Author: John Merlino
Date: 22:17:32 05/10/04
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On May 10, 2004 at 18:03:37, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >On May 10, 2004 at 17:02:11, Rob Basham wrote: > >>ECM......#28 >> >> >>[D]r1b2rk1/2q2ppp/2pbp3/p7/4Nn2/3B4/PPPBQ1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1 >> >> >>The move they want here is RxN....!? >> >>has anyone worked on this one? >>I do not see how that is a win....:-) >> >>Rob > >After the only line : > >1. Rxf4 Bxf4 2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. Qg4+ (note a transposition is possible : 1. Nf6+ >gxf6 2.Rxf4 Bxf4 ...) > > >here's what Chessmaster 9000-SKR and Shredder 8 say : > >Time Depth Score Positions Moves >4:50 1/14 0.10 114267479 3...Kh8 4.Bxf4 f5 5.Qg3 Qb7 6.Bd6 > Bd7 7.Rd1 f6 8.Bxf8 Rxf8 9.Bf1 > Bc8 10.b3 c5 11.Bc4 >3:41 1/14 0.37 86451977 3...Bg5 4.Bxg5 f5 5.Qh4 f6 6.Bxf6 > Qf7 7.Be5 Ba6 8.c4 Rad8 9.Rd1 Qg6 > 10.b3 Qg4 > > >Analysis by Shredder 8: > >1. = (0.10): 3...Rh8 4.Fxf4 f5 5.Dg3 Db6 6.Fc7 Db7 7.Fd6 Fd7 8.Fxf8 Txf8 9.Dd6 >Tg8 10.De5+ Tg7 11.Td1 c5 12.Ff1 Fe8 13.Td8 Dc6 14.Dc3 a4 >2. ² (0.65): 3...Fg5 4.Fxg5 f5 5.Dh4 f6 6.Fxf6 Df7 7.Fc3 Fa6 8.Fxa6 Txa6 9.Te1 >c5 10.Te3 Tfa8 11.Tg3+ Rf8 12.Fe5 Df6 13.Dxf6+ Re8 > >In fact this seems not to be winning but 1. Rxf4 (or 1.Nf6+) seems to be the >best way to play This is true, and sometimes that's the point of a position in a test suite -- not to find the WINNING move, but simply to find the BEST move. Also, it looks like you have modified your SKR setting, and are using a selective search value of at least 13. SKR is supposed to use a value of 12. jm
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