Author: John Merlino
Date: 08:32:50 12/02/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 23:13:34, scott farrell wrote:
>On December 01, 2003 at 15:20:47, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On December 01, 2003 at 08:11:34, scott farrell wrote:
>>
>>>[d]2b2rk1/5p2/1N1np2p/p2pN1p1/2p3P1/2q5/5QBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 4
>>>
>>>In a blitz match chompster played BxP and showed a draw score.
>>>
>>>It found the move at ply 3, and the draw score at depth 10.
>>>
>>>Blik tried to escape the draw, and was mated with Qd4, and chompster announced
>>>mate in 13 (I think it is probably shorter than that, but it was mate no doubt).
>>>
>>>Crafty 19.3 takes 11 ply to see the move, and 13 to see its a draw.
>>>
>>>I think the engine has to see the forced mate, and one side is down material, so
>>>its clearly the right move.
>>>
>>>Scott
>>
>>Chessmaster 9000 sees the drawing move (and gives it a 0.00 score) in 0:03 on my
>>P4-2.4.
>>
>>How did blik try "to escape the draw"? Can you post the game?
>>
>>jm
>
>here is the whole game
>
>it really goes to show the opponent wasnt up to scratch, if they tried so hard
>to avoid the draw, they allowed a mate !!!
>
>[Event "ICC 5 3"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "2003.12.01"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "ChompsterX"]
>[Black "blik"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
>[WhiteElo "2539"]
>[BlackElo "2306"]
>[Opening "English: Neo-Catalan declined"]
>[ECO "E06"]
>[NIC "RE.11"]
>[Time "07:30:47"]
>[TimeControl "300+3"]
>
>1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. c5 b6 8. Nc3
>bxc5 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Ndb5 Na6 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 Ne8 14. a3 Qb6
>15. a4 Nb4 16. a5 Qd8 17. Qf3 a6 18. Na3 Qxa5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Na5 Bc8 21.
>Nb3 g5 22. Be3 c4 23. Nd2 Nd3 24. Qg4 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. f4 Rxb2 27. fxe5
>Qxe5 28. Na4 Rc2 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nd6 31. Nf3 Qg7 32. Bd4 Bf6 33. Bxf6
>Qxf6 34. Qe3 h6 35. Nb6 Qb2 36. Re1 a5 37. Qd4 Qb4 38. Ra1 Nf5 39. Qf2 Rd8
>40. g4 Nd6 41. Ne5 Qc3 42. Re1 Rf8 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Nxd5 Qb3 45. Nf6+ Kg7
>46. Nh5+ Kg8 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nh5+ Kh7 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. Qd4 Qc2 51. Qxd6
>Qxh2+ 52. Kxh2 Re8 53. Nxf7+ Kg7 54. Nxe8+ Kxf7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Qg7#
>{Black checkmated}
>1-0
Ah, the REAL problem was the move 49...Kh8. 49...Kg7 would have been an instant
draw, but I guess that blik thought that being up four pawns should be enough to
get a win. 49...Kh8 loses instantly.
jm
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