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Subject: Re: tough position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 12:13:40 12/12/03

On December 12, 2003 at 13:49:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 12, 2003 at 13:40:07, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>Here's a position from a recent game, this one gives Amateur fits.
>>How long to see black is busted?
>>
>>[d]4rr2/1b3p1k/pp5p/2b1pQ2/q7/P2R2B1/1PP3PP/2KR4 b - -
>
>
>For Crafty, the bottom begins to fall out at 6 seconds or so, where
>it begins to see it is not ahead.  By 60 seconds it has failed low
>to white a pawn up and climbing:
>
>               12->   4.84  -0.69   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
>                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rd8 Bc6 6. Rxe8+ Bxe8
>                                    7. Rd6 Qb5 8. Qf4 Qg5 <HT>
>               13     6.66     --   1. ... Kg8
>               13    15.28   0.31   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>                                    Rd8 Bc5 5. R8d4 Rxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Qxc2+
>                                    7. Kxc2 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Be4+ 9. Kb3 Rd8
>               13->  17.91   0.31   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>                                    Rd8 Bc5 5. R8d4 Rxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Qxc2+
>                                    7. Kxc2 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Be4+ 9. Kb3 Rd8
>               14    35.70   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
>                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
>                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
>               14->  40.01   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
>                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
>                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
>               15    51.44     --   1. ... Kg8
>               15     1:30   0.98   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
>                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rg4+ Qxg4 6. Qxe8+ Kg7
>                                    7. Qe5+ f6 8. Qc7+ Kg6 9. Rd7 Qg5+
>                                    10. Kb1 Bxg2 11. Rg7+ Kf5 12. Rxg5+
>                                    hxg5

That's only half the story.  Let it think another half hour.

Will

Re: longest fail low ever? Slater Wold 16:32:45 12/12/03
- Re: longest fail low ever? Robert Hyatt 10:07:00 12/13/03
  - Re: longest fail low ever? Jeremiah Penery 23:54:32 12/13/03
    - Re: longest fail low ever? Robert Hyatt 14:32:12 12/14/03
      - Re: longest fail low ever? José Carlos 03:49:04 12/15/03
        
        Re: longest fail low ever? Robert Hyatt 06:56:26 12/15/03
      - Re: longest fail low ever? Jeremiah Penery 17:52:15 12/14/03
        
        Re: longest fail low ever? Robert Hyatt 20:14:00 12/14/03
        
        Re: longest fail low ever? Jeremiah Penery 16:11:00 12/15/03
        
        Re: longest fail low ever? Robert Hyatt 18:03:05 12/15/03
Re: tough position Uri Blass 13:21:38 12/12/03
- Re: tough position Will Singleton 13:32:36 12/12/03
  - Re: tough position Robert Hyatt 13:53:34 12/12/03
    - Re: tough position Will Singleton 14:10:10 12/12/03
      - Re: tough position Robert Hyatt 19:25:55 12/12/03
        
        Re: tough position (cute NPS opteron number herein) Robert Hyatt 10:49:04 12/13/03

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