Author: mike schoonover
Date: 18:47:34 02/17/03
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On February 17, 2003 at 20:01:18, Matthew White wrote:
>[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 24
>
>The key move is Rxd4!(or !! depending on who you ask) after which the game
>continued cxd4? Re7+!! Kb6 Qxd4+ Kxa5 b4 Ka4, etc. From Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk
>aan Zee 1999. None of the programs I have tried so far can see this within 10
>minutes or so. I'm thinking that materialism, coupled with the overwhelming
>desire to move the knight off of a5 prevent most programs from seeing this.
>
>Matt
i let ruffian mull over it a while,then forced Rxd4.
the result is most interesting.
433 mhz celeron,32mb hash.
mike
Logfile: Mon Feb 17 20:14:33 2003
Total hash size 32M
Open book: ruffian.bok
Book version 0.3 created Sun Sep 29 02:01:08 2002
59116 book moves, depth=60
ruffian: [xboard]
Initializing tablebases: c:/testa/tb
{new}
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[level 0 3 0]
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[analyze]
b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - -
Depth Time Score Best line
7/18 1.13 0.09 Qxd6 Rxd6 b4 cxb4 Re7+ Kb8 axb4 Nxd5 Rxd4 Nxe7 Rxd6
Bxf3 Rxa6
7--> 1.54 0.09 Qxd6 Rxd6 b4 cxb4 Re7+ Kb8 axb4 Nxd5 Rxd4 Nxe7 Rxd6
Bxf3 Rxa6
8/18 2.46 -- Qxd6
8/19 4.30 -0.52 Qxd6 Rxd6 Nc6+ Kb6 Ne7 Bb7 b4 Re8 a4 bxa4 bxc5+ Kxc5
8/19 4.34 x.xx Nc6+
8/19 5.21 0.11 Nc6+ Bxc6 dxc6 Qxf4 Re7+ Kb6 gxf4 Kxc6 Rxf7 Rhf8
Re7
8--> 6.70 0.11 Nc6+ Bxc6 dxc6 Qxf4 Re7+ Kb6 gxf4 Kxc6 Rxf7 Rhf8
Re7
9/22 8.97 0.05 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 c3
Rd6
9--> 13.55 0.05 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 c3
Rd6
10/25 19.51 -0.01 Nc6+ Bxc6 dxc6 Qxf4 Re7+ Kb6 gxf4 Kxc6 Rxf7 Nd5 Re1
Ne3 Re7
10--> 31.53 -0.01 Nc6+ Bxc6 dxc6 Qxf4 Re7+ Kb6 gxf4 Kxc6 Rxf7 Nd5 Re1
Ne3 Re7
11/25 44.51 -0.28 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 Kc1
Re2 Rd2 Re1+ Rd1 Rxd1+ Kxd1 h6
11--> 1:47 -0.28 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 Kc1
Re2 Rd2 Re1+ Rd1 Rxd1+ Kxd1 h6
12/27 2:07 -0.18 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 Bf1
h5 Bd3 g5 Kc1
12--> 3:30 -0.18 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 Bf1
h5 Bd3 g5 Kc1
13/31 4:20 -0.24 Nc6+ Bxc6 Qxd6 Rxd6 dxc6 Rxc6 Re7+ Kb6 Rxf7 Re8 Bf1
Re3 Kc1 Rd6 Bg2 h6
{d1d4}
Time: 7:39, cpu 99.98%, nodes 113374721, nps 246600
Hash: 16M, used 100%, hits 25%
EGTB: probs 0, hits 0
[d1d4]
b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3R1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K2R3 b - -
Depth Time Score Best line
8/21 1.59 0.52 ... cxd4 Re7+ Kb6 Qxd4+ Qc5 Qxf6+ Qd6 Qxd6+ Rxd6
Nc6 Rxd5 Ne5 Rd1+ Ka2
8--> 2.14 0.52 ... cxd4 Re7+ Kb6 Qxd4+ Qc5 Qxf6+ Qd6 Qxd6+ Rxd6
Nc6 Rxd5 Ne5 Rd1+ Ka2
9/23 4.58 ++ ... cxd4
9/24 7.82 1.23 ... cxd4 Qxd4+ Qb6 Re7+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Rxd7 Qxh8 Rxd5
Qc3 Rd1+ Ka2 Bd5+ Nb3 Kb8
9--> 8.55 1.23 ... cxd4 Qxd4+ Qb6 Re7+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Rxd7 Qxh8 Rxd5
Qc3 Rd1+ Ka2 Bd5+ Nb3 Kb8
10/25 14.03 1.39 ... cxd4 Qxd4+ Qb6 Re7+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Rxd7 Qxh8 Rxd5
Qc3 Rh5 Bd7 Qg1+ Ka2 Bd5+ b3 Rxh2
10--> 15.76 1.39 ... cxd4 Qxd4+ Qb6 Re7+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Rxd7 Qxh8 Rxd5
Qc3 Rh5 Bd7 Qg1+ Ka2 Bd5+ b3 Rxh2
11/28 23.14 -- ... cxd4
11/28 32.26 0.19 ... cxd4 Re7+ Kb6 Qxd4+ Qc5 Qxf6+ Qd6 Qd4+ Kxa5 Qc3+
Kb6 Qd4+ Qc5 Qf6+ Bc6 Qxc6+ Qxc6 dxc6 Rd1+ Ka2 Kxc6
Rxf7
11/28 53.79 x.xx ... Bxd5
11/28 1:16 0.28 ... Bxd5 Qxd6 Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 Nb3 c4 Re7+ Kb6 Nd4 Bxf3
Nxf3 Rxd2 Nxd2 Rxd2 Rxf7
11--> 1:25 0.28 ... Bxd5 Qxd6 Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 Nb3 c4 Re7+ Kb6 Nd4 Bxf3
Nxf3 Rxd2 Nxd2 Rxd2 Rxf7
12/30 2:03 0.24 ... Bxd5 Qxd6 Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 b4 cxb4 axb4 Kb6 Red1
Kc7 Bg4 Kb6
12--> 2:34 0.24 ... Bxd5 Qxd6 Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 b4 cxb4 axb4 Kb6 Red1
Kc7 Bg4 Kb6
13/31 4:12 0.29 ... Bxd5 Qxd6 Rxd6 Rd2 c4 b4 cxb3 Nxb3 Rhd8 Red1
Kb6 Ka1 Re8 Nd4
13/36 9:01 x.xx ... Kb6
13/36 12:15 0.34 ... Kb6 Nb3 Bxd5 Qxd6+ Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 Rf2 h5 Kc1 Bxb3
cxb3 Rd3 Re7 Rxb3 Rxf7
13--> 13:00 0.34 ... Kb6 Nb3 Bxd5 Qxd6+ Rxd6 Rd2 Rhd8 Rf2 h5 Kc1 Bxb3
cxb3 Rd3 Re7 Rxb3 Rxf7
{exit}
Time: 20:53, cpu 99.99%, nodes 319973886, nps 255349
Hash: 16M, used 100%, hits 23%
EGTB: probs 0, hits 0
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