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Subject: Re: Averbakh - Spassky, Leningrad 1956

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 23:19:07 10/24/03

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On October 24, 2003 at 15:51:05, Darren Rushton wrote:

>[D] rnq2rk1/1pn3bp/p2p2p1/2pPp1PP/P1P1Pp2/2N2N2/1P1B1P2/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 16
>
>16...Nc6!!
>
>About his #1 greatest move, Spassky wrote: I have played 16...Nc6 because I did
>not see any other practical resources because my position was so passive. I was
>very surprised that Yuri Averbakh was thinking (for) about 1 hour (!!). I
>considered that after 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.h6! Bh8 White would have two pieces up and
>they could manage the win very easy.
>
>Mark Taimanov: "I would rather resign the game than to make such a move..."

950 MHz AMD Athlon:

E:\programme\winboard\Phalanx>Phalanxf -l+ -t327680 -r900 -o-
tellics set 1 Phalanx XXIIc
primary book ./pbook.phalanx, 48749 bytes
secondary book ./sbook.phalanx, 4831506 bytes
learning file ./learn.phalanx, 262144 bytes
[ white, 1 ]
post
post on
[ white, 1 ]
level 1 24000 24000
level: 1 moves in 24000:00, increment 24000 seconds
[ white, 1 ]
rnq2rk1/1pn3bp/p2p2p1/2pPp1PP/P1P1Pp2/2N2N2/1P1B1P2/R2QK2R b KQ -

rnq2rk1/1pn3bp/p2p2p1/2pPp1PP/P1P1Pp2/2N2N2/1P1B1P2/R2QK2R b KQ -
    -> increment adds 14400 s to soft time limit
    -> soft time limit 254400 s
    -> hard time limit 1.416e+006 s
  6 ->   0:00.50    53535   0 turns
  7   -104   108   135440  Pg6xh5  Rh1xh5  Qc8-e8  Rh5-h4  Nb8-d7  Qd1-b3
                           Qe8-c8  Ke1-d1
  7    -99   150   190984  Qc8-g4  !
  7    -98   166   220805  Qc8-g4  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Rh1-h4  Qg4-g2  Rh4-h2
                           Qg2-g4  Qd1-e2
  7 ->   0:01.86   257608   1 turn
  8   -101   292   416573  Qc8-g4  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Ke1-f1  Ra8-a7
  8    -98   389   573759  Pg6xh5  Qd1-e2  Nb8-d7  Nf3-h4
  8 ->   0:04.64   689807   1 turn
  9   -112  1075  1724032  Pg6xh5  Rh1xh5  Qc8-g4  Rh5-h4  Qg4-g2  Rh4-h2
                           Qg2-g4  Qd1-e2  Nb8-d7  O-O-O
  9   -107  1224  1993694  Nb8-d7  !
  9   -107  1254  2045090  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6
  9 ->   0:14.70  2420862   1 turn
 10   -110  1834  3087442  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Qd1-e2  Ra8-b8  Qe2-f1
                           Rf8-f7  Qf1-d3  Pb7-b6
 10 ->   0:31.54  5347742   0 turns
 11   -110  4595  7810055  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Qd1-e2  Ra8-b8  Pb2-b3
                           Pb7-b6  Qe2-d3
 11 ->   1:32.34 13355157   0 turns
 12   -109 15095 22434972  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Qd1-e2  Ra8-b8  Ke1-d1
 12 ->   4:10.96 37535103   0 turns
 13   -122 40342 57538260  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Nf3-h4  Qc8-e8  Qd1-g4
                           Nd7-b6  Pb2-b3  Nb6-c8  Nh4-f3  Nc8-e7  O-O-O
                           Qe8-c8  Rd1-g1  Qc8xg4  Rg1xg4
 13 ->  18:28.23 161231937   0 turns
 14   -124 133405 194119220  Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Nf3-h4  Qc8-e8  Qd1-g4
                           Nd7-b6  Pb2-b3  Nb6-c8  Nh4-f3  Nc8-e7  O-O-O
                           Qe8-c8  Qg4-h4  Kg8-f7
interrupted
search aborted
Depth=14, Value=-124, Time=1776.55, Last turn=12.24, Nodes=259433979, N/s=146032
PV = Nb8-d7  Ph5xg6  Ph7xg6  Nf3-h4  Qc8-e8  Qd1-g4  Nd7-b6  Pb2-b3
     Nb6-c8  Nh4-f3  Nc8-e7  O-O-O  Qe8-c8  Qg4-h4  Kg8-f7
[ Solution incorrect   0.00%, 0/1 ]



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