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Subject: Re: testposition - .....Ne5!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:36:26 12/18/02

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On December 18, 2002 at 19:13:59, bobby palacios wrote:

>[D] 2k2b1r/1pp5/p1nr1p2/3p2pq/3P2b1/P3PNP1/1P1BQPB1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 26
>
>In this game Junior 7 played Ne5, sacrificing the knight to get rid of the key
>defender at f3.  Gambit Tiger 2.0 (aggr) didnt know what hit it, and soon
>resigned a few moves later.  Other moves such as Re6 and f5 are good too, but
>Ne5 is the quickest to the win.  What does your engine choose?

Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, needs 13 seconds to find Ne5. Before that, it
also found another "good" move -- Bh3:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	-0.58	12255		26...Bh3 27.Qd3 Bxg2 28.Qf5+ Kb8
					29.Kxg2
0:00	1/5	-0.91	19672		26...Bh3 27.Bh1 Bf1 28.Kxf1 Qxh1+
					29.Ng1 Kb8 30.Qf3 Qh7
0:00	1/6	-0.83	45602		26...Bh3 27.Bh1 Bf1 28.Kxf1 Qxh1+
					29.Ng1 Kb8 30.Qf3 Qh7 31.Qe2
0:01	1/7	-0.87	79642		26...Bh3 27.Bh1 Bf1 28.Kxf1 Qxh1+
					29.Ng1 Kb8 30.Qf3 Qh7 31.Qe2 Bg7
0:02	1/7	-1.15	158488		26...Re6 27.Bc3 Bh3 28.Qf1 Bxg2
					29.Qxg2 g4 30.Nh4 Bd6
0:03	1/8	-0.65	264239		26...Re6 27.Bc3 Bh3 28.Bh1 Bf1
					29.Kxf1 Qxh1+ 30.Ng1 Re8 31.Qf3 Bg7
0:04	1/8	-0.89	325300		26...Bh3 27.Bh1 Bg7 28.Rac1 Bf1
					29.Kxf1 Qxh1+ 30.Ng1 Kb8 31.Qf3
					Qh7 32.Qe2
0:08	1/9	-1.00	751682		26...Bh3 27.Bh1 Bf5 28.Bg2 Be4
					29.Bc3 g4 30.Nh4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Bg7
0:13	1/9	-1.41	1260167		26...Ne5 27.dxe5 fxe5 28.Bc3 e4
					29.Bxh8 exf3 30.Qd2 fxg2 31.f3
					Qh1+ 32.Kf2 g1=Q+ 33.Rxg1 Qxf3+
					34.Ke1
0:22	1/10	-1.79	2114015		26...Ne5 27.dxe5 fxe5 28.e4 Rf6
					29.Bf4 gxf4 30.Rxd5 fxg3 31.Qd2
					gxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Kb8
0:46	2/11	-2.03	4192232		26...Ne5 27.dxe5 fxe5 28.e4 Rf6
					29.Bf4 gxf4 30.Rxd5 fxg3 31.Rad1
					Bd6 32.R5d3 Rhf8
2:35	3/12	-2.41	15806223	26...Ne5 27.dxe5 fxe5 28.e4 Rf6
					29.Bf4 gxf4 30.Rxd5 fxg3 31.Qd1
					gxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Bd6 33.Rd3 Qh4+ 34.Kf1
					Qg3 35.Qb3

jm



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