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Subject: Re: Testposition - Tactics

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:02:43 09/14/03

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On September 14, 2003 at 06:21:23, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]3r1rk1/4R3/5p1p/pQ2p2b/3pPq2/PP1P4/5PB1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
>
> This is a position from Shields,G - Schön,W, corr-2003.
>
> White played 32.Qxa5? and lost quickly after 32.-Bf3 33.Bxf3 Kh8!
> 34.Bg2 Rg8 35.Ra1 Qg4 36.Kf1 Qxg2+ 37.Ke2 Qg4+ 38.Kd2 Rc8 39.Rc7 Rxc7
> 40.Qxc7 Rc8 0-1.
>
> Much better was to keep black occupied on the 7th with 32.Qc4+ Bf7
> 33.Qc7 or 32.Qb7. ("And black has nothing serious" - Schön.)
>
>
> Test: Avoid 32.Qxa5 and instead choose one of the moves mentioned above.
>
>
> /S

A1000 (64 Mbytes)

Shredder changes its mind but I tend to believe that at depth 15 it finally
decides to avoid Qxa5 for the right reason(see its evaluation).


New game
3r1rk1/4R3/5p1p/pQ2p2b/3pPq2/PP1P4/5PB1/5RK1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Shredder 7.04:

1.Qxa5
  ±  (1.29)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Qxa5
  ±  (1.29)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Qxa5 Be2
  +-  (1.46)   Depth: 2/3   00:00:00
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Qc7
  ±  (1.20)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Re8
  ²  (0.63)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Re1 Bxd3
  =  (0.02)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Qc4+ Kh8 2.Qc1 Rfe8
  =  (0.06)   Depth: 3/8   00:00:00
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Bxb3 3.Qxa5
  =  (0.16)   Depth: 3/8   00:00:00
1.Rc7 Rb8 2.Qxa5 Rxb3
  ²  (0.43)   Depth: 3/8   00:00:00
1.Rc7 Be2 2.Rfc1
  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 3/8   00:00:00
1.Re1 Rde8 2.Rxe8 Rxe8 3.Qxa5
  ²  (0.65)   Depth: 3/9   00:00:00
1.Re1 Bf7 2.Qd5
  ²  (0.65)   Depth: 3/9   00:00:00
1.Re1 Qd2 2.Qd5+ Rxd5 3.Rg7+ Kxg7
  ²  (0.40)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
1.Re1 Rb8 2.Qxa5 Rxb3
  =  (0.24)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Ra8 3.Rb1
  ²  (0.27)   Depth: 4/11   00:00:00
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rde8 3.Rd7 Bxb3 4.Qxa5
  ²  (0.37)   Depth: 4/11   00:00:00
1.Rc7 Rd5 2.exd5 Qxf2+ 3.Rxf2
  ²  (0.38)   Depth: 4/11   00:00:00
1.Rc7 Be2 2.Rfc1 Rf7
  ²  (0.67)   Depth: 4/11   00:00:00
1.Rc7 Kh8 2.Qxa5 Be2 3.Rfc1 Bxd3
  ²  (0.68)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00
1.Rc7 f5 2.Qxa5 Be2 3.Qd5+ Rxd5 4.Rg7+ Kxg7
  ²  (0.43)   Depth: 6/18   00:00:00  30kN
1.Rc7 f5 2.Qc6 fxe4 3.Bxe4 Qg4+ 4.Kh2 Rf7
  ²  (0.41)   Depth: 6/18   00:00:00  34kN
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Qc7 Kh8 3.Rc1 Bxd3
  ²  (0.42)   Depth: 6/18   00:00:00  48kN
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Qc7 Qxf2+ 3.Kxf2 Bf3 4.Bxf3
  ±  (0.77)   Depth: 6/18   00:00:00  50kN
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Qc7 Qg4 3.Qc4+ Kh8 4.Rc1 Rg8 5.Qc3
  ±  (0.77)   Depth: 6/18   00:00:00  60kN
1.Qxa5 Be2 2.Qc7 Qg5 3.Qc4+ Kh8 4.f4 Qg3 5.fxe5 Bxf1 6.Qg8+ Rxg8
  ²  (0.67)   Depth: 7/19   00:00:01  105kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Qa6 Qg4 3.Qe6+ Qxe6 4.Rxe6 Be2 5.Rc1 Bxd3
  ²  (0.57)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:02  325kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Qa6 Qg4 3.Qe6+ Qxe6 4.Rxe6 Kf7 5.Bxf3 Kxe6 6.Bg4+ f5 7.Bxf5+ Kf7
  ²  (0.32)   Depth: 9/22   00:00:04  612kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3 3.Qc7 Qg4+ 4.Kh2 Qh5+ 5.Kg2 Qg6+ 6.Kh1 Qh5+ 7.Kg1 Qg5+
8.Kh1 Qh4+ 9.Kg2 Qg5+ 10.Kf3 Kh8 11.Re1 Qh5+ 12.Kg2 Rg8+ 13.Kf1 Qe2+ 14.Rxe2
Rg1+ 15.Kxg1
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:05  788kN
1.Rb7 Qd2 2.Qc4+ Bf7 3.Qa6 Kg7 4.Rc7 Rc8 5.Rxc8 Qxf2+ 6.Kxf2
  =  (-0.05)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:05  825kN
1.Rb7 Kh8 2.Qb6 Rg8 3.Qxa5 Be2 4.Qd5 Rxd5 5.Rh7+ Kxh7
  =  (-0.05)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:06  1066kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rde8 3.Rxe8 Rxe8 4.Qxa5 Kg7 5.Qc7
  =  (-0.04)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:08  1260kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Bxb3 4.Bh3 Qg5+ 5.Kh1 Rc1 6.Qb6
  =  (0.14)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:08  1391kN
1.b4 axb4 2.axb4 Rb8 3.Qd5+ Bf7 4.Qd6 Kg7 5.Ra1 Rg8 6.Raa7
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:09  1512kN
1.b4 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3 3.bxa5 Kh8 4.Rh7+ Kxh7 5.Qb7+ Kg6 6.Qh7+ Kxh7
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:11  1759kN
1.Ra7 Bf7 2.Qxa5 Bxb3 3.Re1 Bf7 4.Rb1 Kg7 5.Rbb7
  =  (0.16)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:11  1806kN
1.Ra7 Kh8 2.Qxa5 Rg8 3.Re1 Qf3 4.Qd5 Rxd5 5.Rh7+ Kxh7
  =  (0.16)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:12  1929kN
1.Ra7 Kh8 2.Qxa5 Rg8 3.Re1 Qf3 4.Qd5 Rxd5 5.Kf1 Rxg2 6.Rh7+ Kxh7
  =  (-0.09)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:15  2510kN
1.Ra7 Kh8 2.Qxa5 Rg8 3.Re1 Qf3 4.Qd5 Rxd5 5.Kf1 Rxg2 6.Rh7+ Kxh7
  ³  (-0.59)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:16  2613kN
1.Ra7 Kh8 2.Qb7 Rf7 3.Qxf7 Bxf7 4.Rxf7 Rg8 5.f3 Qe3+ 6.Rf2 Qxd3 7.Rxf6 Qe3
  -+  (-4.35)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:23  3960kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3
  -+  (-4.34)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:23  3981kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3 3.Re1 Kh8 4.Qc7 Rg8+ 5.Kf1 Qxd3+ 6.Re2 Qxe2+ 7.Kxe2 Rd7
8.Qxd7
  -+  (-3.99)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:24  4030kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3 3.Qc7 Qg4+ 4.Kh2 Qh5+ 5.Kg2 Qg6+ 6.Kh1 Qh5+ 7.Kg1 Qg5+
8.Kh1 Qh4+ 9.Kg2 Qg5+ 10.Kf3 Kh8
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:27  4569kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Bxb3 4.Bh3 Qg5+ 5.Kh1 Qh4 6.Rg1+ Kh8 7.Kh2
  =  (-0.05)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:29  4853kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Ra8 3.b4 axb4 4.axb4 Rac8 5.Qd7 Rc2 6.Qd6 Rb2 7.Qa6 Rxb4 8.Qc4
Bxc4
  =  (0.14)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:30  5160kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Bxb3 4.Rc7 Bf7 5.Rb1 Rxc7 6.Qxc7 Qd2
  =  (-0.04)   Depth: 11/32   00:00:39  6646kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Ra8 3.Rd7 Rfc8 4.Qb7 Rab8 5.Qa7 Ra8 6.Qb7 Rab8 7.Qa7 Ra8 8.Qb7
Rab8
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12/32   00:01:03  10687kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Bxb3 4.a4 Bf7 5.Rc7 Kg7 6.Qa7 Rg8 7.Rxc8
  =  (-0.01)   Depth: 13/33   00:01:57  17195kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Kh8 4.Rc7 Bxb3 5.Qc5 Rxc7 6.Qxf8+ Kh7
  =  (-0.15)   Depth: 14/33   00:04:34  35111kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Qxf3 3.Qc7 Qg4+ 4.Kh2 Qh5+ 5.Kg2 Qg6+ 6.Kf3 Kh8 7.Rh1 Qxe4+
8.dxe4 Kg8
  =  (-0.14)   Depth: 14/42   00:06:10  48632kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Kh8 3.Bg2 Rg8 4.Rd1 Qg4 5.Rxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Qe1 Qxe1+ 7.Kh2 fxe5
8.b4
  =  (-0.14)   Depth: 14/42   00:07:27  59521kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Kh8 3.Bg2 Rg8 4.Rd1 Qg4 5.Rxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Qe1 Qxe1+ 7.Kh2 fxe5
8.Bf1
  ³  (-0.39)   Depth: 15/47   00:16:22  129832kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Bxf3 Kh8 3.Bg2 Rg8 4.Rd1 Qg4 5.Rxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Qe1 Qxe1+ 7.Kh2 fxe5
8.Bh1
  µ  (-0.89)   Depth: 15/47   00:17:54  142100kN
1.Qxa5 Bf3 2.Qc7 Qg5 3.Rg7+ Qxg7 4.Qxg7+ Kxg7 5.Bxf3 Rc8 6.Bg4 Rc3 7.Be6 Rxd3
8.a4 Rd2
  -+  (-1.89)   Depth: 15/47   00:26:03  224350kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Kh8 4.Rc7 Bxb3
  -+  (-1.88)   Depth: 15/47   00:26:13  225994kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Kh8 4.Rc7 Bxb3 5.Rxc8 Rxc8 6.f3 Rg8 7.Qa6 Qe3+ 8.Kh1
Rxg2
  -+  (-1.53)   Depth: 15/47   00:26:17  226714kN
1.Qc4+ Bf7 2.Qc7 Rc8 3.Qxa5 Kh8 4.Rc7 Bxb3 5.Rfc1 Qxc1+ 6.Rxc1
  =  (-0.18)   Depth: 15/47   00:27:54  241582kN

(Blass, Tel-Aviv 14.09.2003)

Uri



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