Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:14:05 03/03/04
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On March 03, 2004 at 15:52:57, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 03, 2004 at 15:23:14, John Merlino wrote: > >>On March 03, 2004 at 13:48:07, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>On March 03, 2004 at 13:39:40, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On March 03, 2004 at 10:38:23, Joachim Rang wrote: >>>> >>>>>On March 03, 2004 at 10:14:50, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I wonder if the solution f6 is correct solution >>>>>> >>>>>>[D]r3r1k1/6p1/1pqp2Np/2p1nP1P/N1PbPQ2/1P3PR1/P2K4/7R w - - 0 1 >>>>>> >>>>>>I could not find a convincing line after f6 Nxc4+ but maybe I miss something. >>>>>> >>>>>>Movei could not solve it at 5 minutes per position on A1000 becasue after few >>>>>>minutes it changed its mind from f6 to Nc3 after failing low at depth 10. >>>>>> >>>>>>Uri >>>>> >>>>>I think you just discovered an error in this testsuite. Most engines fail low >>>>>over and over after: >>>>> >>>>>1.f6+ Nxc4+ 2. bxc4 Qxa4 3. f7+ Kh7 >>>>> >>>>>more (engine)-analysis will follow. >>>>> >>>>>regards Joachim >>>> >>>>I don't think there is a problem. After forcing those moves, Chessmaster 9000 >>>>(SKR personality on a P4-2.4) still shows a good score for White. I think >>>>(perhaps inadvertantly) the point is that f6 is the BEST move and that the >>>>engine shouldn't fail TOO low on f6 Nxc4+...? Not sure.... >>>> >>>>Perhaps the point is to see that, after the above moves, White must play 4.Rc1 >>>>rather than 4.fxe8=Q which leads to a draw. >>>> >>>>I also believe, after a lot of analysis and playing around with lines, that f6 >>>>does not necessarily lead to a forced win. I DO believe that it is the best >>>>move, however. >>>> >>>>Here is what The King says: >>>> >>>>Time Depth Score Positions Moves >>>>27:10 2/14 1.42 387147633 4.Rc1 Qxa2+ 5.Rc2 Qa5+ 6.Ke2 Qa4 >>>> 7.Rc1 Rf8 8.Nxf8+ Rxf8 9.Rg6 Qa2+ >>>> 10.Qd2 Qa7 11.Qd3 Qxf7 12.Rb1 Qf4 >>>> 13.Rxb6 >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>> >>>go deeper in the variations. For example after 4.Rc1 Qxa2+ 5.Rc2 Qa5+ 6.Ke2 Qa4 >>>7.Rc1 Rf8 8.Nxf8+ Rxf8 9.Rg6 >>>9... Qa7! draws. >>> >>>What score does CM9SKR shows after Nc3? >> >>My analysis stopped at 9.Rg6, because CM9 has a difficult time determining the >>best move here. Depending on the time control, it could play Rg6, Qd2 or Kf1. >>All have evals in the neighborhood of +0.5 for White, but the evals were slowly >>dropping. Which, as I said, leads me to believe that f6 does NOT necessarily >>lead to a forced win, but that it is the best move. >> >>After 1.Nc3, CM9SKR says Black wins after 1...Nxc4+ 2.bxc4 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3: >> >>Time Depth Score Positions Moves >>0:00 1/4 -0.04 9967 1...b5 2.cxb5 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 Qxb5 >> 4.Kb2 >>0:00 1/5 0.42 45754 1...b5 2.cxb5 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 Qxb5 >> 4.Nxe5 Qb4+ 5.Kc2 dxe5 >>0:00 1/6 0.42 148074 1...b5 2.f6 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 b4+ 4.Kd2 >> Rxa2+ 5.Ke3 Qb7 6.fxg7 >>0:02 1/7 0.78 434070 1...b5 2.f6 Qc7 3.Nxe5 Bxe5 4.Qxe5 >> dxe5 5.Rxg7+ Qxg7 6.fxg7 bxc4 >>0:04 1/7 0.69 743221 1...d5 2.cxd5 Qf6 3.Na4 Kh7 4.Nxe5 >> Bxe5 >>0:10 1/8 0.00 2007590 1...d5 2.Nxd5 Rxa2+ 3.Kd1 Ra1+ >> 4.Kc2 Ra2+ 5.Kd1 >>0:24 1/9 0.07 5005359 1...d5 2.exd5 Qf6 3.Rc1 Bxc3+ 4.Rxc3 >> Nf7 5.a4 Nd6 6.Re3 Qb2+ 7.Kd1 >>1:05 1/10 0.00 13307035 1...d5 2.exd5 Qf6 3.Rc1 Nxc4+ 4.bxc4 >> Bxc3+ 5.Rxc3 Rxa2+ 6.Rc2 Qa1 7.Rxa2 >> Qxa2+ 8.Kc3 Qa1+ 9.Kd3 Qb1+ 10.Kd2 >> Qa2+ >>3:42 1/11 0.00 46789493 1...d5 2.f6 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 d4+ 4.Kc2 >> Rxa2+ 5.Kd1 Ra1+ 6.Kc2 Ra2+ >>4:24 1/11 -0.05 55885892 1...Nxc4+ 2.bxc4 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 Qa4 >> 4.Qc1 Qb4+ 5.Kd3 Ra3+ 6.Ke2 Rc3 >> 7.Qd1 Qb2+ 8.Qd2 Rc2 9.Rd1 Rxd2+ >> 10.Rxd2 >>10:45 1/12 -1.13 138913431 1...Nxc4+ 2.bxc4 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 Qa4 >> 4.Qc1 Qb4+ 5.Kd3 Ra3+ 6.Ke2 Rc3 >> 7.Qe1 Qxc4+ 8.Kf2 Rc2+ 9.Ke3 d5 >> 10.Rg4 dxe4 11.fxe4 Rxa2 >>18:15 1/13 -1.13 238745890 1...Nxc4+ 2.bxc4 Bxc3+ 3.Kxc3 Qa4 >> 4.Qc1 Qb4+ 5.Kd3 Ra3+ 6.Ke2 Rc3 >> 7.Qe1 Qxc4+ 8.Kf2 Rc2+ 9.Ke3 d5 >> 10.Rg4 dxe4 11.fxe4 Rxa2 >> >>So it looks like 1.f6 is definitely best.... >> >>jm > >You are right that Nc3 is bad and it seems to be a good test position. > >Note that movei expected Nxc4+ but did not evaluate it correctly. > >yes 9 17430 +215 3458470 f5f6 a8a7 f6g7 a7g7 g6e5 d6e5 g3g7 g8g7 > f4g4 g7h8 g4g6 e8e6 >yes 10 169630 +95 33621526 f5f6 e5c4 b3c4 c6a4 f6f7 g8h7 h1c1 a4a2 > c1c2 a2a5 d2d1 a5a1 c2c1 a1a4 d1e2 a4a2 > f4d2 a2d2 e2d2 a8a2 d2d3 a2a3 d3d2 >no 10 196160 +96 39194072 a4c3 >no 10 216640 +117 43402717 a4c3 e5c4 b3c4 d4c3 d2c3 c6a4 f4c1 a4b4 > c3d3 a8a3 d3e2 a3c3 c1b1 b4c4 e2f2 c3c2 > f2e3 c4e2 e3f4 e2d2 f4g4 d2g5 g4h3 g5h5 >no 10 238400 +117 47912417 a4c3 e5c4 b3c4 d4c3 d2c3 c6a4 f4c1 a4b4 > c3d3 a8a3 d3e2 a3c3 c1b1 b4c4 e2f2 c3c2 > f2e3 c4e2 e3f4 e2d2 f4g4 d2g5 g4h3 g5h5 >no 11 281000 +91 56887247 a4c3 e5c4 b3c4 d4c3 d2c3 c6a4 f4c1 a4b4 > c3d3 a8a3 d3e2 a3c3 c1b1 b4c4 e2f2 c3c2 > f2e3 c4e2 e3f4 e2d2 f4g4 d2g5 g4h3 g5h5 > g6h4 > >Result: Failure > >It seems that movei missed the quiet move d5 in the following line > >[Event "?"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "????.??.??"] >[Round "?"] >[White "New game"] >[Black "?"] >[Result "*"] >[SetUp "1"] >[FEN "r3r1k1/6p1/1pqp2Np/2p1nP1P/N1PbPQ2/1P3PR1/P2K4/7R w - - 0 1"] >[PlyCount "18"] > >1. Nc3 Nxc4+ 2. bxc4 Bxc3+ 3. Kxc3 Qa4 4. Qc1 Qb4+ 5. Kd3 Ra3+ 6. Ke2 Rc3 7. >Qb1 Qxc4+ 8. Kf2 Rc2+ 9. Ke3 d5 * I can add that after f6 Nxc4+ the possibility of Ke1 should be analyzed. Uri
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