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Subject: Re: Test position (hard?)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:54:42 09/29/03

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On September 29, 2003 at 17:25:28, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>From "Art of Attack in Chess", p269, from Treybal-Wolf Teplitz-Schonau 1922
>
>[D]1r3bk1/2p2p2/3pqPpp/2p1n3/2P1P2R/1PQ3N1/rB4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
>
>Wolf here played Nxc4, which Vukovic claims loses.  Vukovic thinks Black should
>sacrifice the exchange with  1 ..Rxb2 2. Qxb2 Nxc4 3. Qc3 Ne5.

Chessmaster 9000, on a P4-2.4, switches from Nxc4 to g5!? after 19 seconds. It
then finally switches back to Nxc4 after more than three minutes:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.31	1397		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxa1+ 3.Bxa1 Ne5
0:00	1/4	-1.31	2899		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxa1+ 3.Bxa1 Ne5
0:00	1/5	-2.38	12241		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxa1+ 3.Bxa1 Ne5
					4.Qd2 Rxb3 5.Bxe5 Qxe5
0:00	1/6	-2.75	35402		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxb2 3.bxc4 R8b3
					4.Qe1 Qxc4
0:00	1/7	-2.31	111273		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxa1+ 3.Bxa1 Ne5
					4.Qc1 Rxb3 5.Bxe5 Qxe5
0:01	1/8	-2.81	216221		1...Nxc4 2.Ra1 Rxb2 3.bxc4 R8b3
					4.Qc1 Qxf6 5.Rf4 Qd4+ 6.Kh1
0:02	1/9	-2.46	585451		1...Nxc4 2.Bc1 Ne5 3.Bxh6 Bxh6
					4.Rxh6 Rxb3 5.Qc1 Ng4 6.Rh4 Ne3
0:05	1/10	-2.15	1525259		1...Nxc4 2.Bc1 Ne5 3.Bxh6 Rxb3
					4.Qc1 Nd3 5.Qe3 Nf2 6.Qg5
0:16	2/11	-1.89	5117060		1...Nxc4 2.Bc1 Ne5 3.Bxh6 g5 4.Rh5
					Bxh6 5.Rxh6 Rxb3 6.Qc1 Qg4 7.Rf5
0:19	2/11	-2.16	5833289		1...g5 2.Rh3 Nxc4 3.Bc1 Na5 4.Rf2
					Rxf2 5.Kxf2 Nc6 6.Nf5 Qxe4 7.Nxh6+
					Bxh6 8.Rxh6
0:34	3/12	-2.41	11321525	1...g5 2.Rh3 Nxc4 3.Bc1 Na5 4.Qe1
					Rxb3 5.Bxg5 Rbb2 6.Rf5 Rxg2+ 7.Kh1
					Bg7 8.fxg7 hxg5
2:15	4/13	-1.45	44988103	1...g5 2.Rh5 Nxc4 3.Nf5 Rxb2 4.Qxc4
					Qxc4 5.bxc4 Kh7 6.h4 Kg6 7.g4 Re8
					8.Ng3 Rc2 9.hxg5 Rxc4 10.gxh6 Bxh6
3:06	4/13	-2.70	62227870	1...Nxc4 2.Bc1 Ne5 3.Bxh6 Rxb3
					4.Bxf8 g5 5.Nf5 gxh4 6.Qc1 Ng4
					7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Qg5+ Kf8 9.Qg7+ Ke8
					10.Qg8+ Kd7 11.Qxg4

After forcing 1...Rxb2 2.Qxb2 Nxc4, here is what it says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.51	549		3.Qc3 Ne5 4.b4 Rxb4
0:00	1/4	-0.51	2582		3.Qc3 Ne5 4.b4 Rxb4
0:00	1/4	-0.45	4559		3.Qa1 Rxb3 4.Qa8 h5 5.Qa4
0:00	1/4	-0.15	5273		3.Qc1 Ne5 4.Rxh6 Qxb3
0:00	1/5	-0.84	9844		3.Qc1 Rxb3 4.Ne2 Ne5 5.Qd2
0:00	1/5	-0.82	13412		3.Qa1 Ne5 4.Qa5 Rxb3 5.Qxc7 Rb2
0:00	1/5	-0.62	15438		3.Qc3 Ne5 4.b4 Rxb4 5.Ne2
0:00	1/6	-0.60	23943		3.Qc3 Ne5 4.b4 Rxb4 5.Ne2 c6
0:00	1/6	-0.57	27454		3.Qa2 Ne5 4.Ne2 Qxb3 5.Qd2 c6 6.Nc3
0:00	1/7	-0.73	55008		3.Qa2 Ne5 4.Ne2 Qxb3 5.Qd2 Qb2
					6.Rd1 Rb3
0:00	1/8	-0.73	121239		3.Qa2 Ne5 4.Ne2 Qxb3 5.Qd2 Qb2
					6.Rd1 Rb3
0:01	1/9	-0.82	400420		3.Qa2 Ne5 4.Rhf4 h5 5.Rb1 Bh6 6.Rff1
					Bg5 7.Qc2 Bxf6
0:02	1/9	-0.76	688057		3.Qa1 Ne5 4.Ne2 Qxb3 5.Nc3 Qc4
					6.Rh3 Rb3 7.Rd1 c6
0:06	1/10	-0.64	1564020		3.Qa1 Ne5 4.Qc1 Kh7 5.Qd2 Rxb3
					6.Ne2 Qc4 7.Kh1 Kg8 8.Rc1
0:11	2/11	-0.82	3054122		3.Qa1 Ne5 4.Qc1 Kh7 5.Ne2 Rxb3
					6.Qc2 g5 7.Nc1 Ra3 8.Qb2
0:18	2/11	-0.77	5078656		3.Qc1 Rxb3 4.Kh1 Rd3 5.Nf5 Nd2
					6.Nxh6+ Bxh6 7.Rxh6 Qxe4 8.Re1
					Qa4 9.Re7
0:31	3/12	-0.67	9143806		3.Qc1 Rxb3 4.Kh1 Rd3 5.Nf5 Nd2
					6.Nxh6+ Bxh6 7.Rxh6 Qxe4 8.Re1
					Re3 9.Rxe3 Qxe3 10.Rh3
1:27	4/13	-0.69	26531583	3.Qc1 Rxb3 4.Kh1 g5 5.Rh5 Ne5 6.Nf5
					Nd3 7.Rxg5+ Kh7 8.Qd1 Rb2 9.Qh5
					Nf2+ 10.Kg1 Nxe4

jm



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