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Subject: Re: Fritz-Diep puzzling position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:59:36 07/12/04

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On July 12, 2004 at 10:14:00, Andrew Dados wrote:

>Since noone posted this then maybe I am missing something obvious here...
>After Diep move 30... Qd4 this position occured in the game:
>
>[D]1r3k1r/3b1ppp/1q1p4/3PpPP1/1pB1P3/pP4P1/P1RQ4/1K5R b - - 0 30
>
>Now after 31. Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 white (fritz) gets simple position with a pawn
>up. I am having trouble understanding why 30... Qd4 was played and 31 QxQ was
>not.
>
>-Andrew-

In the initial position, CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500 says that 30...Rc8 is best, but
White has the advantage:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.47	424		30...Ke8 31.Be2 Ke7
0:00	1/3	0.39	683		30...Kg8 31.f6 g6
0:00	1/4	0.47	2098		30...Kg8 31.f6 h5 32.fxg7 Kxg7
					33.Be2
0:00	1/4	0.34	3293		30...Rc8 31.Bd3 Kg8 32.Qh2 Rxc2
					33.Bxc2
0:00	1/5	0.28	10258		30...Rc8 31.Be2 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Ke7
0:00	1/6	0.34	30313		30...Rc8 31.f6 Rg8 32.Rxh7 Bg4
					33.Be2
0:00	1/7	0.36	77933		30...Rc8 31.f6 Kg8 32.fxg7 Kxg7
					33.Qf2 Qxf2 34.Rxf2 Rhd8 35.Kc2
0:01	1/8	0.25	266825		30...Rc8 31.Rcc1 Ke8 32.Rh4 g6
					33.Rf1 Ke7 34.Qe2
0:02	1/9	0.41	513706		30...Rc8 31.f6 gxf6 32.gxf6 h5
					33.Qg5 Rg8 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.Qh7 Rf8
					36.Qxh5
0:12	2/10	0.22	2949461		30...Rc8 31.Rcc1 Ke7 32.Rh2 h5
					33.gxh6ep gxh6 34.g4 f6 35.Rxh6
0:21	2/11	0.52	5364062		30...Rc8 31.f6 gxf6 32.gxf6 h5
					33.Qg5 Rg8 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.Qxh5
					Bg4 36.Qh4 Kd8 37.Rch2
0:26	2/11	0.43	6822536		30...Ke8 31.f6 gxf6 32.gxf6 h5
					33.Be2 Rg8 34.Qh6 Qf2 35.Bg4 Qxg3
					36.Bxd7+ Kxd7 37.Qxh5
0:38	2/11	0.40	9950671		30...Ke7 31.f6+ gxf6 32.gxf6+ Kd8
					33.Qh6 Qd4 34.Qg7 Re8 35.Re1 Rc8
					36.Qxf7 h6 37.Qg7
1:12	2/12	0.59	19446083	30...Ke7 31.f6+ gxf6 32.gxf6+ Kd8
					33.Qg5 Qd4 34.Qg7 Re8 35.Re1 Rc8
					36.Qxf7 h5 37.Qxh5 Rg8
1:20	2/12	0.48	21646604	30...Rc8 31.f6 Bg4 32.fxg7+ Kxg7
					33.Qf2 Qxf2 34.Rxf2 Kg6 35.Rh4
					Kxg5 36.Rxf7 h5 37.Kc2
2:40	3/13	0.48	44217598	30...Rc8 31.Qf2 Qxf2 32.Rxf2 Ke7
					33.Rfh2 h6 34.f6+ gxf6 35.Rxh6
					Rxh6 36.gxh6 f5 37.h7 Rh8 38.Bd3
					fxe4 39.Bxe4

After 30...Qd4, The King agrees with 31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2, with a much better
score for White:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	1.00	693		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rxd4
0:00	1/4	1.00	1913		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rxd4
0:00	1/5	0.81	10537		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 h5 33.gxh6ep
					Ke7 34.Rxd4 Rxh6 35.Rxh6 gxh6
0:00	1/6	0.87	30929		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Kc2
					f6 34.gxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rxd4
0:00	1/7	0.93	114516		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rch2 Rc8 33.Kc2
					Ke7 34.Rxh7 Rxh7 35.Rxh7 Ba4
0:00	1/8	0.97	197778		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rch2 Re8 33.Bd3
					h5 34.gxh6ep Rxh6 35.Rxh6 gxh6
					36.Rxh6 Ke7
0:02	1/9	0.95	522696		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 h5 33.gxh6ep
					Rxh6 34.Rxh6 gxh6 35.Rxd4 Bb5 36.Kc2
					Rc8
0:05	2/10	0.82	1370382		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rxd4
					f6 34.gxf6+ Kxf6 35.Kc2 g6 36.Rdd1
					gxf5
0:11	2/11	0.91	3122225		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Kc2
					h5 34.gxh6ep Rxh6 35.Rxh6 gxh6
					36.Rxd4 Bb5 37.Bxb5 Rxb5 38.Rc4
0:29	2/12	0.84	7979042		31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rxd4
					f6 34.gxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rh4 h6 36.Kc2
					Rbc8 37.Rd1 Rhe8
1:17	3/13	0.87	21602079	31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rdh2
					h5 34.gxh6ep gxh6 35.Rxh6 Rxh6
					36.Rxh6 Rg8 37.f6+ Kd8 38.Rh7 Rxg3
					39.Rxf7 Rg2



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