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Subject: Re: position from a real game

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:10:35 01/29/03

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On January 29, 2003 at 20:16:13, Mike Byrne wrote:

> against Pocket Fritz 1.0 - not a great test position because b6 also wins, I
>played the sac Bxa7 ...
>
>
>[d]1kq1r2r/ppp2ppp/2P1p3/PPBp4/3Pn3/1Q6/3bB1PP/RR4K1 w - - 0 1

Yes, b6 definitely wins. Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, finds this move in one
second, but doesn't see the big win until 1:31.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	-1.23	26258		1.cxb7 Qxb7 2.a6 Nxc5 3.dxc5 Qc8
					4.Qg3
0:01	1/5	-1.11	41331		1.b6 Nxc5 2.dxc5 cxb6 3.axb6 Qxc6
					4.bxa7+ Ka8
0:03	1/6	-0.63	177068		1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 a5 3.c7+ Ka8 4.Bb4
					Bxb4 5.Qxb4
0:04	1/7	0.48	299511		1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 Qxc6 3.Bb5 Qc8
					4.Bxe8 Rxe8 5.bxa7+ Ka8
0:07	1/8	0.48	481150		1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 Qxc6 3.Bb5 Qc8
					4.Bxe8 Rxe8 5.bxa7+ Ka8
0:16	1/9	0.05	1241729		1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 Qxc6 3.Bb5 Qc8
					4.Bxe8 Rxe8 5.bxa7+ Ka8 6.Bb4
1:31	1/10	3.64	7073228		1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 Qxc6 3.Bb5 Qc8
					4.Rxa7 Nxc5 5.Qa3 Na6 6.Qd6+ Nc7
					7.bxc7+ Qxc7 8.Rxb7+ Kxb7 9.Ba6+
					Ka8 10.Qxc7
2:36	2/11	4.22	12779684	1.b6 cxb6 2.axb6 Qxc6 3.Bb5 a5
					4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Qd3 Kb7 6.Ra2 Bc3
					7.Rc2

After forcing Bxa7, it says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-3.12	492		1...Kxa7 2.b6+ Ka8 3.bxc7 bxc6
0:00	1/4	-1.66	2995		1...Kxa7 2.b6+ Kb8 3.bxc7+ Qxc7
					4.Qxb7+ Qxb7 5.Rxb7+ Ka8 6.Rxf7
0:00	1/5	-2.20	10675		1...Kxa7 2.b6+ Kb8 3.cxb7 Qd7 4.a6
					c5 5.dxc5 Nxc5
0:00	1/6	-0.63	48470		1...Kxa7 2.b6+ Kb8 3.a6 cxb6 4.Qxb6
					Be3+ 5.Kh1 Re7 6.Qa7+ Kxa7 7.axb7+
					Kb8 8.bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 9.Ra8+ Kc7 10.Rxh8
					Bxd4
0:01	1/6	-1.15	89541		1...Ka8 2.b6 Bc3 3.cxb7+ Qxb7 4.Ra4
					e5 5.a6
0:02	1/7	-0.57	216404		1...Ka8 2.b6 cxb6 3.cxb7+ Qxb7
					4.Bxb6 Qc6 5.a6 Rb8
0:06	1/8	-0.55	499674		1...Ka8 2.b6 cxb6 3.cxb7+ Qxb7
					4.Bxb6 Nc3 5.Bb5 Nxb1 6.Bxe8 Rxe8
					7.Rxb1
0:27	1/9	-0.22	2230136		1...Ka8 2.Qd3 Bc3 3.Ra2 e5 4.Bc5
					Nxc5 5.cxb7+ Qxb7 6.Qxc3 Ne4
0:50	1/10	-0.22	4091680		1...Ka8 2.Qd3 Bc3 3.Ra2 e5 4.Bc5
					Nxc5 5.cxb7+ Qxb7 6.Qxc3 Ne4
5:35	2/11	1.50	26384352	1...Ka8 2.Bc5 Nxc5 3.dxc5 Qd8 4.b6
					Qe7 5.a6 Qxc5+ 6.Kh1 cxb6 7.axb7+
					Kb8 8.Ra8+ Kc7 9.Qg3+ e5 10.Qxe5+
					Rxe5 11.Rxh8 Re8 12.Rxe8
17:34	3/12	3.12	84587214	1...Ka8 2.Bc5 Nxc5 3.dxc5 Qd8 4.cxb7+
					Kb8 5.a6 Qg5 6.Qa2 Qe3+ 7.Kh1 Qxc5
					8.Qxd2 f6 9.Rc1 Qf2

jm



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