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Subject: Re: tough position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 08:55:24 03/08/04

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Very interesting, thanks for pointing that out.

Will

On March 08, 2004 at 10:24:52, Richard Pijl wrote:

>On March 07, 2004 at 19:18:27, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>[d]2R2bk1/5p1p/3p4/4p3/1P1nP3/7P/4r1P1/1R5K b - - bm Re3
>>
>>from ICC today, Bookbuilder-Amateur
>>
>>It's possible Re3 draws, but I'm not certain.  The move Amateur played, Nb5,
>>looks like it will probably lose, with the line Nb5 Rb8 Nc3 Rb3 Nxd4 b5!  I
>>wonder if the passer supported by two rooks, with kings not around, should get
>>more points.
>>
>>Will
>
>I think in this position the problem is the pinned bishop, the open g-file
>(threat of Rg3) and limited possibilities for black to resolve that pin (takes
>time).
>I altered the position a little by moving the bishop to g7 and the king to g6.
>It looks like that would be a winning position for black. I don't have a fast
>machine here, but initial search by the Baron on a P3-500 gives +3.3 after 20
>minutes:
>
>[D] 2R5/5pbp/3p2k1/4p3/1P1nP3/7P/4r1P1/1R5K b - -
>
> ply       time        nodes   score  pv
>  5(11).   0:00.23     20140   +3.71  Re2xe4 b4-b5 Re4-e3 b5-b6 Re3-b3 Rb1xb3
>  6(12)&   0:00.38     34766   +3.65  Re2xe4 b4-b5 Re4-e3 Rc8-d8 Nd4-f5 Rd8-d7
>  6(12)&   0:00.53     47120   +3.76  Nd4-b5 g2-g4 Re2xe4 Rc8-b8 Nb5-c3 Rb1-f1
>  6(12).   0:00.71     63621   +3.76  Nd4-b5 g2-g4 Re2xe4 Rc8-b8 Nb5-c3 Rb1-f1
>  7(13)&   0:01.10    100165   +4.05  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rc8-b8 Nb5-d4 Rb8-d8
>                                      Nd4-b5 (Rd1xd6) (Nb5xd6)
>  7(14).   0:01.49    142434   +4.05  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rc8-b8 Nb5-d4 Rb8-d8
>                                      Nd4-b5 (Rd1xd6) (Nb5xd6)
>  8(17)-   0:04.96    509102   +3.70  Nd4-b5 (Rb1-d1) (Re2xe4) (Rd1-d5) (Re4-e1)
> (Kh1-h2)
>                                      (Kg6-f6)
>  8(17)&   0:05.97    607520   +3.12  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-h5 Rc6-b6 Nb5-c3 Rb1-f1
>                                      Nc3xe4 Rf1xf7
>  8(20).   0:10.77   1102178   +3.12  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-h5 Rc6-b6 Nb5-c3 Rb1-f1
>                                      Nc3xe4 Rf1xf7
>  9(17)&   0:12.28   1261827   +3.24  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-h5 Rc6-b6 Nb5-c3 g2-g4
>                                      Kh5-g5 Rb1-f1 Nc3xe4 Rf1xf7
>  9(22).   0:24.18   2480224   +3.24  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-h5 Rc6-b6 Nb5-c3 g2-g4
>                                      Kh5-g5 Rb1-f1 Nc3xe4 Rf1xf7
> 10(20)&   0:30.46   3143904   +3.22  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-f6 Rb1-f1 Kf6-e6 Rc6-c4
>                                      Nb5-d4 g2-g4 Re2xe4 Rc4-c7 Bg7-f6
> 10(24).   0:55.28   5719049   +3.22  Nd4-b5 Rc8-c6 Kg6-f6 Rb1-f1 Kf6-e6 Rc6-c4
>                                      Nb5-d4 g2-g4 Re2xe4 Rc4-c7 Bg7-f6
> 11(26)-   1:54.28  11684549   +2.87  Nd4-b5 (Rb1-d1) (Re2xe4) (Rd1-d5) (Re4xb4)
> (Rc8-b8)
>                                      (Nb5-c3) (Rd5xd6) (Kg6-g5) (Rb8xb4) (Nc3-e
>4)
> 11(26)&   2:12.81  13560979   +2.80  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-a3 Rb8xb1 Na3xb1 Rd5xd6
>                                      f7-f6 Rd6-d7
> 11(26).   2:29.16  15299179   +2.80  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-a3 Rb8xb1 Na3xb1 Rd5xd6
>                                      f7-f6 Rd6-d7
> 12(28)+   3:02.95  18632252   +3.15  Nd4-b5 (Rb1-d1) (Re2xe4) (Rd1-d5) (Re4xb4)
> (Rc8-b8)
>                                      (Rb4-b1) (Kh1-h2) (Nb5-a3) (Rb8xb1) (Na3xb
>1) (Rd5xd6)
>                                      (f7-f6) (Rd6-d7) (h7-h5)
> 12(28)&   3:37.17  21748977   +3.19  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 Bg7-h6
> 12(30).   4:40.49  27699481   +3.19  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 Bg7-h6
> 13(33)&   6:21.27  38026310   +2.93  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 h7-h5 Kh2-g3
> 13(33).   7:45.42  46648707   +2.93  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 h7-h5 Kh2-g3
> 14(37)+  13:38.12  81515348   +3.28  Nd4-b5 (Rb1-d1) (Re2xe4) (Rd1-d5) (Re4xb4)
> (Rc8-b8)
>                                      (Rb4-b1) (Kh1-h2) (Nb5-c3) (Rd5xd6) (f7-f6
>) (Rb8xb1)
>                                      (Nc3xb1) (g2-g4) (Bg7-f8)
> 14(37)&  18:48.15 111718620   +3.30  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 Bg7-f8 Rd6-d7 h7-h5
> 14(37).  21:38.92 128215887   +3.30  Nd4-b5 Rb1-d1 Re2xe4 Rd1-d5 Re4xb4 Rc8-b8
>                                      Rb4-b1 Kh1-h2 Nb5-c3 Rd5xd6 f7-f6 Rb8xb1
>                                      Nc3xb1 g2-g4 Bg7-f8 Rd6-d7 h7-h5



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