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Subject: Re: What is the best move from this position?

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 15:05:04 02/17/03

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On February 17, 2003 at 01:14:17, Thomas McBurney wrote:

>I picked up all my chess pieces, shuffled them, then threw them on the centre of
>my chessboard and got the following position.  I did make a few small
>adjustments to make the position legal.
>
>I'm interested in seeing if all chess engines come to the same conclusion with
>this unnatural chess position.
>
>
>[D]8/2pP4/kqP1Brb1/npBnRNr1/3QppP1/NpRppP1P/1PpP1bPK/8 b - - 0 1
>

Chezzz:

time         nodes depth    score  pv
00:00:00.00   42n  01/00/07 -1.455 1... c1=Q 2. Rxc1 exd2 (42)
00:00:00.03 1782n  01/01/20 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.05 2553n  02/01/20 -1.122 1... exd2!
00:00:00.10 7077n  02/03/24 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.16   19kn 03/05/24 -1.455 1... c1=Q 2. Rxc1 exd2 (19913)
00:00:00.17   19kn 03/05/24 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.17   22kn 04/04/20 -1.122 1... c1=Q!
00:00:00.19   26kn 04/05/21 -0.567 1... c1=Q 2. Rxc1 exd2 3. Bxb6 dxc1=Q
                                   4. Qxd5 (26728)
00:00:00.30   46kn 04/07/25 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.36   62kn 05/07/24 -0.567 1... c1=Q 2. Rxc1 exd2 3. Bxb6 dxc1=Q
                                   4. Qxd5 (62750)
00:00:00.64  134kn 05/09/25 -0.234 1... Nxc3!
00:00:00.75  159kn 05/07/25 -0.189 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Ne2+ 5. Kh2 Nxd4
                                   6. Bxb6 Rxe5 (159482)
00:00:00.83  168kn 05/09/25 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:01.05  237kn 06/12/26 -0.189 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Ne2+ 5. Kh2 Nxd4
                                   6. Bxb6 Rxe5 (237884)
00:00:01.61  369kn 06/13/27 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:03.69 1009kn 07/14/28 -4.134 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Ne2+ 5. Kh2 Qxc6
                                   6. Qc8+ Nb7 (1009747)
00:00:08.94 2617kn 07/15/29 -4.112 1... Nxc6 2. Bxb6 Nxd4 3. d8=Q Bg3+
                                   4. Nxg3 fxg3+ 5. Kxg3 Ne2+
                                   6. Kh2 Rxe5 (2617013)
00:00:09.91 2904kn 07/15/29 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:13.44 4024kn 08/17/29 -3.882 1... Nxc6 2. Bxb6 Nxd4 3. d8=Q Bg3+
                                   4. Nxg3 fxg3+ 5. Kxg3 Ne2+
                                   6. Kh2 Nexc3 (4024917)
00:00:16.96 5181kn 08/17/30 -3.779 1... Nxc3!
00:00:17.71 5434kn 08/16/29 -3.772 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Ne2+ 5. Kh2 Qxc6
                                   6. Qc8+ Qb7 7. Qxb7+ Kxb7 (5434416)
00:00:23.55 7290kn 08/17/32 ---------------------------------------------------
00:01:16.91   24Mn 09/19/32 -4.307 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Qxc6 5. Qxc3 Rxe5
                                   6. Qxf6 Rxe6 (24656971)
00:01:34.03   30Mn 09/19/32 ---------------------------------------------------
00:03:28.81   70Mn 10/22/33 -4.738 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Qxc6 3. Qxc3 Bg3+
                                   4. Kg1 e2 5. Rxe4 Bxf5
                                   6. Bxf5 e1=Q+ 7. Rxe1 Bxe1
                                   8. Qdxd3 (70213492)
00:04:29.42   90Mn 10/22/36 ---------------------------------------------------
00:09:33.11  199Mn 11/26/34 -6.188 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Qxc6 3. Qxc3 Bg3+
                                   4. Kh1 Bxf5 5. Qc8+ Qb7
                                   6. Nxb5 c1=Q+ 7. Qxc1 Qxc8
                                   8. Bxc8+ Bxc8 9. Nxc7+ Kb7
                                   10. Rxg5 Kxc7 11. dxe3 (199856600)
00:15:42.55  332Mn 11/26/36 -5.307 1... Rf8 2. Bxb6 c1=Q 3. Rxc1 exd2
                                   4. Ra1 Bxd4 5. Bxd4 Ne3
                                   6. Bxe3 fxe3 7. Nxb5 (332582313)
00:16:24.30  346Mn 11/26/36 ---------------------------------------------------
00:35:02.38  764Mn 12/28/38 -11.726 1... Rf8 2. Bxb6 Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   4. Kxg3 Rxe5 5. Qxe5 Nxc3
                                   6. bxc3 cxb6 7. c7 c1=Q
                                   8. c8=Q+ Ka7 9. Qxf8 exd2 (764951903)
00:52:23.58 1196Mn 12/28/38 -10.713 1... Nxc3 2. d8=Q Qxc6 3. Qb8 Qb7
                                   4. Bc8 Bg3+ 5. Nxg3 fxg3+
                                   6. Kxg3 Rxg4+ 7. fxg4 Rf3+
                                   8. gxf3 Ne2+ 9. Kh4 Nxd4
                                   10. Bxb7+ Nxb7 (1196355974)
01:20:51.21 1851Mn 12/28/39 -8.064 1... Nxc6 2. Qxd5 Bg3+ 3. Nxg3 Rxe5
                                   4. d8=Q fxg3+ 5. Kxg3 Qb7
                                   6. Bc8 Rxd5 (1851207323)

/David



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