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Subject: Re: Interesting knight sac.....Neat move..!

Author: Art Basham

Date: 05:13:49 03/31/04

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Yes...my Shredder 5 (Gambit Engine finds it...9 ply).....!


Engine: Shredder 5
by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
position:  0 1
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.55-- 	1.Nxb3 Bg5 2.Qd4+ Kxh6 3.Nc5 dxc5 4.Qxc5 (8.838) 8.8
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.70 	1.Nxb3 Bg5 2.Qc3+ Kxh6 3.Nd2 Qf6 (10.183) 9.5
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.69++ 	1.Ng4 Bf6 2.Nxf6 Qxf6 (12.340) 10.5
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.34++ 	1.Ng4 Bf6 2.Nxf6 Qxf6 3.Nxb3 cxb3 4.Rac1 (12.927) 10.7
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.22 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Kf8 (19.152) 12.9
  6.00	 0:02 	-0.04 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (33.370) 14.9
  7.01	 0:04 	-0.04 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (76.781) 18.4
  8.01	 0:10 	-0.04 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (212.431) 19.8
  9.01	 0:20 	-0.14 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Kg8 3.Nc6 Qc7 4.Nf6+ Bxf6 5.Qxf6 a5 6.e5
dxe5 7.Nxe5 (412.796) 20.5
best move: Nh6-g4 time: 0:46.915 min  n/s: 19.723  nodes: 925.050
Engine: Gambit Shredder
by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.46++ 	1.Ng4 Bf6 (18.514) 16.0
  5.00	 0:01 	-0.11++ 	1.Ng4 Bf6 2.Nxb5 h5 3.Nxf6 Qxf6 (20.586) 16.1
  5.00	 0:01 	+0.01 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (24.788) 16.7
  6.00	 0:02 	+0.12 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (47.416) 17.6
  7.01	 0:06 	+0.12 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Bf6 3.e5 Bxe5 4.Nxe5 Rxe5 5.Nxb3 cxb3
6.Rxe5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qf6 (115.252) 18.9
  8.01	 0:14 	+0.07 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Kg8 3.Nxb3 (266.319) 18.1
  9.01	 0:36 	+0.02 	1.Ng4 Bg5 2.Qc3 Kg8 3.Nc6 Qd7 4.Nf6+ Bxf6 5.Qxf6 Bc2 6.f3
(672.352) 18.5
  9.08	 1:02 	+0.03++ 	1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Ne6 Qd7 3.Qh6 Rf8 (1.173.754) 18.7
  9.08	 1:09 	+0.03 	1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Ne6 Qb6 3.Qh6 Rec8 4.Qxh7+ Ke8 5.Qxg6+ Kd7
6.Rac1 c3 7.g4 cxb2 8.Nf8+ (1.310.884) 18.9
 10.01	 1:43 	+0.28++ 	1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Ne6 Qb6 3.Qh6 Rec8 4.Qxh7+ Ke8 5.Qxg6+ Kd7
6.Ng7 Qxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Rf8+ 8.Ke2 Rf2+ 9.Kxf2 Rf8+ (1.920.779) 18.5
 10.01	 2:00 	+0.43 	1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Ne6 Qb6 3.Qh6 Rec8 4.Qxh7+ Ke8 5.Qxg6+ Kd7
6.Ng7 a5 7.Nf5 Kd8 8.Nxe7 Kxe7 (2.286.368) 18.9
best move: Nh6xf7 time: 3:59.378 min  n/s: 20.269  nodes: 4.851.625
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On March 31, 2004 at 06:31:28, Tord Romstad wrote:

>I just completed a 100-game blitz match between Gothmog 0.4.7 and Crafty 19.9
>(yes, I know it is not the most recent version).  In one of the games, the
>following position arised:
>
>[D]r2qr3/4bpkp/p2p2pN/1p1P4/2pNP3/1b5P/1P1Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - -
>
>Here, Gothmog surprised me (and Crafty) by playing the knight sac Nxf7!?.  It
>plays this after only 7 plies and 1 second, almost certainly as a speculative
>sac, but still keeps it with a +1 score after 20 minutes and 16 plies.  In
>the game, Gothmog quickly got a winning attack after 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Ne6 Qc8
>26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Re3.
>
>Which other engines like Nxf7?  Is the sac correct?
>
>Another cool game from the match was the following, which is probably
>not good, but amused me because of its "19th century look".  It was played
>in Gothmog's new favorite opening, the King's gambit:
>
>[Event "Computer chess game"]
>[Site "aload.uio.no"]
>[Date "2004.03.31"]
>[Round "63"]
>[White "Gothmog 0.4.7"]
>[Black "Crafty-19.9"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[TimeControl "300+1"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Kf1 Nxc3 8.
>bxc3 Bxc3 9. Ba3 b5 10. Bd6 bxc4 11. Qg4 g5 12. Nh3 Bxa1 13. Nxf4 h6 14.
>Nh5 Qb6 15. Qf5 Ba6 16. g4 Qxd4 17. Qf6 Qd1+ 18. Kg2 Qxc2+ 19. Kh3 Qd3+ 20.
>Ng3 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bb2 22. Qf6 d5 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Qf8 Kc7 25. Qd6+ Kb6 26.
>Qb4+ Bb5 27. Qxb2 Nd7 28. Rb1 Kc7 29. Qb4 Nxe5 30. Nf5 Ng6 31. Qd6+ Kb7 32.
>Nd4 Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Rc8 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Qxd5+ Kb6
>38. Nc3 h5 39. Nxb5 Rc5 40. Qd8+
>{Black resigns} 1-0
>
>Position after white's 17th move:
>
>[D]rn2k2r/p2p1p2/b1pB1Q1p/4P1pN/2pq2P1/8/P1P4P/b4K1R b kq -
>
>Tord



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