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Subject: Re: Anand beats back the Mercilous attack!!

Author: Dan Andersson

Date: 09:22:07 11/06/04

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On November 06, 2004 at 11:34:13, Mike Byrne wrote:

>A few years ago, there was an ICC player that consistently beat computer
>programs by sac a piece on g5 (11.hxg5).  To the point, that Bob Hyatt invented
>the "trojan " code to stop Crafty from playing hxg5.  Shreddeer  now has the
>same code (there may be others).
>
>In the game below, Rublevsky played the "Mercilous attack" and it is interesting
>to see how Anand dealt with it - he sac hiw own piece back!

 Pretty standard stuff for amateur players too. By giving back the piece black
forces white to play a truly crappy position. Nothing to get too excited about,
really:) Only question is about Rublevskys form.
 Engine output:
Engine UCI 65 MB 933MHz Cu-Mine:
 5   00:00  1,66   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6d7 f3f4 Nc6d4 Qe2d1
 6   00:00  2,04   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6h7 f3f4 Rf8e8 000 Bc8f5
 7   00:01  1,63   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6h7 f3f4 Rf8e8 000 Bc8f5 g2g4
 8   00:02  1,50   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6h7 f3f4 Rf8e8 000 Bc8f5 g2g4 Bf5e6
 9-  00:05  1,08   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6h7 f3f4 Rf8e8 000 Bc8f5 g2g4 Bf5e6
 9   00:05  1,12   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6d7 f3f4 g7g6 000 Nd7c5 Nb3xc5 Bb6xc5 Nc3d5
Bc5d4
10   00:15  0,99   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6e8 f3f4 g7g6 000 Bc8e6 Nc3d5 f7f6 Rh1h6 Kg8g7
11+  00:35  1,37   h6xg5 h4xg5
11+  00:39  1,76   h6xg5 h4xg5
11   00:40  1,72   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5 Nc3d5 Bc8xg4 Qe2d3 Nc6e5 Qd3c3
c7c6 Nd5xb6 a7xb6
12   00:58  1,76   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5 Nc3d5 Bc8xg4 Qe2d3 Rf8e8
Nd5xb6 Nc6b4 Qd3c4 Qg5e3+ Bf1e2 a7xb6
13   01:32  1,76   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5 Nc3d5 Bc8xg4 Qe2d3 Rf8e8 Bf1e2
Bg4xe2 Qd3xe2 Qg5g3+ Ke1d1 Qg3e5 Nd5xb6 a7xb6
14   03:21  1,66   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5 Rh1h5 Qg5xg4 Qe2xg4 Bc8xg4
Rh5h4 Nc6e5 Nc3d5 g7g5 Nd5xb6 a7xb6 Rh4h6 f7f5 Nb3d2 f5xe4 Nd2xe4
15   06:40  1,72   h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5 Rh1h5 Qg5xg4 Qe2xg4 Bc8xg4
Rh5h4 Nc6e5 Nc3d5 g7g5 Nd5xb6 a7xb6 Rh4h6 f7f5 e4xf5 Bg4xf5 Nb3d4



>
>
>[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
>[Site "Bastia FRA"]
>[Date "2004.11.04"]
>[Round "4.1"]
>[White "Rublevsky, S."]
>[Black "Anand, V."]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C45"]
>[WhiteElo "2649"]
>[BlackElo "2781"]
>[PlyCount "46"]
>[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
>Bg5 h6 9. h4 d6 10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12. fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5
>15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7
>21. Rdf1+ Bf2 22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 0-1
>
>If the program does not play hg5 here, it has trogan code to prevent the
>Mercilous attack.
>
>[d]r1bq1rk1/ppp2pp1/1bnp1n1p/6B1/4P2P/1NN2P2/PPP1Q1P1/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 10



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