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Subject: Re: Tactical test position (Nxf7)

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 08:40:24 05/08/03

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On May 08, 2003 at 11:08:53, Will Singleton wrote:

>On May 08, 2003 at 10:01:40, Richard Pijl wrote:
>
>>On May 08, 2003 at 09:26:42, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>It's certainly (to the naked eye) a piece for 2 pawns and more, if not a good
>>>bit more! It can't be TOO much of a mistake!
>>>If there were serious looking counter attacking ideas for Black, then it might
>>>need more investigation.
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>Baron, like the King, initially selects Nxf7 and drops it after 40 seconds (on a
>>PIII-500) for Bf4. The reason seems to be that it values Bf4 a little better
>>than Nxf7, not that Nxf7 is incorrect.
>>
>>I forced Nxf7 to check if there was a problem and I saw the score drop
>>(perspective of white from 122 to 46, and after more than an hour (again, on the
>>PIII-500) I got a fail high. But no convincing winning scores (yet).
>>
>> ply       time     nodes  score  pv
>>
>>  5( 9)-      0     15129   -109  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 h1e1
>>  5(11)&      0     18763   -122  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 h1e1
>>  5(11).      0     20409   -122  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 h1e1
>>  6(12)&      0     37976   -114  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 f7g7 e7f6
>>  6(12).      0     48971   -114  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 f7g7 e7f6
>>  7(15)&      2    130800   -111  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 d2f4 e7g5
>>f4g5 h6g5 f7g7
>>  7(15).      2    202327   -111  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 d2f4 e7g5
>>f4g5 h6g5 f7g7
>>  8(19)+      5    388558    -76  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 d2f4 c7f4
>>f7f4 e7g5 f4e3
>>  8(19)&      8    553021    -57  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 c7d8
>>f5h7
>>  8(19).      9    667706    -57  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 c7d8
>>f5h7
>>  9(23)&     29   1928019    -67  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 d7f8
>>f5h7 f8h7
>>  9(23).     31   2098188    -67  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 d7f8
>>f5h7 f8h7
>> 10(26)&    112   7159794    -46  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 d7f8
>>f5h7 h8h7 c3e4
>> 10(26).    120   7630546    -46  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 c4e6 f7e8 d1e1 g8f6 e6f5 d7f8
>>f5h7 h8h7 c3e4
>> 11(31)&    395  24578175    -60  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 f7g7 e7f6
>>g7f7 c7d6 f7e6 d6e6 c4e6
>> 11(31).    432  27077394    -60  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 f7g7 e7f6
>>g7f7 c7d6 f7e6 d6e6 c4e6
>> 12(33)&   1110  68274645    -59  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 h1e1 c7d6
>>e1e6 d6d4 d2h6 d4g4
>> 12(33).   1226  75878266    -59  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 h1e1 c7d6
>>e1e6 d6d4 d2h6 d4g4
>> 13(34)-   2061 128125614    -94  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 h1e1 d7b6
>>c4b3 c7h2 d4d5 b6d7
>> 13(36)&   4119 251648743    -93  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 h1e1 g7g5
>>d4d5 a7a6 d5c6 b7c6 c3e4
>> 13(36).   4119 251648790    -93  e8f7 g2g4 f5h7 e2e6 f7e8 e6f7 e8d8 h1e1 g7g5
>>d4d5 a7a6 d5c6 b7c6 c3e4
>>
>>Richard.
>
>Seems that it's a bit more complicated than that.  What the programs miss is
>that after g5, the best move is not d5, but Re6, after which black can more or
>less resign.  Looks like Nxf7 might just be too deep for any program.
>
>[D]r2k2nr/ppqnbQ1b/2p4p/6p1/2BP2P1/2N5/PPPB1P1P/2KRR3 w - -

Actually, I guess either d5 or Re6 wins easily here.  The question seems to be
whether the previous move (g5) can be improved, perhaps with Ndf6.

Will



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