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Subject: Re: Two Interesting Test Moves...for portables..etc

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:11:11 07/04/04

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On July 04, 2004 at 14:19:50, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]r1b1qnk1/ppp2p2/1b5Q/2npP1N1/8/2P5/PP3PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>I found this in the book..."THE COMPLETE CHESS PLAYER"...
>
>
>1. Re3.......(black then plays Be6...)
>
>2. Nh7...!
>
>The Saitek Cougar will play both moves correctly when set at the 5 ply level...
>
>The Novag Amber will play both moves correctly when set at 6 ply...
>
>Mach 3 takes 49 sec. just to find 1.Re3...
>
>Polgar takes about 3 min. and 20 sec. to find Re3...
>
>(Polgar (5Mhz) always seemed slow in bringing out the rooks, but in a game,
>in was very tough to beat, and had "no problems" in the development of the
>rooks, etc. I could not understand this....:-)
>
>Rob

1...Be6 is a very poor move. It allows for Mate in 8 for White with 2.Nh7.

CM_SKR much prefers 1...Ne4. This is on a P4-2.4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	0.43	10058		1...Bg4 2.Nd2 Ncd7 3.Rg3 Nxe5
0:00	1/5	0.52	31935		1...Bg4 2.h3 Bf5 3.Nd2 Nd3
0:00	1/6	0.74	106740		1...Bg4 2.h3 Na4 3.Re1 Bf5 4.Re2
0:00	1/6	0.46	180768		1...Bf5 2.Rg3 Bg6 3.e6 Ncxe6 4.Nd2
0:01	1/7	1.22	279951		1...Bf5 2.Rg3 Bg6 3.e6 Ncxe6 4.Rh3
					Bxf2+ 5.Kxf2
0:03	1/7	0.58	599442		1...Qc6 2.e6 Ncxe6 3.Nxe6 Bxe6
					4.Rg3+ Ng6 5.Nd2 d4 6.Re1 dxc3
					7.bxc3 Bxa2
0:04	1/8	0.64	883056		1...Qc6 2.Nxf7 Qxh6 3.Nxh6+ Kg7
					4.Rf3 Ng6 5.Nf5+ Kh7 6.Rh3+ Kg8
					7.Rh5 Nxe5
0:08	1/9	0.42	1695118		1...Qc6 2.Qxc6 bxc6 3.Rg3 Bf5 4.Ne4+
					Ng6 5.Nf6+ Kh8 6.Rg5 Bd3 7.Rh5+
					Kg7 8.Rh7+ Kf8
0:21	2/10	0.90	4330692		1...Qc6 2.Qh4 Qa4 3.Qh5 Qf4 4.Nxf7
					Ne4 5.Qh8+ Kxf7 6.Rf3 Bxf2+ 7.Kh1
					Be3 8.Rxf4+ Bxf4 9.Qh5+ Kg8 10.Na3
1:05	2/11	0.96	13385618	1...Qc6 2.Qh4 Bf5 3.Rf3 Qd7 4.Nxf7
					Qxf7 5.Qg5+ Ng6 6.Rxf5 Ne4 7.Rxf7
					Nxg5
1:37	2/11	0.76	20599009	1...Ne4 2.Nxe4 dxe4 3.Rxe4 Qe6
					4.Qh4 Bd7 5.Nd2 Ng6 6.Qh5 Qf5 7.Qf3
					Qxf3 8.Nxf3
2:20	2/12	0.72	30669593	1...Ne4 2.Nxe4 dxe4 3.Rg3+ Ng6
					4.Nd2 Qxe5 5.Nc4 Qg7 6.Qg5 Be6
					7.Nd2 Re8 8.Nxe4 Bxa2

jm



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