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Subject: Re: Position from Leko-Kramnik, game 13

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:22:08 10/22/04

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On October 22, 2004 at 13:49:53, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>I have seen the position, when Kramnik played 49...Ke4 seen discussed here, and
>Ke4 was critisized. I analyzed the game from back to front with Yace. After Ke4,
>Kramnik still had a forced win. After 50...Kd3 (Kramnik's move), I get a draw
>score (with quite some backwards analysis). I also looked at Kd5, and it seems
>to be a draw, too. For Kd4, however, I get a score of +5, so I am pretty sure,
>that it is a forced win (for most variations, I got a score of +10, but then I
>lost patience, and thought +5 shall be sufficient).
>
>I had to analyse many lines, to get this score (but everything was rather
>mechanical, I didn't have to really think, just do the moves suggested by the
>engine). The following line could be considered the main line:
>
>[Event "Worldchampionship"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2004.10.16"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Leko, Peter"]
>[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
>[ECO "A73"]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5
>g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nc4 Nac7
>12. a4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Bg4 Rf8 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3
>b6 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rcf7 20. Bc3 Qd7
>21. f3 g5 22. Ne3 Rf4 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. h3 Bd4
>26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Nf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxe8+ Kf7
>30. Rb8 Rdxd5 31. Rxa7+ Ke6 32. Re8+ Kf6 33. g4 hxg4
>34. hxg4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Rh8 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Ree2
>38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Re8+ Kd5
>42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Rg7 Re5 44. Rb7 c4 45. Rxb6 Re2 46. f4
>Re3+ 47. Kf2 gxf4 48. Rb8 Rb3 49. b6 Ke4 50. Re8+ Kd4 {See
>diagram. Here Kramnik moved Kd3 and the game ended draw}
>51. Re2 f3 52. Rd2+ Ke4 53. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 54. Kg3 f2 55. Re6+
>Kd5 56. Rf6 c3 57. Rxf2 c2 58. Rf5+ Kc6 59. Rf8 Kb7
>60. Rf7+ Kxb6 61. Rf6+ Kb5 62. Rf5+ Kb4 63. Rf4+ Kb3
>64. Rf3+ Ka2 65. Rf1 {mate in 38 or better} *
>
>[D] 4R3/8/1P1p4/8/2p1kpP1/1r6/1P3K2/8 b - - 2 50
>
>Any engine, that moves Kd4 here? Does it give Kd4 a significant better score,
>than other moves?
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500 likes Kd4 after a few seconds. But the score does not
even reach +1 after a long think:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.46	642		50...Kd5 51.g5 Rxb2+ 52.Kf3 Rxb6
					53.Kxf4
0:00	1/4	-0.64	2195		50...Kd5 51.g5 Rxb6 52.Kf3 Rxb2
					53.Kxf4
0:00	1/5	-0.17	4550		50...Kd5 51.Re2 f3 52.Rd2+ Ke4
					53.Rc2 Rxb6 54.Rxc4+ Kd5
0:00	1/5	-0.52	6036		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3
0:00	1/6	-0.33	9801		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 d5 54.g7
0:00	1/7	-0.13	19418		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 c3 54.g7 c2 55.Rc8
0:00	1/7	-0.27	25829		50...Kd3 51.Re2 Rxb6 52.Kf3 d5
					53.Rg2 d4 54.Kxf4
0:00	1/8	-0.10	55223		50...Kd3 51.g5 Rxb2+ 52.Kf3 Rxb6
					53.g6 Rb7 54.Rd8 c3 55.Rxd6+ Kc4
					56.Kxf4
0:01	1/8	-0.20	66714		50...Kd5 51.Re2 Rxb6 52.Kf3 Rb7
					53.Kxf4 Rf7+ 54.Kg3 Rg7 55.Rd2+ Ke5
0:01	2/9	-0.39	113778		50...Kd5 51.Re2 Kc5 52.g5 d5 53.g6
					Rxb6 54.g7 Rg6 55.Re7 d4
0:02	3/10	-0.45	297017		50...Kd5 51.Re2 Kc5 52.b7 d5 53.g5
					d4 54.g6 Rxb7 55.Kf3 Rg7
0:03	4/11	-0.40	577889		50...Kd5 51.Re2 Kc5 52.g5 Kxb6
					53.Re1 d5 54.g6 d4 55.g7 Rg3 56.Rg1
0:04	4/11	-0.62	895584		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Re4+ Kd5 55.Rxf4
					c3 56.Ke2 c2 57.Kd2
0:06	5/12	-0.52	1372751		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Kxf4 Rg7 55.Kf5 d5
					56.Kf6 Rc7
0:10	6/13	-0.55	2768102		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Kxf4 Rg7 55.Kf5 c3
					56.Rd8 Kd5 57.Kf6 Rc7
0:23	7/14	-0.42	6436668		50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Kxf4 Rc7 55.Re1 c3
					56.Rd1+ Kc4 57.Rg1 c2 58.Ke3 Kd5
1:08	8/15	-0.67	19941389	50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Kxf4 Rc7 55.Re1 c3
					56.Rd1+ Kc4 57.Rg1 c2 58.Ke3 Kd5
					59.Rg5+ Ke6
2:31	9/16	-0.56	45782798	50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Kxf4 Rc7 55.Re1 c3
					56.Rd1+ Kc4 57.Rg1 Kd3 58.Rd1+
					Ke2 59.Rxd6 c2 60.Re6+ Kd2 61.Rd6+
					Ke1
7:54	10/17	-0.87	145564859	50...Kd4 51.g5 Rxb6 52.g6 Rxb2+
					53.Kf3 Rb7 54.Re4+ Kd3 55.Re1 c3
					56.Rd1+ Kc4 57.Rxd6 Rc7 58.Rd1
					c2 59.Rc1 Kd3 60.Kxf4 Rc4+ 61.Ke5
29:38	11/18	-0.81	543792622	50...Kd4 51.Re2 f3 52.Re1 Rxb2+
					53.Kxf3 Rxb6 54.Rd1+ Kc5 55.Ke4
					Rb2 56.Rd5+ Kc6 57.Rd1 Re2+ 58.Kf3
					Re6 59.g5 Rg6 60.Kf4 c3 61.Kf5 c2

jm



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