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Subject: Re: arasan2 position number 15

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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