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Subject: Re: Two solutions.

Author: Frank E. Oldham

Date: 20:42:49 06/30/04

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On June 29, 2004 at 14:18:08, Daniel Jackson wrote:

>On June 29, 2004 at 13:31:44, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>> I'm talking about Rd5 directly. Rd3 can be followed by a black 19. .. Be6 and
>>the game was considered to be undecided. I'm a bit hazy on what has happened the
>>last decade or so. Stephen could probably clue us in.
>>
>>MvH Dan Andersson
>
>I think Be6?! is not so great I feel. In some situations I'd agree that Rd5 is
>best, especially if you can play Rf5!! Threating Rxf6! & Nd5!
>
>Here is a position that fits the bill.
>
>[D]2r4k/ppqbpp1p/3p1npQ/3R4/2r1P1P1/2N2P2/PPP1N3/1K5R w
>
>Daniel

I let crafty19.10 run for a while -- it prefers Rd5 evenually,
but thinks that the difference bewteen that and Rd3 is just a few centipawns...
               13->   6:58   0.09   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 e5 3. g5 Nh5 4. Ng3
                                    Rd4 5. Nxh5 gxh5 6. Qxh5 Rxd3 7. Qxh7+
                                    Kf8 8. Qh8+ Ke7 9. Qf6+ Ke8 10. cxd3
                                    (s=4)
               14     7:48   0.27   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. g5 Nh5 4.
                                    Nf4 Qf8 5. Qxf8+ Kxf8 6. Nxh5 gxh5
                                    7. Rxh5 Kg7 8. Kd2 Rb4 9. b3 (s=3)
               14->   9:05   0.27   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. g5 Nh5 4.
                                    Nf4 Qf8 5. Qxf8+ Kxf8 6. Nxh5 gxh5
                                    7. Rxh5 Kg7 8. Kd2 Rb4 9. b3 (s=2)
               15    10:37   0.15   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. g5 Nh5 4.
                                    Nf4 Qf8 5. Qxf8+ Kxf8 6. Nxh5 gxh5
                                    7. Rxh5 Kg7 8. Kd2 Rb4 9. b3 Be6
               15    32:07   0.22   1. Rd3 R4c5 2. g5 Rxg5 3. Rd5 Rxd5
                                    4. Nxd5 Re8 5. Nef4 Bc6 6. Nxf6+ exf6
                                    7. Nh5 Qg5+ 8. Qxg5 fxg5 9. Nf6+ Kg7
                                    10. Nxe8+ Bxe8 11. Kd2
               15->  54:34   0.22   1. Rd3 R4c5 2. g5 Rxg5 3. Rd5 Rxd5
                                    4. Nxd5 Re8 5. Nef4 Bc6 6. Nxf6+ exf6
                                    7. Nh5 Qg5+ 8. Qxg5 fxg5 9. Nf6+ Kg7
                                    10. Nxe8+ Bxe8 11. Kd2 (s=3)
               16   105:50   0.49   1. Rd3 Ba4 2. g5 Nh5 3. Nf4 Rxc3 4.
                                    bxc3 Rxc3 5. Nxh5 gxh5 6. Qxh5 Kf8
                                    7. Rd2 Qc5 8. Qh6+ Ke8 9. Rhh2 Ra3
                                    (s=2)
               16   140:11   0.52   1. Rd5 Qd8 2. g5 Nh5 3. Nf4 Qf8 4.
                                    Qxf8+ Rxf8 5. Nxh5 gxh5 6. Ra5 a6 7.
                                    Nd5 Re8 8. Kd2 Kg7 9. Nb6 Rc7 10. Nxd7
                                    Rxd7 11. Rxh5
               16-> 140:11   0.52   1. Rd5 Qd8 2. g5 Nh5 3. Nf4 Qf8 4.
                                    Qxf8+ Rxf8 5. Nxh5 gxh5 6. Ra5 a6 7.
                                    Nd5 Re8 8. Kd2 Kg7 9. Nb6 Rc7 10. Nxd7
                                    Rxd7 11. Rxh5 (s=3)
               17   185:36   0.53   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. Kb1 Qf8 4.
                                    Qh2 Qg7 5. e5 Ne8 6. Nd5 <HT> (s=2)
               17-> 268:53   0.53   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. Kb1 Qf8 4.
                                    Qh2 Qg7 5. e5 Ne8 6. Nd5 f6 <HT> (s=4)
               18   305:28   0.53   1. Rd5 Qc7 2. Rd3 Qd8 3. Kb1 Qf8 4.
                                    Qh2 Qg7 5. e5 Ne8 6. Nd5 f6 7. exf6
                                    Nxf6 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. Qxd6 Ba4 10.
                                    Qe6+ Kh8 11. Rc3 Rxc3 12. Nxc3 (s=3)
?              18   475:15   4/44*  1. Rd4
White(1): ?
              time=475:17  cpu=388%  mat=-1  n=68626388285  fh=38%  nps=2.41M
              ext-> chk=144633317 cap=133987692 pp=29654305 1rep=451574338
mate=49755430
              predicted=0  nodes=68626388285  evals=1379266868
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
              SMP->  split=4410  stop=941  data=11/32  cpu=1846:09  elap=475:17
Frank



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