Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:39:37 10/21/03
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On October 21, 2003 at 15:26:59, Darren Rushton wrote: >[D] 7k/6p1/r2B3p/4P3/4b3/3n3B/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1 > >White could have won by force. 1.e6! Rd6 2.e7 Bc6 3.Rf8+ Kh7 4.Bf5+! g6 5.Rd8 >Rf6 6.Bd7 Bd7 7.Rd7. > >Yusupov overlooked the intermediate check 4.Bf5+ and chose 1.g3? Kh7 2.Bg2 Bg2 >3.Kg2 Kg6 4.Rf8, but Timman found a defence: 4...Nb2!, after which it turned out >to be impossible to convert [his] extra pawn into victory. > >Does your program find the correct continuation? > >Regards, > >Daz It takes Chessmaster 9000, on a humble P3-750, 0:09 to find the answer. HOWEVER, it chooses a slightly different move order: 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.e6 Rxd6 3.e7 Bc6 4.Bf5+ g6 5.Rd8 Rf6.... THEN, it switches to 1.e6 with a convincing score after 1:02, but with an entirely different line: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 1.92 1451 1.Bd7 Ra2 2.Rf8+ Kh7 0:00 1/3 1.97 1968 1.g3 Ra2 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.e6 0:00 1/3 2.15 2875 1.Be6 Ra8 2.Bd7 Ra2 0:00 1/4 2.00 6218 1.Be6 Ra5 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.Bg8+ Kg6 4.Bf7+ Kg5 0:00 1/5 1.80 21185 1.Be6 Ra5 2.Bc7 Ra8 3.Bf7 Rc8 0:00 1/5 1.85 25235 1.g3 Rc6 2.Bd7 Rc2 3.Rf8+ Kh7 4.e6 0:00 1/6 1.74 73740 1.g3 Rc6 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.Rd8 Rc1+ 4.Bf1 Bf5 5.Ba3 Rc3 0:01 1/6 1.79 145481 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.Kf1 g5 3.g3 Ra1+ 4.Ke2 Ra2+ 5.Ke3 Rxh2 6.Kxe4 Rxh3 7.Kxd3 Rxg3+ 8.Kd4 0:02 1/6 1.92 185612 1.Be6 Rb6 2.Bd7 Rb2 3.Bh3 Rc2 4.e6 0:03 1/7 1.37 262680 1.Be6 Ra5 2.h3 Kh7 3.Rf5 Nc5 4.Rf4 Nxe6 5.Rxe4 0:04 1/7 1.78 412959 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.e6 Rxd6 3.e7 Bc6 4.Rd8 Rf6 5.Rxd3 Kg6 6.Re3 0:09 2/8 1.74 866884 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.e6 Rxd6 3.e7 Bc6 4.Bf5+ g6 5.Rd8 Rf6 6.Bxd3 Re6 0:18 3/9 2.16 1847357 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.e6 Rxd6 3.e7 Bc6 4.Bf5+ g6 5.Rd8 Rf6 6.Bd7 Rf2 7.Bxc6 0:40 4/10 2.19 4274357 1.Rf8+ Kh7 2.e6 Ra1+ 3.Rf1 Rxf1+ 4.Kxf1 Kg6 5.e7 Bc6 6.Ke2 Nb2 7.Be6 Kf6 8.Bb3 Bb5+ 9.Ke3 1:02 4/10 3.27 6672334 1.e6 Nf2 2.Rxf2 Rxd6 3.Rf8+ Kh7 4.e7 Bc6 5.Rd8 Rf6 6.e8=Q Bxe8 7.Rxe8 1:13 5/11 3.31 8030575 1.e6 Nf2 2.Kxf2 Rxd6 3.e7 Bg6 4.Rc1 Rd5 5.Rc8+ Kh7 6.e8=Q Bxe8 7.Rxe8 Kg6 8.Ke3 Rd1 2:11 6/12 3.27 15049957 1.e6 Kh7 2.e7 Bg6 3.Bf5 Ra8 4.Bxd3 Bxd3 5.Rf8 Ra1+ 6.Kf2 Bg6 7.e8=Q Bxe8 8.Rxe8 Rd1 9.Bb4 Kg6 jm
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