Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 03:30:48 09/25/04
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On September 25, 2004 at 06:08:19, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>On September 25, 2004 at 05:03:20, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>if Arno Nickel chooses to play 13...h6 than we soon may reach the following
>>position in the first game:
>
>1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Sd2 c5 4.exd5 Dxd5 5.Sgf3 cxd4 6.Lc4 Dd6 7.0-0
>Sf6 8.Sb3 Sc6 9.Sbxd4 Sxd4 10.Sxd4 a6 11.Te1 Dc7 12.De2 Lc5
>13.c3 h6?
>
>>[D]r1b1k2r/1pq2pp1/p3pn1p/2b5/2BN4/2P5/PP2QPPP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 0 14
>>
>>which engine chooses the strong move and novelty 14. Nf5!
>>
>>After 14...0-0 15.Nxh6! gxh6 16.Bxh6 white is winning, so black has to respond
>>with 14...Kf8 which leaves his rook out of play for a while (though the position
>>is perhaps still okay for black).
>>
>>regards Joachim
>
> Why on earth should Arno Nickel choose such a bad
> move like 13...h6?
> Kurt
It is obviously not so easy for engines to find
the refutation 14.Nf5
Time Depth Score Positions Moves
0:00 1/5 0.35 28462 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb7 16.Nb3 Bxf2+
17.Qxf2 bxc4
0:01 1/6 0.35 88648 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb7 16.Nb3 Bxf2+
17.Qxf2 bxc4
0:03 1/7 0.20 223213 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb7 16.Bd3 O-O
17.Qf3 Bxd4 18.Qxb7 Bxb7 19.cxd4
0:09 1/8 0.40 619898 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Bd3 O-O
17.Nb3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6
0:23 1/9 0.18 1672351 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Bd3 Bb7
17.Be5 O-O 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kh8
1:10 1/10 0.28 5198817 14.g3 O-O 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6
17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Bd3 Bd7 19.Nb3 Ba4
2:58 1/11 0.16 13845346 14.g3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Bd3 Bb7
17.a4 bxa4 18.Be5 O-O 19.Bxf6 gxf6
20.Qg4+ Kh8
4:37 1/11 0.21 21241066 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Qf3 e5 16.Nf5 Bxf5
17.Bxf5 Rad8 18.b4 Ba7 19.Qg3
10:35 1/12 0.29 48941392 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.Nf3 O-O 16.Ne5 Bxe5
17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Rd8 19.Be2
Bd7 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Rc5 Rac8
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