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Subject: Re: Good (IMO) Endgame test

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:27:49 01/07/03

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On January 07, 2003 at 11:47:41, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>[D] 1r4k1/pp1R2p1/2n1p2p/8/8/2b1B1PP/P4PB1/6K1 w - - 0 23
>
>IMHO this was the key moment of Kramnik-DF match last October. Kramnik blundered
>his winning chances away with 23.Bxc6. Dorian Rogozenko (not a top
>grandmaster, but strong anyway) criticized this move after the 4th game on
>chessbase server.
>23.Kf1 seems to be better, even in case black is able to defend this. can your
>programs avoid 23.Bxc6?
>
>two games played with 30' per move on Athlon 1.66GHz ponder off:
>
>
>Shredder 7 - Fritz 8 [D34]
>
>1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0
>9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
>16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Rad8 20.Be3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxc3
>22.Rd7 Rb8 23.Kf1 e5 24.Ke2 Bd4 25.Bd5+ Kh7 26.h4 a6 27.Bd2 Kh8 28.f3 a5 29.Be4
>h5 30.Be1 a4 31.Bg6 Bb2 32.Ke3 b5 33.Rc7 Nd8 34.Re7 Nc6 35.Rc7 Nd8 36.Re7 Nc6
>37.Re8+ Rxe8 38.Bxe8 Nd4 39.Ke4 Kh7 40.g4 a3 41.gxh5 Ne2 42.Bf7 Kh6 43.Bd2+ Nf4
>44.Kf5 Bd4 45.Be8 Bb2 46.Kg4 Bd4 47.Bxb5 Bb2 48.Bd3 Bd4 49.Bg6 Ba1 50.Be4 Bd4
>51.Bb4 Ng2 52.Bxa3 Ne3+ 53.Kg3 Kxh5 54.Be7 Bc3 55.a4 Be1+ 56.Kh3 Ba5 57.Bg5 Nd1
>58.Bd5 Nf2+ 59.Kh2 Kg6 60.Kg3 Be1 61.Kg2 Nd1 62.Bb3 Nb2 63.Bd8 Bb4 64.a5 Nd3
>65.Bc2 e4 66.Bb6 Nc5 67.Bxe4+ Kf7 68.Bc6 Ke6 69.Kg3 Nd7 70.Bxd7+ Kxd7 71.a6 Kc6
>72.Bd4 g6 73.Kg4 Be7 74.h5 gxh5+ 75.Kxh5 Bd6 76.Kg6 Kc7 77.Kf6 Ba3 78.a7 Bf8
>79.a8Q Be7+ 80.Ke6 Bc5 81.Qa5+ Kb7 82.Qxc5 Kb8 83.Kd7 Ka8 84.Qc8# 1-0
>
>
>Fritz 8 - Shredder 7 [D34]
>
>1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0
>9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
>16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Rad8 20.Be3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxc3
>22.Rd7 Rb8 23.Kf1 a5 24.Be4 Nb4 25.a4 b6 26.Bb7 Bf6 27.Bxb6 Nd3 28.Ba7 Rd8
>29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Ke2 Nb4 31.Ke3 Kf7 32.Kd4 g5 33.Kc4 Kf6 34.Bd4+ e5 35.Bc3 Kf5
>36.Kb5 h5 37.Bxb4 axb4 38.a5 Bc7 39.f3 e4 40.a6 Bb8 41.Bxe4+ Ke6 42.h4 gxh4
>43.gxh4 Ba7 44.Kxb4 Kd6 45.f4 Kc7 46.f5 Kb6 47.f6 Bb8 48.Kc4 Bd6 49.Kd5 Bf8
>50.Bd3 Bb4 51.Ke6 1-0

Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, prefers Be4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.27	1391		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 Rb1+ 25.Kg2
					Rb2
0:00	1/4	0.29	3713		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 e5 25.Rc7
					Rb1+ 26.Kg2
0:00	1/5	0.33	13632		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 Rb2 25.a4 Ra2
0:01	1/6	0.52	47283		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 Rb1+ 25.Kg2
					Rb2 26.Ra6 Bd2 27.Bxd2 Rxd2 28.Rxc6
					Rxa2 29.Rxe6
0:02	1/7	0.52	72539		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 Rb1+ 25.Kg2
					Rb2 26.Ra6 Bd2 27.Bxd2 Rxd2 28.Rxc6
					Rxa2 29.Rxe6
0:04	1/8	0.41	152078		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 e5 25.a4 Bd4
					26.Rd7 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Ra8
0:07	2/9	0.18	454869		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 e5 25.a4 Bd4
					26.Rd7 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Ra8 28.Re7
					Rxa4 29.Rxe5
0:29	3/10	0.18	2312657		23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxa7 e5 25.a4 Bd4
					26.Rd7 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Ra8 28.Re7
					Rxa4 29.Rxe5
0:34	3/10	0.26	2740109		23.Be4 a5 24.Bf4 e5 25.Bc1 Nd4
					26.Be3 b6 27.Re7 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Kf8
1:46	4/11	0.29	9289381		23.Be4 a5 24.a4 Kh8 25.Bb6 Kg8
					26.f4 e5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Kg2
4:24	5/12	0.31	24975824	23.Be4 a5 24.a4 Kh8 25.Bb6 e5 26.Kf1
					Bd4 27.Bxc6 Bxb6 28.Bxb7 Rf8

jm



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