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Subject: Re: tough stuff

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 22:24:35 05/12/04

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On May 12, 2004 at 17:21:00, Will Singleton wrote:

>On May 12, 2004 at 16:09:39, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On May 12, 2004 at 02:37:56, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>[d]rn2k1r1/p4ppp/1pp1p3/8/P1NP2Q1/2B3P1/1P6/R3KB1q w Qq - 0 16
>>>
>>>This is Amateur-Djinn, from ICC today.
>>>
>>>16. O-O-O! Nd7 (16... Qd5 17. Bb4 h5 18. Qh4 +-) 17. d5! cxd5 18. Bh3 Qxd1+ 19.
>>>Qxd1! dxc4 20. Qd6 {game over}
>>>
>>>Djinn didn't play 18...Qxd1 in the game, but then we wouldn't have the
>>>opportunity to look at 19.Qxd1.  And if 16.O-O-O is too hard, then try 17.d5 and
>>>19.Qxd1.
>>>
>>>Here's the position from 17.d5, Amateur, on a p4 2.8ghz:
>>>
>>>[d]r3k1r1/p2n1ppp/1pp1p3/8/P1NP2Q1/2B3P1/1P6/2KR1B1q w q - 0 17
>>>
>>>12 111 5543 19661523 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qh2 Nd6 Ke7
>>>13 109 7269 25641213 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qh2 Nd6 Ke7 Nxf7 Nc5 Bb4 Re8 Ng5 Kd7 Rxd5 Kc6
>>>Nf3 Qh1 Rd1
>>>14 200 19349 67027183 d5 cxd5 Bh3 Qxd1 Qxd1 dxc4 Qd6 Rd8
>>>
>>>Note: the move 19.Qxd1 (not Kxd1) is critical in the above line.
>>
>>Here's what CM_SKR says on an AMD 2500+ for each of the three positions you ask
>>about:
>>
>>16. The King is pretty happy with Qf4
>
>Qf4 is an alternative, but doesn't lead to the kind of convincing scores seen
>after castling first.  (imvho)
>
>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>0:00	1/3	0.85	1823		16.Qf4 f6 17.O-O-O Nd7
>>0:00	1/4	1.15	4592		16.Qf4 f6 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Be2
>>0:00	1/5	1.12	18201		16.Qf4 f6 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Re1 Kf7
>>0:00	1/6	0.89	54606		16.Qf4 f6 17.Qg4 Ke7 18.Qf4 Rd8
>>					19.O-O-O
>>0:01	1/7	1.12	197245		16.Qf4 f6 17.Qc7 Nd7 18.O-O-O Rd8
>>					19.Be2 Qh6+ 20.Bd2 Qh2
>>0:03	1/8	0.97	711348		16.Qf4 Nd7 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Bb4 f6
>>					19.Ne4+ Kd8 20.O-O-O g5
>>0:07	1/8	1.09	1809117		16.a5 b5 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Ne4 Qh6
>>					19.Bb4+ Kd8 20.Bd2 f5
>>0:10	1/9	1.18	2596916		16.a5 b5 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Qf4 Na6
>>					19.Ne4 Rgd8 20.O-O-O Kf8 21.Bxb5
>>					Qxd1+ 22.Kxd1 cxb5
>>0:20	1/10	1.10	5361855		16.a5 b5 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Qf4 Na6
>>					19.Ne4 Rgd8 20.O-O-O f5 21.Bd3 Qh5
>>0:38	1/10	1.21	10621921	16.Qf4 f6 17.Qc7 Nd7 18.O-O-O Qd5
>>					19.Re1 Rf8 20.Bh3 f5 21.b3 Ke7
>>1:17	1/11	1.40	21411519	16.Qf4 Nd7 17.Bb4 f6 18.O-O-O c5
>>					19.dxc5 Qh6 20.Qxh6 gxh6 21.c6
>>					Nc5 22.Nd6+ Ke7
>>3:49	1/12	1.81	64823123	16.Qf4 f6 17.Qc7 Nd7 18.O-O-O Qd5
>>					19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qf3 21.Qd7+
>>					Kf8 22.Bc4 Qe3+ 23.Bd2 Qxe5 24.Bxe6
>>

Yes, I'm pretty sure 16...f6 isn't really playable.  Better is the line Zappa
showed.



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