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Subject: Re: Spectacular game

Author: Mihaly Szalai

Date: 13:46:43 09/05/04

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On September 05, 2004 at 15:08:59, John Merlino wrote:

>On September 05, 2004 at 15:03:04, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>On September 05, 2004 at 13:54:33, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On September 05, 2004 at 11:18:44, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>[D]r4rk1/5pP1/1n1p4/1pqPpNb1/p5p1/P1P2P2/8/1KBnQ2R b - - 0 30
>>>>
>>>>When I moved 30. Nf5, Pro Deo played 30...Bh4 INSTANTLY!
>>>>Had it seen that all moves loses and chose a quick end??
>>>>I cannot believe it.
>>>
>>>Believe it -- the great mate finder, The King, says that it is true. 29...Nxd1
>>>leads to a Mate in 15 (or better) starting with 30.Nf5, and it only takes The
>>>King 10 seconds to say so. This is on a P4-2.4:
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>0:00	1/3	-3.48	2173		30.gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 31.Nxd1 Bxc1 32.Kxc1
>>>					Qxa3+ 33.Nb2 Nxd5 34.fxg4
>>>0:00	1/3	-2.15	12809		30.Nf5 f6 31.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32.Qxd1
>>>					Bxc1 33.Qxc1 gxf3 34.Rh8+ Kf7
>>>0:00	1/4	-1.87	22066		30.Nf5 f6 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.gxf8=Q+
>>>					Rxf8 33.Rh7+ Ke8 34.Qxd1 Bxc1 35.Qxc1
>>>					Nxd5
>>>0:00	1/5	-1.72	96775		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Qxc3 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 34.Rh7+ Kg8
>>>					35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Qxc5 dxc5 37.Bxg5
>>>					fxg5
>>>0:01	1/6	0.00	280995		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 34.Rh7+ Kg6
>>>					35.Qh1 Ncxd5 36.Qh5+ Kxf5 37.Qxg4+
>>>					Kg6 38.Qh5+ Kf5 39.Qg4+
>>>0:10	1/7	Mate15	2029987		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qh1 Ncxd5
>>>					35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.gxf8=Q+
>>>					Ke6 38.Qe8+ Ne7 39.Qxe7+ Kd5 40.Qf7+
>>>					Kc6 41.Qhe8+ Nd7 42.Qexd7+ Kb6
>>>					43.Qa7+ Kc6 44.Ne7#
>>>0:12	1/8	Mate14	2611709		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qh1 Ncxd5
>>>					35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.gxf8=Q+
>>>					Ke6 38.Ng7+ Kd7 39.Qe8+ Kc7 40.Qb8+
>>>					Kc6 41.Qhe8+ Nd7 42.Qec8+ Nc7 43.Qcb7#
>>>
>>>0:19	1/9	Mate13	4289554		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qh1 Ncxd5
>>>					35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.gxf8=Q+
>>>					Ke6 38.Qe8+ Ne7 39.Qhg8+ Kxf5 40.Qh7+
>>>					Ke6 41.Qexe7+ Kd5 42.Qe4#
>>>0:36	2/10	Mate13	8365367		30.Nf5 Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+
>>>					Kf7 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qh1 Ncxd5
>>>					35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.gxf8=Q+
>>>					Ke6 38.Qe8+ Ne7 39.Qhg8+ Kxf5 40.Qh7+
>>>					Ke6 41.Qexe7+ Kd5 42.Qe4#
>>>
>>>But 30...Bh4 is far worse than 30...Nxc3+. The first move leads to a Mate in 5
>>>(as you found), but the latter makes you have to find 31.Ka1! (which you did in
>>>your analysis below), because 31.Kb2 would lose. Although I suspect that you
>>>would have found it OTB -- you're obviously pretty good!
>>>
>>>>30... Nxc3+ 31. Ka1 f6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Qh1 is too deep.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>Mihaly
>>>
>>>Great game!
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Thank you John.
>>The King is as amazing as ever.
>>However I still don't understand why played PD 30...Bh4 instantly.
>>Here is the analysis of Pro Deo with Eduard's settings:
>>8 and a half minutes!
>>
>>30...Bxc1 31.Rh8#
>>  #  (#0)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Ka1
>>  -+  (-8.28)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Ka1
>>  -+  (-8.28)   Depth: 2   00:00:00
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 Bh4 32.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 33.Qxh4 gxf3
>>  -+  (-3.73)   Depth: 3   00:00:01
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Qxc3 Bh4 32.gxf8Q+ Rxf8
>>  -+  (-1.81)   Depth: 4   00:00:01
>>30...Bh4 31.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 32.Qxd1 Nxd5
>>  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 4   00:00:01
>>30...Bh4 31.gxf8Q+
>>  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 5   00:00:01
>>30...Bh4 31.gxf8Q+
>>  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 6   00:00:01  86kN
>>30...Bh4 31.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 32.Qxd1
>>  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 7   00:00:01  193kN
>>30...Bh4 31.gxf8Q+
>>  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  380kN
>>30...Bh4 31.Qxh4 Nxc3+ 32.Ka1 f6 33.gxf8Q+ Kxf8
>>  +-  (#4)   Depth: 9   00:00:07  2093kN
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Qxc3 f6 32.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 33.Qb2 Nxd5
>>  -+  (-1.74)   Depth: 9   00:00:22  9719kN
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Qxc3 f6 32.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 33.Qd3 Bxc1
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 10   00:00:31  13920kN
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Qxc3 f6 32.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 33.Qd3 Bxc1
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11   00:01:08  29932kN
>>30...Nxc3+ 31.Ka1 f6 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qh1 Ncxd5 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qh8+
>>Kf7 37.Qg8+
>>  +-  (#13)   Depth: 12   00:08:31  250135kN
>>
>>(Szalai, Celeron 1.7 GHz 05.09.2004)
>
>How long did it take you to play 30.Nf5? Were you playing with pondering on? How
>much time was left on PD's clock at that point?
>
>Answering these questions might help explain PD's strange move.
>
>jm

I played 30. Nf5 in cca. 1 min. and podering was on but I don't remember whether
PD was short on time...

Mihaly



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