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Subject: Re: Bucharest 1953 - 50 Years Ago

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:00:55 02/10/03

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On February 10, 2003 at 21:38:12, Mike Byrne wrote:

>[d] 1r2r1k1/3b1p2/pq1p1npB/3P4/2p5/5P2/PP1QB2R/2K4R w - - 0 26
>
>A nice move!
>
>26.Bg7! Nh5! 27.Rxh5! gxh5 28.Bd4 Qd8 29.Qh6 Re5 30.Rxh5 1-0

Indeed, it is a nice move, although I suspect computers will have no problem
with it. Chessmaster 9000 finds Bg7 in three seconds on a P3-733:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.36	2245		26.Bg5 Nh5 27.Bxc4 Rbc8
0:00	1/3	0.73	11293		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Bd4 Qb4 28.Qh6
0:00	1/4	0.78	14197		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Qh6 Qe3+ 28.Qxe3
					Rxe3 29.Bd4 Ree8 30.Bxc4
0:00	1/4	1.54	24439		26.Qc3 Re5 27.Bf4 Kg7 28.Bxe5 dxe5
					29.Bxc4
0:00	1/5	1.54	31799		26.Qc3 Re5 27.Bf4 Kg7 28.Bxe5 dxe5
					29.Bxc4
0:00	1/6	1.96	56309		26.Qc3 Re5 27.Bf4 Qc7 28.Bxe5 dxe5
					29.Rh8+ Kg7 30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Bxc4
0:01	1/7	1.64	124432		26.Qc3 Re5 27.Bf4 Nh5 28.Bxe5 dxe5
					29.Bxc4 Rc8 30.Re1
0:03	1/7	2.74	291240		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Bd4
					Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Rxe2 30.Rg1+ Bg4 31.fxg4
					h4
0:11	1/8	5.13	885171		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Bd4
					Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Bg4 30.Rh2 Bd7 31.Rxh5
0:23	1/9	5.70	1957504		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Bd4
					Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Re5 30.Bxc4 Rc8 31.f4
					Re2 32.Rxh5
0:44	1/10	5.41	3855646		26.Bg7 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Bd4
					Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Re5 30.Bxc4 Rc8 31.f4
					Re2 32.Rxh5 f6

>Here's Tolush placing a mating net around another future World Champion
>Botvinnik.
>
>[d]3n2k1/1pp2q2/p7/3r2p1/5p2/PQ2bN2/1PP5/1K2R2R w - - 0 41
>
>41.Rh5! Qxh5 42.Qxd5+ Nf7 43.Qe4 Kf8 44.Rd1 g4 45.Ne1 Nd6 46.Qe6 g3 47.Rd5 Qf7
>48.Qh6+ Qg7 49.Qh4 Nf7 50.Ng2 Qg6 51.Rd7 Kg8 52.Qe7 b6 53.Nh4 Qh5 54.Qf6 Bc5
>55.Ng6 g2 56.Qxf7#!

Rd1 appears to win also, but Tolush's vision is marvelous:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.53	2158		41.Rh5 Nc6 42.Nxg5
0:00	1/4	0.12	6032		41.Rh5 Qxh5 42.Qxd5+ Nf7 43.Qxb7 g4
0:00	1/4	0.23	6691		41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7 g4
0:00	1/5	0.23	17064		41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7 g4
0:00	1/6	0.21	55072		41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7
					g4 44.Qc8+ Kg7
0:01	1/7	0.04	164069		41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7
					g4 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.Rd7
0:04	1/7	0.44	368164		41.Rh6 g4 42.Reh1 Kf8 43.Rh7 Qe6
					44.Rxc7 Nf7
0:08	1/8	0.65	702004		41.Rh6 g4 42.Reh1 Kf8 43.Rh7 Qf5
					44.Rxc7 Nf7 45.Qc3
0:11	1/8	0.76	992894		41.Rd1 Rd6 42.Rxd6 cxd6 43.Qc3
					Qg7 44.Qxg7+ Kxg7 45.Nxg5 Nc6 46.Ne4
					d5
0:13	1/9	0.71	1226597		41.Rd1 Rd6 42.Nxg5 Qxb3 43.cxb3
					Nc6 44.Rxd6 cxd6 45.Ne4 f3 46.Nxd6
0:43	2/10	1.18	4060310		41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7
					Qe8 44.Qe4 Qf7 45.Ne5 Qh5 46.Rd7
					Qh3
2:17	3/11	1.23	13724949	41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Ne6 43.Qxb7
					Kg7 44.Qc6 Kf6 45.Rd7 Qh5 46.Qc3+
					Kf5 47.Qd3+ Kf6 48.Qe4

jm



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