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Subject: Re: Subtle Position

Author: Roy Brunjes

Date: 21:46:50 01/11/04

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On January 12, 2004 at 00:01:41, Slater Wold wrote:

>[D]2r1q1k1/r4p1p/b3pBp1/n3P1QP/p2p3R/P2p2PB/2P2P2/R5K1 w - - 0 29
>
>White obviously has a nice kingside attack.  However Qh6 Qf8 dissolves this
>attack.
>
>A quiet Bg2! wins here.

A very interesting position Slater!

However Chessmaster 9000 (my own personality called "GM_Active") on my Pentium
IV at 1.6 GHz says that Bg4 is better still - a mate in 12:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:26	1/10	4.83	3103732		29.Qh6 Qf8 30.hxg6 Qxh6 31.Rxh6
					fxg6 32.Bxe6+ Kf8 33.Bxc8 Bxc8
					34.cxd3 Nb3 35.Re1 Be6 36.Rh4 Rc7
					37.Bg5
1:31	1/10	Mate14	11842026	29.Bg4 dxc2 30.Qh6 c1=Q+ 31.Rxc1
					Rxc1+ 32.Kh2 Rh1+ 33.Kxh1 Bb7+
					34.Kh2 Qf8 35.Qxh7+ Kxh7 36.hxg6+
					Kxg6 37.Bh5+ Kh7 38.Be2+ Qh6 39.Bd3+
					Be4 40.Bxe4+ Kg8 41.Rxh6 Kf8 42.Rh8#
1:37	2/11	Mate14	12873166	29.Bg4 dxc2 30.Qh6 c1=Q+ 31.Rxc1
					Rxc1+ 32.Kh2 Rh1+ 33.Kxh1 Bb7+
					34.Kh2 Qf8 35.Qxh7+ Kxh7 36.hxg6+
					Kxg6 37.Bh5+ Kh7 38.Be2+ Qh6 39.Bd3+
					Be4 40.Bxe4+ Kg8 41.Rxh6 Kf8 42.Rh8#
3:29	3/12	Mate12	29796017	29.Bg4 dxc2 30.Rc1 Be2 31.Qh6 Qf8
					32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.hxg6+ Kxg6 34.Bxe2
					Rc3 35.Bh5+ Kh7 36.Bf3+ Qh6 37.Be4+
					Kg8 38.Rxh6 Rxg3+ 39.fxg3 Kf8 40.Rh8#

Nice one all the same!

Roy




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