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Subject: Re: Avoid move position

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 10:02:58 01/09/03

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On January 09, 2003 at 09:35:16, Andrew Williams wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Last night I was looking at a game between Hossa and PostModernist. PM lost
>after it took the pawn on a2 in this position:
>
>[D]r3r1k1/pbpp1pp1/1p3n1p/8/q1PPp3/2P1P1P1/P2BQP1P/1R2RBK1 b - - 0 19 am Qxa2
>
>
>How long does it take your program to ignore the Pawn here? Even after five
>minutes thinking, PM still wants to take it. The full game follows:

Hi Andrew,

Comet on K7/2k needs 5 secs to avoid this move.

New position
r3r1k1/pbpp1pp1/1p3n1p/8/q1PPp3/2P1P1P1/P2BQP1P/1R2RBK1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Comet B55:

...
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 h5
  µ  (-1.14)   Depth: 5/15   00:00:00  15kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 h5
  µ  (-1.13)   Depth: 6/16   00:00:00  35kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 Qc2 3.Rec1 Qb3 4.c5 bxc5 5.dxc5
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 6/16   00:00:00  61kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 Qc2 3.Rec1 Qb3
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 7/19   00:00:00  84kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 Qc2 3.Rec1 Rad8
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 7/19   00:00:00  91kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 Qc2 3.Rec1 Rad8
  µ  (-0.96)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:01  277kN
1...Qxa2 2.Ra1 Qc2 3.Rec1 Rad8
  ³  (-0.69)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:02  543kN
1...Nh7 2.Qd1 Qxa2 3.Ra1 Qb2 4.Rb1 Qa3 5.Ra1 Qe7
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 8/23   00:00:05  1323kN
1...Nh7 2.Qd1 Qxa2 3.Ra1 Qb2 4.Rb1 Qa3
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 9/24   00:00:07  1915kN
1...Nh7 2.Qd1 Qxa2 3.Ra1 Qb2 4.Rb1 Qa3
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 9/24   00:00:07  1955kN
1...Nh7 2.Qd1 Qxa2 3.Ra1 Qb2 4.Rb1 Rf8
  µ  (-0.93)   Depth: 10/24   00:00:09  2651kN
1...Nh7 2.Qd1 Qxa2 3.Ra1 Qxa1 4.Qxa1 a5
  ³  (-0.66)   Depth: 10/26   00:00:15  4425kN


>
>[Event "ICC 20 5"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "2003.01.03"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Hossa"]
>[Black "PostModernist"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
>[WhiteElo "2303"]
>[BlackElo "2356"]
>[Opening "English: four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
>[ECO "A29"]
>[NIC "EO.04"]
>[Time "05:12:05"]
>[TimeControl "1200+5"]
>
>1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d4 e4
>8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bf4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14.
>Rb1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Bh3 Qc6 17. e3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qa4 19. Bf1 Qxa2 20. Ra1
>Qb3 21. Reb1 Qc2 22. Rc1 Qb3 23. Be1 Nd5 24. Rc2 d6 25. Rb2 Qxb2 26. Qxb2
>Nf6 27. c5 dxc5 28. dxc5 Red8 29. c4 Nd7 30. cxb6 cxb6 31. Bb4 Bc6 32. Bh3
>f6 33. Bd6 Re8 34. Ra6 Ne5 35. c5 Bd5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Rxa8+
>Bxa8 39. Qxb6 Bd5 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Bd7 h5 42. Qc8 Kg6 43. Qf8 Bc4 44. Be8+
>Kh7 45. Bf7 Bxf7 46. Qxf7 Kh6 47. Kg2 Rb5 48. h3 Rg5 49. Qg8 Re5 50. g4 hxg4
>51. hxg4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Qc4 Kh6 55. Qf7 Kh7 56. Qc7 Rg5 57.
>Kxe4 Kg6 58. Qd7 Re5+ 59. Kd4 Ra5 60. f4 Ra1 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62. g5 fxg5 63.
>fxg5 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>
>Andrew



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