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Subject: Re: Test position (Averbach-Friedstein, 1946)

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 16:08:23 10/08/04

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On October 08, 2004 at 18:47:37, Alessandro Scotti wrote:

>I've found the following position in a book by Averbach and Bejlin, it is from a
>1946 game between Averbach and Friedstein:
>
>[D]3r1r1k/2q1bppp/p1bppn2/1p3PB1/3QP3/2N3R1/PPP1B1PP/5R1K w - - 0 3
>
>Here Averbach played Rh3! (his own annotation) and went on to win with a nice
>mate combination. The following of the game was: 1... Qb7 2. Rf4! Nxe4 3. Bxe7
>Nxc3 4. Qxg7+! Kxg7 5. Rg4+ Rh8 6. Bf6#
>
>Kiwi likes 1. fxe6 with an even score... what does your favorite engine finds?

The Baron on a P4-2.4:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  3( 6)-   0:00.16     11046   +0.45  f5xe6 (f7xe6) (Rg3-h3) (Kh8-g8)
  3( 6)&   0:00.16     12934   +0.34  f5xe6 f7xe6 Kh1-g1 Rd8-c8
  3( 6).   0:00.16     14352   +0.34  f5xe6 f7xe6 Kh1-g1 Rd8-c8
  4( 9)&   0:00.22     24550   +0.43  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
  4( 9).   0:00.44     50342   +0.43  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
  5( 9)&   0:00.55     64250   +0.43  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
  5(12).   0:00.88    104598   +0.43  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
  6(11)&   0:01.48    167271   +0.34  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 a2-a4
                                      Rd8-b8 (a4xb5) (a6xb5)
  6(15).   0:03.30    511735   +0.34  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 a2-a4
                                      Rd8-b8 (a4xb5) (a6xb5)
  7(14)&   0:04.17    678713   +0.41  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 b2-b4
                                      Rd8-c8 Kh1-g1
  7(14).   0:06.87   1167264   +0.41  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 b2-b4
                                      Rd8-c8 Kh1-g1
  8(16)&   0:09.34   1641452   +0.32  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
                                      e6-e5 Qd4-d3 Rf8-f7
  8(16).   0:20.32   3823406   +0.32  f5xe6 f7xe6 Rg3-f3 Kh8-g8 Kh1-g1
                                      e6-e5 Qd4-d3 Rf8-f7
  9(17)&   0:33.28   6340523   +0.19  f5xe6 f7xe6 Kh1-g1 e6-e5 Qd4-d3
                                      b5-b4 Nc3-d5 Nf6xd5 e4xd5 Rf8xf1 Be2xf1
                                      Be7xg5 (Rg3xg5)
  9(17)&   1:08.66  12898080   +0.34  Rg3-h3 Qc7-b7 f5xe6 f7xe6 b2-b4
                                      Kh8-g8 Rh3-f3 h7-h6 Bg5-h4
  9(17).   1:21.18  15661598   +0.34  Rg3-h3 Qc7-b7 f5xe6 f7xe6 b2-b4
                                      Kh8-g8 Rh3-f3 h7-h6 Bg5-h4
 10(18)&   2:08.96  24569532   +0.15  Rg3-h3 Qc7-b7 Rf1-f4 e6-e5 Rf4-h4
                                      h7-h6 Qd4-e3 Nf6xe4 Bg5xe7 Ne4xc3
 10(20).   5:20.49  61310714   +0.15  Rg3-h3 Qc7-b7 Rf1-f4 e6-e5 Rf4-h4
                                      h7-h6 Qd4-e3 Nf6xe4 Bg5xe7 Ne4xc3



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