Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:16:56 02/01/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 12:54:33, Art Basham wrote: >In a recent game, my move was Rh4, and I went on to win... > >[D]3r2k1/1Q5p/p4pp1/2qrp3/P3R3/2P1b1BP/1P4P1/5R1K w - - 0 1 > >I was wondering if any chess program finds this move Rh4...etc.... > >Fritz7 prefers ...Bh4...(on my slow machine)... >maybe there is even a better move than the one I played... >Thanks! >Art > >the game continued.. >1. e4-h4 d5-d7 >2. b7xa6 f6-f5 >3. a6-e6+ g8-f8 >4. g3xe5 d7-e7 >5 e6-f6+ f8-e8 >6 f6-h8+ wins... Chessmaster 9000, on a humble P3-733, plays the nicely materialistic Qxa6: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 -3.30 2034 1.Rxf6 Rd1+ 2.Be1 Rxe1+ 3.Kh2 Bf4+ 4.Rexf4 Qg1+ 5.Kg3 exf4+ 6.Rxf4 0:00 1/3 0.15 2479 1.Qxa6 R5d6 2.Qc4+ Qxc4 3.Rxc4 0:00 1/4 0.32 11482 1.Qxa6 Bg5 2.h4 R5d6 3.Qc4+ Qxc4 4.Rxc4 0:00 1/5 0.13 32052 1.Qxa6 R8d6 2.Qe2 Bg5 3.Rc4 0:01 1/5 0.23 61451 1.Rh4 h5 2.Qxa6 R5d6 3.Qc4+ Kg7 4.Qxc5 Bxc5 0:01 1/6 0.00 106918 1.Rh4 h5 2.Qxa6 R8d6 3.Qb7 Rd7 4.Qa8+ Rd8 5.Qa6 0:02 1/6 0.43 124923 1.Qxa6 R5d6 2.Qe2 Bg5 3.Qc4+ Qxc4 4.Rxc4 Rd2 5.b4 0:03 1/7 0.43 225869 1.Qxa6 R5d6 2.Qe2 Bg5 3.Qc4+ Qxc4 4.Rxc4 Rd2 5.b4 0:07 1/8 0.52 531562 1.Qxa6 R8d6 2.Qe2 Bh6 3.Rc4 Qb6 4.Rc8+ Rd8 5.Rxd8+ Rxd8 6.b4 0:17 1/9 0.63 1437587 1.Qxa6 R5d6 2.Qe2 Bh6 3.Qc4+ Qxc4 4.Rxc4 Be3 5.Rc7 Rd2 6.b4 0:44 1/10 0.72 3889511 1.Qxa6 R8d6 2.Qe2 Bg5 3.Qc4 Qc6 4.Qxc6 Rxc6 5.Rb4 Rd8 6.Rb7 Be3 1:52 2/11 0.78 10266797 1.Qxa6 R8d6 2.Qe2 Bg5 3.Qc4 Qc6 4.Qxc6 Rxc6 5.Rb4 Rd8 6.Bf2 f5 7.Rb7 Additionally, it appears that if your opponent had played h5 or Qa7 after your Rh4, you would have had a much more difficult time winning the game.... Furthermore, your opponent's f5 and Re7 were big blunders -- the eval jumps more than two points in your favor after f5 and jumps to a Mate in 14 (from just about 2.5 points in your favor) after Re7: 3r1k2/4r2p/4Q1p1/2q1Bp2/P6R/2P1b2P/1P4P1/5R1K w - - 0 5 Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 5.47 2657 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qf6+ Kb7 9.Rxd8 Qxe5 10.Qxe5 Rxe5 0:00 1/4 7.26 7021 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qf6+ Kb7 9.Rxd8 Qxe5 10.Qxe5 Rxe5 11.Rxh7+ Kc6 0:00 1/5 7.26 21353 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qf6+ Kb7 9.Rxd8 Qxe5 10.Qxe5 Rxe5 11.Rxh7+ Kc6 0:00 1/6 8.24 70372 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qf6+ Kb7 9.Rxd8 Ka7 10.Bh2 0:01 1/7 8.23 160552 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qf6+ Kb7 9.Rxd8 Bg5 10.Rb4+ Qxb4 11.cxb4 Bxf6 12.Bxf6 0:03 1/8 9.51 391453 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qxd8 Qxe5 9.Qa8+ Kc7 10.Rd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 0:09 1/9 15.71 917910 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qxd8 Qxe5 9.Qa8+ Kc7 10.Rb4 Qd4 11.Rb7+ Kd6 12.Qa6+ Kd5 13.Rxd4+ Bxd4 14.Rxe7 0:19 2/10 16.08 2157463 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kd7 7.Rd1+ Kc6 8.Qxd8 Qxe5 9.Qa8+ Kc7 10.Rb4 Qd4 11.Rb7+ Kd6 12.Qa6+ Kd5 13.c4+ Ke5 14.Rxe7+ Kf4 15.Rxd4+ Bxd4 16.Rxh7 2:30 3/11 Mate16 18000664 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kf7 7.Qg7+ Ke8 8.Qg8+ Kd7 9.Rd1+ Kc6 10.Qxd8 Qxe5 11.Qa8+ Kc7 12.Rb4 Qh2+ 13.Kxh2 Bg1+ 14.Rxg1 Re3 15.Qb7+ Kd6 16.Rb6+ Ke5 17.Qc7+ Kd5 18.Qc6+ Ke5 19.Qd6+ Ke4 20.Rb4# 8:10 4/12 Mate14 58892320 5.Qf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+ Kf7 7.Qxh7+ Ke6 8.Qxg6+ Kd5 9.Rxf5 Bd4 10.Bxd4+ Kc4 11.Bxc5+ Rd4 12.Rxd4+ Kb3 13.Qg8+ Kc2 14.Rf2+ Re2 15.Rxe2+ Kc1 16.Qg5+ Kb1 17.Rd1+ Ka2 18.Qd5# Finally, though, after you played Bxe5, your opponent appears to have had a draw with Rd1! jm
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