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Subject: Re: Test position - 19... Qc4xa2??

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 07:25:02 09/10/04

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On September 10, 2004 at 09:38:48, Martin Baumung wrote:

>Hello,
>
>here's a test position I took from a game between ProDeo 1.0 and Little Goliath
>3.9
>
>[D]2rk1b1r/pR2pp1p/2np1n2/1N6/2qNP3/4BP2/P1PQ3P/4K2R b K - 0 19
>
>Little Goliath 3.9 played 19... Qc4xa2?? and lost.
>
>19... Qxa2 20. Nxa7 Nxa7 (20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 21... Rc5 22. Qb4) (20... Na5 21.
>Qb4) (20... Qa1+ 21. Kf2 Qxh1 22. Ndxc6+ Ke8 23. Nxc8) 21. Rxa7
>Qc4 (21... Qxa7 22. Nc6+ Rxc6 23. Bxa7) 22. Qa5+ Ke8 23. Nb5 *
>
>Which engines are smart enough NOT to take the pawn?
>
The Baron changes to Ke8 in the end, but is certainly not happy about the
position (Xeon 2.8):

 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  4(12)+   0:00.11     17761   -1.19  Qc4xa2 (Nd4xc6) (Rc8xc6) (Rb7-b8) (Kd8-d7)
(Be3-f2)
                                      (Rc6xc2)
  4(12)&   0:00.11     19303   -1.13  Qc4xa2 Nd4xc6 Rc8xc6 Rb7-b8 Kd8-d7 Nb5-c3
                                      Qa2-a1 Nc3-b1
  4(12).   0:00.16     30677   -1.13  Qc4xa2 Nd4xc6 Rc8xc6 Rb7-b8 Kd8-d7 Nb5-c3
                                      Qa2-a1 Nc3-b1
  5(13)&   0:00.39     80722   -1.14  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xd4 Be3xd4 Rc8xc2 Rb7-b8
                                      Kd8-d7
  5(13).   0:00.50    104004   -1.14  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xd4 Be3xd4 Rc8xc2 Rb7-b8
                                      Kd8-d7
  6(16)&   0:01.42    317308   -0.90  Qc4xa2 Nd4xc6 Rc8xc6 Nb5-c3 Qa2-c4 Rb7-b8
                                      Kd8-d7 Be3-d4 Bf8-h6
  6(16).   0:01.72    385233   -0.90  Qc4xa2 Nd4xc6 Rc8xc6 Nb5-c3 Qa2-c4 Rb7-b8
                                      Kd8-d7 Be3-d4 Bf8-h6
  7(17)&   0:05.53   1275589   -0.86  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-b1 Qd2-c1
                                      Qb1xc1 Be3xc1 Rc8-c7 Ra7-a8 Rc7-c8
  7(17).   0:06.39   1474064   -0.86  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-b1 Qd2-c1
                                      Qb1xc1 Be3xc1 Rc8-c7 Ra7-a8 Rc7-c8
  8(19)&   0:16.47   4025741   -0.79  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-b1 Qd2-d1
                                      Qb1xd1 Ke1xd1 Rh8-g8 Rh1-g1 Rg8xg1 Be3xg1
  8(19).   0:18.50   4515434   -0.79  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-b1 Qd2-d1
                                      Qb1xd1 Ke1xd1 Rh8-g8 Rh1-g1 Rg8xg1 Be3xg1
  9(21)&   0:37.17   9310876   -1.03  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xd4 Be3xd4 Rc8xc2 Qd2-g5
                                      Rc2-c5 Rb7-b8 Kd8-d7 Bd4xc5 Qa2-a1
  9(21).   0:48.06  12001847   -1.03  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xd4 Be3xd4 Rc8xc2 Qd2-g5
                                      Rc2-c5 Rb7-b8 Kd8-d7 Bd4xc5 Qa2-a1
 10(23)-   1:40.72  24882492   -1.38  Qc4xa2 (Nb5xa7) (Nc6xd4) (Be3xd4) (Rc8xc2)
(Qd2-g5)
                                      (Bf8-g7) (Rb7-b8) (Kd8-c7) (Rb8-b4)
(Nf6-g4)
 10(23)&   2:08.86  32541579   -1.34  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-c4 Rh1-g1
                                      (Qc4-c3) (Ke1-f2) (Qc3xd2) (Be3xd2)
(Rh8-g8)
 10(23).   2:08.86  32541618   -1.34  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-c4 Rh1-g1
                                      (Qc4-c3) (Ke1-f2) (Qc3xd2) (Be3xd2)
(Rh8-g8)
 11(26)&   3:03.48  47799395   -1.67  Qc4xa2 Nb5xa7 Nc6xa7 Rb7xa7 Qa2-c4 Qd2-a5
                                      Kd8-e8 Nd4-b5 Qc4xc2 Nb5-c7 Ke8-d7 Nc7-d5
                                      Kd7-e8 Qa5-b5 Rc8-c6
 11(26)&   9:13.41 144801163   -1.50  Kd8-e8 Nb5xa7 Qc4-a6 Na7xc8 Qa6xb7 Nd4xc6
                                      Qb7xc8 Nc6-d4 Qc8-c4 Be3-g5 Bf8-g7
 11(26).  12:25.88 197345039   -1.50  Kd8-e8 Nb5xa7 Qc4-a6 Na7xc8 Qa6xb7 Nd4xc6
                                      Qb7xc8 Nc6-d4 Qc8-c4 Be3-g5 Bf8-g7



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