Author: Art Basham
Date: 09:42:26 02/02/03
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Well, maybe I did not make the best moves, but at least I won...:-) Hey, that Mate in 16 looks great (at move 5), so I must have done something right for a change...:-) Maybe I was just "lucky"... art +++++++++++++++++++ On February 01, 2003 at 14:16:56, John Merlino wrote: >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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