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Subject: Re: 2 Openings positions. Avoidmove and bestmove.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:37:04 01/16/04

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On January 16, 2004 at 14:47:41, Mikael Bäckman wrote:

>
>What say your engines? How long to avoid Nxc7??
>
>[D]r1b1k1nr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1Nb5/4P2q/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6 am Nxc7

Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality on a P4-2.4, gives up Nxc7 in about 0.1
seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.39	2993		6.Nxc7+ Kf8 7.Qe2 Nd4 8.Qd3
0:00	1/4	-0.15	10021		6.Nxc7+ Kd8 7.Bg5+ Qxg5 8.Nxa8
					Qf6 9.Qd2 Qxb2
0:00	1/4	0.32	14068		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Bf4 d6 8.Nd2
0:00	1/5	0.18	29279		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Qf4 Qxf4 8.Bxf4 d6
					9.Nd2
0:00	1/5	0.21	35447		6.Qe2 Qd8 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Qxe3 d6
0:00	1/6	0.17	73197		6.Qe2 Kd8 7.N1c3 d6 8.Be3 Bg4
0:00	1/6	0.42	124343		6.Qf3 Bb6 7.N1c3 Nf6 8.Bf4 O-O
					9.Nxc7
0:01	1/7	0.19	281032		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Bf4 d6 9.Nd2
					Be6
0:04	1/8	0.26	738951		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Be2 a6 8.Qf5 Qe7 9.Bg5
					Nf6 10.Bxf6 gxf6
0:12	1/9	0.23	2198725		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Be3 Ne5 8.Qe2 d6 9.Bxc5
					dxc5 10.Nd2 Bg4 11.Qe3
0:31	1/10	0.15	5804605		6.Qf3 Kd8 7.N1c3 a6 8.Qf5 Be7 9.Na3
					Nh6 10.Qf4 Qxf4 11.Bxf4
1:38	1/11	0.29	18549703	6.Qf3 Kd8 7.Be3 Ne5 8.Qe2 d6 9.Bxc5
					dxc5 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Nc3

>Some engines have problems with this successor position after Nxc7+ Kd8 Bg5+
>Qxg5 Nxa8 Nf6 f3.
>
>[D]N1bk3r/pp1p1ppp/2n2n2/2b3q1/4P3/5P2/PPP3PP/RN1QKB1R b KQ - 0 9 bm Nxe4

CM9000_SKR needs 9 seconds to play Nxe4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.68	3369		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 Ne5+ 13.Kc3 Qxg2
0:00	1/4	-1.94	12531		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 Bf4 13.c3 Qxg2
0:00	1/5	-1.57	65923		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 b6 13.c4 Ba6 14.g3
0:01	1/6	-1.69	212921		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 Nh5 13.g3 Bc1 14.c3 Bxb2
0:03	1/7	-1.71	665392		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 d5 13.c3 dxe4+ 14.fxe4 Bd7
					15.Rf1 Ne5+ 16.Kc2 Qxg2
0:08	1/8	-1.94	1972941		9...Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qf2+ 11.Kd2 Be3+
					12.Kd3 Nh5 13.Kc3 Qxg2 14.Bc4 Nf4
					15.Re1
0:09	1/8	-2.09	2199797		9...Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qf4+
					12.Kc3 Qe5+ 13.Kd2 Qxb2 14.Nc3
					Bb4 15.Bd3 Qxc3+ 16.Ke2
0:16	1/9	-2.34	3852247		9...Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qf4+
					12.Kc3 Qe5+ 13.Kd2 Qxb2 14.Nc3
					Bb4 15.Qf3 Qxa1 16.Qg3 Bxc3+ 17.Qxc3
0:42	1/10	-2.11	10778791	9...Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qf4+
					12.Kc3 Qe5+ 13.Kd2 Qxb2 14.Nc3
					Bb4 15.Bd3 Qxc3+ 16.Ke2 d5 17.exd5
2:31	1/11	-2.34	38773261	9...Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qf4+
					12.Kc3 Qe5+ 13.Kd2 Qxb2 14.Nc3
					Bb4 15.Qf3 Qxa1 16.Qg3 Bxc3+ 17.Qxc3

jm



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