Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 23:49:19 06/02/03
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On June 02, 2003 at 15:43:14, John Merlino wrote: >On June 02, 2003 at 05:11:34, Peter Fendrich wrote: > >>From a game at ICC between TerraPi (Terra) and HenrikM this position arised: >>[D]1k1r3r/pp4b1/3q2p1/3p3p/3P1p2/1Q2pP1P/PP2P1BP/K1RR4 w - h6 >> >>The last move was 22...h5 with the threat h4 and completely lock in the white >>bishop. A very nice maneuver by HenrikM. >>Terra is absolutely unaware of this threat and after 23.Rc3 h4 the white 'lost' >>a piece and later on the game. >>My question is: does any engine know how to handle this position and how? >> >>/Peter > >Chessmaster 9000 has no problem choosing h4 (this is on a P3-750): > >Time Depth Score Positions Moves >0:00 1/3 -0.79 1043 1.h4 Rc8 2.Qa4 >0:00 1/4 -0.76 3574 1.h4 Rc8 2.Qa4 Qb6 >0:00 1/5 -0.79 10236 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rxc8+ Rxc8 3.Bh3 Rc7 >0:00 1/6 -0.89 32695 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Rc3 Rxc3 > 4.Qxc3 >0:01 1/7 -0.88 95357 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qa4 Rxc5 > 4.dxc5 Qxc5 5.Qxf4+ Ka8 6.Bh3 >0:01 1/8 -0.94 185552 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qb4 Rxc5 > 4.dxc5 Qc7 5.Bh3 >0:04 1/9 -0.94 434818 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Rxc8+ Rxc8 > 4.Bh3 Rc4 5.Qb5 Qc6 6.Qxc6 Rxc6 >0:09 1/10 -1.02 936177 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qb4 Rc6 4.Rdc1 > b6 5.Qb3 Rxc5 6.dxc5 >0:28 2/11 -1.07 2922125 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qb4 Rc6 4.Qa5 > Rxc5 5.dxc5 Qe7 6.Bh3 Qxh4 >1:06 3/12 -0.96 6948304 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qb4 Rc6 4.Rdc1 > Bf6 5.Bh3 b6 6.Qb3 Rxc5 7.dxc5 >2:48 4/13 -0.99 18121329 1.h4 Rc8 2.Rc5 Rhd8 3.Qb4 Qb6 4.Qxb6 > axb6 5.Rc3 Rxc3 6.bxc3 Bf6 7.Bh3 > Rd6 8.Rb1 Bxh4 > >jm It must be knowledge about the trapped bishop that makes CM9K to pick h4 right from the start. Interesting! /Peter
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