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

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 11:12:55 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!
>
>
>[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


The Baron has Trojan code, but still plays hxg5:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  5( 8)&   0:00.27     10144   +2.69  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 O-O-O Nh7xg5
  5( 8).   0:00.27     13444   +2.69  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 O-O-O Nh7xg5
  6( 9)&   0:00.38     22846   +1.95  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 g5-g6 f7xg6
                                      O-O-O
  6(10).   0:00.49     40454   +1.95  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 g5-g6 f7xg6
                                      O-O-O
  7(12)&   0:00.60     62713   +1.69  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 g5-g6 f7xg6
                                      Qe2-c4 d6-d5 Qc4xd5 Kg8-h8 (Qd5xd8)
  7(12).   0:00.99    123851   +1.69  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 g5-g6 f7xg6
                                      Qe2-c4 d6-d5 Qc4xd5 Kg8-h8 (Qd5xd8)
  8(14)&   0:01.37    203925   +1.24  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      Qe2-h5 Bc8-f5 O-O-O
  8(14).   0:02.25    421015   +1.24  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      Qe2-h5 Bc8-f5 O-O-O
  9(14)&   0:03.08    634764   +1.36  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      O-O-O Bc8-d7 Qe2-h5 Bb6-e3 Kc1-b1
  9(14).   0:04.39   1002853   +1.36  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      O-O-O Bc8-d7 Qe2-h5 Bb6-e3 Kc1-b1
 10(15)&   0:07.03   1623835   +0.90  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      O-O-O Bc8-f5 Qe2-f3 Bf5-e6 Bf1-b5
 10(15).   0:11.86   2905449   +0.90  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-h7 f3-f4 Rf8-e8
                                      O-O-O Bc8-f5 Qe2-f3 Bf5-e6 Bf1-b5
 11(17)&   0:21.26   5197350   +1.17  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5
                                      g2-g3 Nc6-e5 Rh1-h5 Qg5xg4 O-O-O Bb6-e3
                                      Kc1-b1 (Qg4xg3)
 11(17).   0:29.71   7459831   +1.17  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5
                                      g2-g3 Nc6-e5 Rh1-h5 Qg5xg4 O-O-O Bb6-e3
                                      Kc1-b1 (Qg4xg3)
 12(20)&   0:44.05  10986140   +1.15  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5
                                      g2-g3 Nc6-e5 Nb3-d2 Ne5xg4 O-O-O Ng4-f2
                                      Rh1-h5
 12(20).   0:56.19  14280402   +1.15  h6xg5 h4xg5 Nf6-g4 f3xg4 Qd8xg5
                                      g2-g3 Nc6-e5 Nb3-d2 Ne5xg4 O-O-O Ng4-f2
                                      Rh1-h5
Richard.



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