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Subject: Re: hard test position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:45:46 04/02/04

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On April 01, 2004 at 23:21:25, Dan Ellwein wrote:

>On April 01, 2004 at 23:03:51, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On April 01, 2004 at 22:51:44, Dan Ellwein wrote:
>>
>>>On April 01, 2004 at 20:10:21, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>This is from my correspondence game
>>>>
>>>>How much time does your program need to avoid Qxb2(I played Qc4 and won against
>>>>vladimir turkov)
>>>>
>>>>I decided based on analysis that Qc4 is better but I believe that programs can
>>>>avoid Qxb2 after many hours of analysis(I found that white has probably a draw
>>>>after Qxb2 when Qc4 gives black the better position)
>>>>
>>>>[D]3r1rk1/pp2b1pp/1n3p2/4p3/7Q/2P1B1N1/PP2qPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 18
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Here is the game
>>>>
>>>>[Event "40'/40"]
>>>>[Site "Tel-Aviv"]
>>>>[Date "2004.03.29"]
>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>[White "New game"]
>>>>[Black "Yace Paderborn"]
>>>>[Result "*"]
>>>>[ECO "B22"]
>>>>[Annotator "Blass,Uri"]
>>>>[PlyCount "78"]
>>>>[TimeControl "40/2400:0/0:0/0"]
>>>>
>>>>{64MB, Shredder7.ctg, URI-PC
>>>>} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3
>>>>Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
>>>>12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qh4 Qe2 14. Nd2 e5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Ng3
>>>>Qc4 19. Qh3 g6 20. Rfe1 Rd3 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qh6 Rfd8 23. Qc1 b5 24. Re4 Qc7
>>>>25. Nf1 f5 26. Re2 e4 27. a3 Kg7 28. Qe1 Qc4 29. Rc2 Bg5 30. Qe2 h5 31. Re1 Qb3
>>>>32. g3 h4 33. Rb1 hxg3 34. fxg3 Rf3 35. g4 Qd5 36. c4 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 fxg4 38.
>>>>cxb5 e3 39. Ng3 Rf2 *
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>hi Uri
>>>
>>>nice game...
>>>
>>>after 17 minutes, CM9 personality OffSet stays with ...Qxb2
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>----	----	----	----		----
>>>0:00	1/3	-1.84	1863		1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Rf7 3.c4
>>>0:00	1/4	-2.12	4381		1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Ba3 3.Qg4 Rf7
>>>0:00	1/5	-1.86	16068		1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Rf7 3.Bxb6 Qxb6
>>>					4.Rfe1
>>>0:00	1/6	-2.10	58763		1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Ba3 3.Qg4 g6 4.Bxb6
>>>					axb6
>>>0:02	1/7	-2.04	217581		1...Qxb2 2.c4 Ba3 3.Qg4 Qc2 4.Nf5
>>>					g6
>>>0:06	1/8	-2.19	572092		1...Qxb2 2.Qg4 Ba3 3.Nf5 g6 4.Bxb6
>>>					Qxb6 5.Rad1 Kh8
>>>0:14	1/9	-2.14	1395620		1...Qxb2 2.Qg4 Ba3 3.Bxb6 Qxb6
>>>					4.Rfb1 Qc6 5.Rb3 Bc5 6.Rab1
>>>0:35	1/10	-2.17	3616925		1...Qxb2 2.Qg4 Ba3 3.c4 g6 4.c5
>>>					Nd5 5.Rab1 Qc2 6.Rxb7 Nxe3 7.fxe3
>>>					Bxc5
>>>2:20	1/11	-2.18	14186541	1...Qxb2 2.Qe4 Qxc3 3.Rfc1 Qa3
>>>					4.Qxb7 f5 5.Bxb6 axb6 6.Qxb6 Rd2
>>>					7.Qe6+ Kh8 8.Qxe5 Rxa2
>>>6:56	1/12	-2.18	41779354	1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Ba3 3.c4 g6 4.Nh6+
>>>					Kh8 5.Ng4 g5 6.Qh6 Be7 7.Bxb6 Qxb6
>>>					8.Ne3
>>>17:04	1/13	-2.25	106733847	1...Qxb2 2.Qg4 g6 3.Qe6+ Rf7 4.Rfc1
>>>					Nd5 5.Rab1 Qa3 6.Rb3 Qd6 7.Qxd6
>>>					Bxd6 8.Bxa7 b5
>>>Dan
>>
>>The idea for white agyer Qxb2 is Nf5 Ba3 Bh6 and white has a draw(I could not
>>find more than a draw but I believe that black has better position with Qc4 and
>>I did not want a draw).
>>
>>Uri
>
>at ply 14 the sequence goes as you posted above with a score of -2.35...
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>
>43:29	2/14	-2.35	280721361	1...Qxb2 2.Nf5 Ba3 3.Qe4 Qxc3 4.Bxb6
>					axb6 5.Qxb7 Rf7 6.Qxb6 Rfd7 7.Qe6+
>					Kh8 8.Rab1 Bc5 9.Ng3 Qc2 10.Rbe1

And here is what CM_SKR says after many hours:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.64	1354		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Nd5 20.Rab1
0:00	1/4	-0.64	3255		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Nd5 20.Rab1
0:00	1/5	-0.24	11438		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rab1 Qc2
					21.Qh5
0:00	1/6	-0.27	29203		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rab1 Qc2
					21.Bxb6 axb6
0:00	1/7	-0.50	114483		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rxd1
					21.Rxd1 Qe2 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Rd8+
					Kf7
0:01	1/8	-0.54	242106		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rxd1
					21.Rxd1 Qe2 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Rd8+
					Kf7 24.h3 h6 25.Bxb6 axb6
0:03	1/9	-0.28	830168		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qxa2
					21.Qg4 g6 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Rxb6
					Qc2 24.Ne3
0:10	1/10	-0.27	2738639		18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rfe8 20.Rab1 Qxc3
					21.Qg3 g6 22.Ng7 Rf8 23.Ne6 Rd3
					24.Nxf8 Bxf8
0:39	1/11	-0.53	10575095	18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qxa2
					21.Qg4 g6 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Rxb6
					Kh8 24.Rxb7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Qxf7
1:17	1/12	-0.49	21088901	18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qe2
					21.Rfe1 Qd3 22.Qg4 g6 23.Nh6+ Kg7
					24.Rb3 Qa6 25.Nf5+ Kh8 26.Bxb6 axb6
3:24	1/13	-0.40	56934910	18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qxa2
					21.Qg4 g6 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Rxb6
					Kh8 24.Ne3 Rf7 25.Qf3 Bc5 26.Rxb7
					Rxb7 27.Qxb7
12:34	2/14	-0.44	212361625	18...Qxb2 19.Qg4 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qxc3
					21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rxb6 Rf7 23.Ne4
					Qc2 24.Nxf6+ Kh8 25.Ne4 Qxa2 26.Rb5
					Rf4 27.Qg5
36:11	3/15	-0.36	629727488	18...Qxb2 19.Qg4 Ba3 20.Rab1 Qxc3
					21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rxb6 Rf7 23.Rb3
					Qa5 24.Qe6 Qa7 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Rb6 f5
2:06:48	4/16	-0.41	2254397973	18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rxd1
					21.Rxd1 Qe2 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Rd8+
					Kf7 24.h3 Nc4 25.Bc5 Rc7 26.g4
					Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Qb1 28.Qh5+ Qg6 29.Rf8+
					Ke6 30.Qxg6 hxg6 31.Re8+ Kd5 32.Bxa7
6:53:54	5/17	-0.33	3280608679	18...Qxb2 19.Nf5 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rxd1
					21.Rxd1 Bf8 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.h3 Rd7
					24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Qd1 Nb6 26.Qd8
					Kg8 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Nd5 Qb1+ 29.Kh2

jm



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