Author: John Merlino
Date: 08:26:09 01/03/03
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On January 03, 2003 at 00:36:31, Mike Byrne wrote: >but so easy for today's computers .... > >[d] 6k1/1br3p1/4p2p/2b3q1/8/1Q4P1/P1R2P1P/2R3K1 b - - 0 29 ;bm 29... Bxf2+ > >This game was voted 6th Best of Chess Informant Volumes 1 through 64. > > > >Spassky,B - Tal,M [E30] >Informant 15/518, 1973 > > >1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 d5 9.e3 >0-0 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 a6 13.bxa6 Nc6 14.Be2 d4 15.exd4 Rxf3 16.Bxf3 >cxd4 17.0-0 dxc3 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Qd6 Rxa6 20.Bxc6 Bb4 21.Qb8 Rxc6 22.Rac1 Bc5 >23.Rc2 Qa4 24.Qb3 Qf4 25.Qg3 Qf5 26.Rfc1 Bb7 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Qb3 Rc7 29.g3 Bxf2+ >30.Kxf2 Qf6+ 31.Ke1 Qe5+ 32.Kf1 Ba6+ 33.Kg1 Qd4+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Bb7 36.h4 >Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Rf7+ 38.Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1 > >On my machine almost all programs found this in 30 seconds or less, with maybe >Fritz 8 and Chess Tiger being the fastest in 1 or 2 seconds. Chess Tiger >probably gave the best assessment the quickest - which is white is dead lost. Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, finds it in eleven seconds, although the eval strongly favors Black from the outset: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 1.34 2131 29...Qf5 30.Rxc5 Rxc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qxb7 0:00 1/3 -0.96 2464 29...Qe5 30.Qd3 Rc8 31.Qd7 0:00 1/3 -1.20 9339 29...Qf6 30.Re1 Rf7 0:00 1/4 -1.35 12869 29...Qf6 30.Kf1 Bd4 31.f4 0:00 1/5 -1.36 36588 29...Qf6 30.Rf1 Qe5 31.Qd3 Bd5 32.a4 0:02 1/6 -1.62 113779 29...Qf6 30.Rd1 Rf7 31.Qb2 Qf3 32.Rd8+ Kh7 0:03 1/7 -1.41 239217 29...Qf6 30.Rf1 Bd5 31.Qd3 Qf8 32.a4 Qa8 33.Rfc1 0:06 1/8 -1.52 551667 29...Qf6 30.Rf1 Qf5 31.Re2 Kh7 32.Rfe1 Bd5 33.Qb1 0:11 1/8 -3.99 991074 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qf5+ 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxc7 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Kd2 Qxh2+ 37.Ke3 Qxg3+ 38.Kd4 0:18 1/9 -4.21 1678103 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qf5+ 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxc7 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Kd2 Qxh2+ 37.Ke3 Qxg3+ 38.Kd2 Qf4+ 39.Kd1 0:33 2/10 -4.09 3505321 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qf5+ 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxc7 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Kd2 Qxh2+ 37.Kc3 Qxg3+ 38.Kb4 Qd6+ 39.R1c5 Qd4+ 40.Kb5 1:38 3/11 -4.14 10997031 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qf5+ 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxc7 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Kd2 Qxh2+ 37.Kc3 Qxg3+ 38.Kb2 Bd5 39.Rd7 jm
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