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Subject: Re: Yesterday vs Today - What about Qh3?

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 15:19:30 06/28/03

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After good play Black can draw the game after Qh3
It is only a combination of strategical importance
Not tactical.
It is only for that reason I gave this postion.
I doubt DB ever has seen this postion and Rebel also played Qh3 back then.

Marc

On June 28, 2003 at 14:17:42, Steven J. Brann wrote:

>On June 28, 2003 at 02:36:39, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>In 1998, DB solved the following position in 5 seconds...
>>
>>[D]3rr1k1/1bqnbp1p/ppp1p1pB/6N1/3P3Q/3B4/PPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Everyone pretty much agreed, it'd be a while before micro's found it.
>>
>>Fritz did.  In about 4 hours.
>>Rebel 10 did.  In just over 10 minutes.
>>Tascbase did (on a K6/300).  In just over 8 minutes.
>>
>>
>>SO, how about TODAY?  5 years later...
>>
>>Crafty couldn't solve it in 10 minutes.
>>Fritz 6 couldn't solve it in 10 minutes.
>>Shredder 7.04 did.  In 3:37.
>>(All run on a P4 3.06Ghz.)
>>
>>
>>Anyone else want to give it a stab?
>
>
>CM9K (SS-14) on a 3.0G P4 alternates between Rxe6 and Qh3, and after a long
>think settles in on Qh3 with a score of 1.28 after 31 minutes.
>
>Did everyone just stop prematurely after finding Rxe6?
>
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:46	1/10	0.86	11790257	1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.Bg7 Bxg5
>					4.Qh8+ Kf7 5.Qh7 Nf8 6.Bxf8+ Kxf8
>					7.Qxc7 Ba8 8.Qxb6 e5
>1:06	1/11	0.66	17042451	1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.Bg7 Bxg5
>					4.Qh8+ Kf7 5.Qh7 Nf8 6.Bxf8+ Kxf8
>					7.Qxc7 Ba8 8.Qxb6 e5 9.Qc5+ Re7
>1:57	1/11	0.81	30189081	1.Qh3 Bd6 2.Bg7 Bxh2+ 3.Kh1 h5
>					4.Bh6 Bd6 5.Qf3 Re7 6.Bxg6 fxg6
>					7.Rxe6 Nf8 8.Bxf8 Rxe6 9.Nxe6
>4:32	1/12	0.79	73771731	1.Qh3 Bd6 2.Bg7 h5 3.Bh6 Nf8 4.Ne4
>					Be7 5.c3 c5 6.dxc5 bxc5 7.Qf3 Nd7
>5:01	1/12	0.92	81722973	1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.Bg7 Bxg5
>					4.Qh8+ Kf7 5.Qh7 Rg8 6.Be5+ Kf8
>					7.Bxc7 Rg7 8.Qh8+ Rg8 9.Qh3 Re8
>					10.Bd6+ Kg7 11.Re1
>9:32	1/13	0.95	157417284	1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.Bg7 Bxg5
>					4.Qh8+ Kf7 5.Qh7 Rg8 6.Be5+ Kf8
>					7.Bxc7 Rg7 8.Qh8+ Rg8 9.Qh3 Re8
>					10.Qg3 Bf6
>31:42	1/13	1.31	513905957	1.Qh3 Nf8 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bb3 c5 4.Nxf7
>					c4 5.Nxd8 Qxd8 6.Bxf8 Bxf8 7.Bxc4
>					bxc4 8.Rxe6
>42:41	1/14	0.99	697841012	1.Qh3 Nf8 2.Bc4 c5 3.Nxf7 Rxd4
>					4.Rxd4 cxd4 5.Bxe6 Bb4 6.Ng5+ Kh8
>					7.Qd3 Qc5 8.Bxf8 Rxf8 9.Ne4 Qe5
>1:38:57	1/15	1.28	1637725545	1.Qh3 Nf8 2.Bc4 Bf6 3.Ne4 Bg7 4.Qh4
>					Bxh6 5.Qxh6 Nd7 6.Rd3 c5 7.Rh3
>					Bxe4 8.Qxh7+ Kf8 9.Rxe4 Nf6
>
>Steve



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