Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 07:30:03 04/05/03
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On April 05, 2003 at 09:41:33, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>This position taken from a game considered by Alekhine to be one of his best two
>games ever played.
>
>Baden-Baden Tournament, May 1925.
>
>White: R. Reti Black Alekhine:
>
>In this position Alekhine wrote " It seems almost incredible that this
>spectacular move not only stops White's attack but even brings him serious
>trouble". The only reason why Reti got into trouble was because he chose 27.
>Kt-B3?! Instead of the better move chosen by Fritz 8 27. bxc6! this is what
>Alekhine wrote " It is obvious enough that the Rook can't be taken because of
>27....QxP+. followed by 28.....KtxP and wins.
>
>The move found by Alekhine 26....R-K6! is a great challenge for most top
>programs, since I have NOT found any programs that will select this move.
>
>[D]r3r1k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/6P1/3RPP2/2R3KB b - - 0 1
>
>This is what Fritz 8 plays after:
>
>26... Re6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
>
>
>Here is the other brillian game considered by Alekhine to be his best two games
>ever played.
>
>http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/bogo-alek1.html
Hi Jorge
You have not tested enough programs with enough time. There are several engines
to find the nice ... Re3 move. Junior7 and Gambit Tiger 2 belong to those
programs which only need some seconds. The solving time of other engines can be
found at http://www.computerschach.de/test/index.htm
r3r1k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/6P1/3RPP2/2R3KB b - - 0 1
Analysis by Junior 7:
1...cxb5 2.Nxb5 Qa5 3.Rxd5
± (0.84) Depth: 3 00:00:00
1...Ne3 2.Qd3 Ned5
³ (-0.38) Depth: 6 00:00:00 10kN
= (0.00) Depth: 9 00:00:00 191kN
1...Bh3 2.bxc6 bxc6 3.Nxc6 Qxc6 4.Rxd5 Nxd5 5.Bxd5 Qf6 6.Ne4 Qf5 7.Bxa8 Rxa8
= (-0.20) Depth: 9 00:00:00 233kN
= (0.20) Depth: 12 00:00:02 2107kN
1...Re3 2.Bf3 Bxf3 3.exf3 Rea3 4.Re2 Ra1 5.Ree1 Rxc1 6.Qxc1
= (0.09) Depth: 12 00:00:10 10268kN
= (-0.15) Depth: 14 00:00:32 32309kN
(Utzinger, MyTown 05.04.2003)
Reti - Aljechin
r3r1k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/6P1/3RPP2/2R3KB b - - 0 1
Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0:
1...Ra3 2.Rd3 Rxd3 3.Nxd3 Nb6 4.Qc2 Qd6 5.e3 cxb5 6.Nxb5 Qe7
² (0.28) Depth: 7 00:00:00 135kN
² (0.34) Depth: 9 00:00:04 1381kN
1...Re3 2.Bf3 Bxf3 3.exf3 Rea3 4.bxc6 bxc6 5.Rb2 Nb6 6.Qe2 Re8 7.Qf1 Re5
= (0.14) Depth: 9 00:00:07 2270kN
= (-0.06) Depth: 12 00:00:36 11847kN
(Utzinger, MyTown 05.04.2003)
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