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Subject: Re: Hard test position (crafty19.17)

Author: Frank E. Oldham

Date: 11:42:41 09/14/04

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On September 14, 2004 at 12:02:08, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>[Event "?"]
>[Site "Moscow"]
>[Date "1986.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
>[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C42"]
>[PlyCount "60"]
>[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne3 c5 8. Bb5+
>Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4
>O-O 15. Nd2 a5 16. Rfe1 Qa7 17. Qh4 h6 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 c5 20. Red1 a4 21.
>b4 d4 22. cxd4 cxb4 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Bxa2 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
>Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Ne1 Qb7 29. Qa5 Qd5 30. Qc3 Qxa2 0-1
>
>[D]r2r2k1/q4pp1/7p/3b4/pQ6/5N2/P4PPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 25
>
>25...Bxa2!! 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Ne1 Qb7!
>
>(What makes a grandmaster...)

pretty easy for crafty, ply 13 gives the fail-high
               12->  16.28  -0.42   1. ... Bxf3 2. gxf3 Qa6 3. Rxd8+ Rxd8
                                    4. Re1 Qg6+ 5. Qg4 Rd3 6. Kg2 Rd2 7.
                                    a3 Qc2 8. Re8+ Kh7 9. Qe4+ g6 10. Qxc2
                                    Rxc2
               13    50.59  -0.39   1. ... Bxf3 2. gxf3 Rdb8 3. Qc3 Qa6
                                    4. Rd4 Qf6 5. Rad1 Re8 6. Kg2 Re2 7.
                                    Qc4 Qg6+ 8. Rg4 Qa6
               13     1:18     -1   1. ... Bxa2!!
               13     4:20  -1.46   1. ... Bxa2 2. Re1 Bd5 3. Nd4 Qa5 4.
                                    Qxa5 Rxa5 5. Ra3 Bb7 6. Rd1 Be4 7.
                                    f3 Bf5 8. Rd2
               13->   4:20  -1.46   1. ... Bxa2 2. Re1 Bd5 3. Nd4 Qa5 4.
                                    Qxa5 Rxa5 5. Ra3 Bb7 6. Rd1 Be4 7.
                                    f3 Bf5 8. Rd2
               14     7:05  -1.54   1. ... Bxa2 2. Nd4 Rab8 3. Qc3 Rb1
                                    4. h3 Rxd1+ 5. Rxd1 Qe7 6. Qf3 Bb1
                                    7. Rxb1 Rxd4 8. Rb7 Rd7 9. Rxd7 Qxd7
               14->   7:08  -1.54   1. ... Bxa2 2. Nd4 Rab8 3. Qc3 Rb1
                                    4. h3 Rxd1+ 5. Rxd1 Qe7 6. Qf3 Bb1
                                    7. Rxb1 Rxd4 8. Rb7 Rd7 9. Rxd7 Qxd7
Frank



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