Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:45:28 09/10/03
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On September 10, 2003 at 12:24:33, Jon Dart wrote:
>In this position:
>
>[D] r3rb1k/1b3pp1/3p2qp/p2P1N2/Pp1Qn3/4RN1P/1P3PP1/R1B3K1 w - -
>
>Comet played Nxh6 against Arasan and lost after .. f5 Re1 Nc5 Rxe8 Rxe8, etc.
>Black is ok and White's Knight is trapped.
>
>Arasan switches off Nxh6 pretty fast here, but Pharaon (for example) still wants
>to play it after 60 seconds on a fairly fast machine.
>
>--Jon
Some of this is positional. IE Crafty likes Nh4, then changes to Nh6 but the
score drops. At about 22 seconds Nh6 fails low and it switches to N3h4 and
sticks with it:
7 0.11 0.65 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Nxh6 gxh6
7-> 0.17 0.65 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Nxh6 gxh6 (s=4)
8 0.21 -- 1. N3h4
8 0.24 -0.18 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Kg3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
(s=3)
8-> 0.55 -0.18 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Kg3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
(s=5)
9 0.61 -0.18 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Kg3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
(s=4)
9 1.55 -0.10 1. Nxh6 Nf6 2. Ng4 Nxg4 3. hxg4 Be7
4. Nd2 Bf6 5. Rh3+ Kg8 6. Qc4 (s=3)
9-> 1.82 -0.10 1. Nxh6 Nf6 2. Ng4 Nxg4 3. hxg4 Be7
4. Nd2 Bf6 5. Rh3+ Kg8 6. Qc4
10 2.99 -0.07 1. Nxh6 f6 2. Ng4 Qf5 3. Nh4 Qxd5 4.
Qxd5 Bxd5 5. Ng6+ Kg8 6. Nxf8 Kxf8
7. h4
10-> 3.72 -0.07 1. Nxh6 f6 2. Ng4 Qf5 3. Nh4 Qxd5 4.
Qxd5 Bxd5 5. Ng6+ Kg8 6. Nxf8 Kxf8
7. h4
11 9.93 -0.30 1. Nxh6 f5 2. Re1 Nf6 3. Rxe8 Rxe8
4. Nh4 Re1+ 5. Kh2 Qh5 6. N6xf5 Re4
7. Qb6 Bxd5 8. Qxa5 Rxh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4
11-> 12.41 -0.30 1. Nxh6 f5 2. Re1 Nf6 3. Rxe8 Rxe8
4. Nh4 Re1+ 5. Kh2 Qh5 6. N6xf5 Re4
7. Qb6 Bxd5 8. Qxa5 Rxh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4
12 22.62 -- 1. Nxh6
12 44.46 -1.04 1. Nxh6 f5 2. Re2 Rac8 3. Re1 Nc5 4.
Re3 Rxe3 5. Bxe3 Nb3 6. Qb6 Nxa1 7.
Qxb7
12 1:03 -0.96 1. g4 Nc5 2. N3h4 Qh7 3. Qc4 g6 4.
Nd4 h5 5. g5 Ba6 6. Nb5 b3
12 1:06 -0.30 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Ne3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Nc4 Bxd5 8. Nxa5
12-> 1:09 -0.30 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Ne3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Nc4 Bxd5 8. Nxa5 (s=5)
13 1:11 -0.29 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Ne3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Rc4 Rxc4 8. Nxc4 Be7 9. Nf5 (s=4)
13-> 1:36 -0.29 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. Ne3 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Rc4 Rxc4 8. Nxc4 Be7 9. Nf5 (s=5)
14 1:42 -0.24 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. f4 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Re4 b3 8. Re8 Rc8 9. Rxc8 Bxc8 (s=4)
14-> 2:30 -0.24 1. N3h4 Qf6 2. Rxe4 Qxd4 3. Rxd4 Re1+
4. Kh2 Rc8 5. f4 Rexc1 6. Rxc1 Rxc1
7. Re4 b3 8. Re8 Rc8 9. Rxc8 Bxc8 (s=5)
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