Be3 at 30 seconds, and
then gets it back at 1:11. A convincing score arrives at 3:10....

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	0.35	25950		13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nd7 15.Rbd1 Ngf6
0:01	1/5	0.44	54293		13.Bg3 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nh6 15.Red1
0:01	1/6	0.52	106394		13.Bg3 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nh6 15.Rbd1 Bf8
					16.Nf3
0:02	1/6	0.72	164324		13.Bg5 b5 14.Qd6 bxc4 15.Rxb8 Rxb8
					16.Qxb8 Ne7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7
0:06	1/7	0.27	503191		13.Bg5 h6 14.Na4 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Nd7
					16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Rxb6
0:08	1/7	0.39	619827		13.Na4 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Nd7 15.Nb6
					Nxb6 16.Rxb6 Ne7
0:11	1/7	0.83	947375		13.Qd6 f6 14.Bd2 Bf8 15.Qd3 Bb4
					16.Ne2
0:22	1/8	0.86	2030984		13.Qd6 f6 14.Bd2 Bf8 15.Qd3 Qc7
					16.Be3 b5
0:30	1/8	1.13	2707715		13.Be3 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nh6 15.Qd6 Qd8
					16.Nf3 Qe7
0:45	1/9	0.48	4100723		13.Be3 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nh6 15.Red1 b5
					16.Be6 Qc7 17.Bh3 Bf8
1:11	1/9	0.78	6642693		13.Qd6 f6 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Red1
					b5 16.Bxe5 Bf8 17.Qd4 c5
3:10	1/10	1.68	18435604	13.Qd6 f6 14.Bxe5 Bf8 15.Qc7 Qxc7
					16.Bxc7 b5 17.Rbd1 Be7 18.Bb3 Bg4

jm



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