Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:15:47 01/05/99
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On January 05, 1999 at 21:49:10, Albert Silver wrote:
>This game was played today:
>
>Of note (apart from Morozevitch's monstrous 8/9 - lad has a knack for monstrous
>scores doesn't he?) were a couple of moves. How many computers see that
>44...Qxc3 would lose (and how long does it take them to see it)? And how long
>does it take them to see the winning 45.h5!
>
>[Event "Pamplona, 1998"]
>[Site "Pamplona"]
>[Date "1999.01.05"]
>[Round "9"]
>[White "Morozevich, A."]
>[Black "Van Welly, L."]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "B90"]
>[WhiteElo "2625"]
>[BlackElo "2635"]
>[PlyCount "101"]
>[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
>Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 O-O
>15. Bg5 Bxb3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxb3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb3 19. Nd5 Rfc8 20. Nxf6+
>gxf6 21. Qh6 Qe6 22. Rd2 Rc6 23. Rg1 f5 24. Qxh5 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qg6 26. Qh4 Kg7
>27. Rd3 Rh8 28. Qe7 {} 28... Rh6 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rf6 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Rg1
>Qc8 33. Qb3 Rc1 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Qc6 36. Qb4 Rf4 37. Re1 Kg7 38. h3 a5 39.
>Qxa5 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41. Qb4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 d5 43. Qg4+ Kf6 44. h4 Ke7 45. h5
>Qxc3 46. h6 e4 47. Qg7 Qe3 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qxd5+ Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kd7 51. Qf6 1-0
>
> Albert Silver
Using Crafty, what move will be chosen by black for 44.?
White(1): setboard 8/5p2/5k2/3pp3/P5QP/2P5/6PK/4q3 b - -
puzzling over a move to ponder.
end-game phase
clearing hash tables
depth time score variation (1)
5 0.10 0.35 1. ... Qxc3 2. g3 Qd2+ 3. Kh3 e4 4.
Qd7
5-> 0.13 0.35 1. ... Qxc3 2. g3 Qd2+ 3. Kh3 e4 4.
Qd7
6 0.29 -- 1. ... Qxc3
6 0.30 -0.13 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd4
6-> 0.43 -0.13 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd4
7 0.52 -0.24 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd2+ 8. Kg3 Qf4+
7-> 0.75 -0.24 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd2+ 8. Kg3 Qf4+
8 2.46 -0.25 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd2+ 8. Kh3 Qd7+ 9. Kg3 Kf5
8-> 3.21 -0.25 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. a5 d3 5. a6 d2 6. a7 d1=Q 7. a8=Q
Qd2+ 8. Kh3 Qd7+ 9. Kg3 Kf5
9 3.45 -- 1. ... Qxc3
9 4.04 -1.62 1. ... Qxc3 2. Qf3+ Qxf3 3. gxf3 d4
4. Kg1 d3 5. Kf2 Ke7 6. Ke3 e4 7. fxe4
9 17.15 ++ 1. ... Ke7!!
(17 seconds to choose the same move as the GM. It sticks with it too.)
9 24.48 -0.66 1. ... Ke7 2. Qb4+ Ke6 3. g3 Qf2+ 4.
Kh3 Qf1+ 5. Kh2 Qe2+ <HT>
9-> 32.01 -0.66 1. ... Ke7 2. Qb4+ Ke6 3. g3 Qf2+ 4.
Kh3 Qf1+ 5. Kh2 Qe2+ <HT>
decreased probe depth to 31
10 59.50 -0.82 1. ... Ke7 2. Qg3 Qe4 3. a5 Ke6 4.
a6 Qa4 5. Qd3 e4 6. Qe2 Qd7
h5! took two and one half minutes:
White(1): setboard 8/4kp2/8/3pp3/P5QP/2P5/6PK/4q3 w - -
White(1): go
end-game phase
time surplus 0.00 time limit 12:50 (12:50)
depth time score variation (1)
5 0.15 0.94 1. Qb4+ Ke6 2. Qb6+ Kf5 3. g4+ Ke4
4. Qf6 Qd2+ 5. Kg1
5-> 0.19 0.94 1. Qb4+ Ke6 2. Qb6+ Kf5 3. g4+ Ke4
4. Qf6 Qd2+ 5. Kg1
6 0.63 0.62 1. Qb4+ Ke6 2. h5 f5 3. a5 e4 4. Qd4
6-> 1.15 0.62 1. Qb4+ Ke6 2. h5 f5 3. a5 e4 4. Qd4
7 1.93 0.51 1. Qb4+ Ke6 2. h5 e4 3. Qb6+ Kf5 4.
Qd8 Qd2 5. a5
7 4.00 0.72 1. c4 d4 2. h5 Qd2 3. Qe4 Ke6 4. c5
7-> 4.19 0.72 1. c4 d4 2. h5 Qd2 3. Qe4 Ke6 4. c5
decreased probe depth to 12
8 8.40 0.65 1. c4 d4 2. c5 Qc1 3. Qc8 Qc4 4. c6
e4 5. a5
8-> 11.27 0.65 1. c4 d4 2. c5 Qc1 3. Qc8 Qc4 4. c6
e4 5. a5
decreased probe depth to 11
9 22.29 0.41 1. c4 d4 2. h5 d3 3. h6 d2 4. h7 d1=Q
5. Qxd1 Qxd1 6. h8=Q f6 7. Qh7+ Ke6
8. Qg8+ Kf5 9. a5
9 53.04 0.44 1. Qb4+ Kf6 2. Qd6+ Kf5 3. Qd7+ Kf6
4. Qh3 e4 5. g4 Qa1 6. g5+ Ke5 7. Qd7
9 57.31 ++ 1. Qg3!!
9-> 59.75 0.83 1. Qg3
decreased probe depth to 10
10 1:04 0.98 1. Qg3 Qe2 2. Kh3 Qe4 3. Qf3 f5 4.
a5 Qg4+ 5. Qxg4 fxg4+ 6. Kxg4 Kd6
10 2:26 ++ 1. h5!!
10 2:30 1/24 1. h5
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