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Subject: Re: How many engines select Qb4?

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 18:38:53 11/13/04

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On November 13, 2004 at 19:44:46, Cliff Sears wrote:

>On November 13, 2004 at 16:44:42, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>On November 13, 2004 at 14:40:59, Cliff Sears wrote:
>>
>>>[d] 2r4k/pb2q2P/1p6/3Pp3/4p3/1P2R3/PBrQ2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 28
>>>
>>>wKg1,Qd2,Bb2,Re3,f1,Pa2,b3,d5,g2,h2,h7/bKh8,Qe7,Bb7,Rc2,c8,Pa7,b6,e4,e5
>>>
>>>Fritz 8 and Crafty 19.17 select this move, HIARCS 6 "d6", Anaconda 162 "Bb2-a3"
>>>
>>>
>>>Zukertort,J (2600) - Blackburne,J (2570) [A13]
>>>GCG_004 London, 1883
>>>[Fritz 5.00 (30s)]
>>>
>>>1.c2-c4 e7-e6 Opening = A13 - Reti Eröffnung /Reti Opening 2.e2-e3 Ng8-f6
>>>3.Ng1-f3 b7-b6 4.Bf1-e2 Bc8-b7 5.0-0 d7-d5N [5...Bf8-e7 6.d2-d4 c7-c5 7.Nb1-c3
>>>c5xd4 8.Nf3xd4 0-0 9.b2-b3 a7-a6 10.Bc1-b2 Qd8-c7 11.Ra1-c1 d7-d6 12.Be2-f3
>>>Nb8-d7 13.Bf3xb7 Qc7xb7 14.Qd1-f3 Qb7xf3 ½-½ Grathwohl,R-Wohlfahrt,H/BL2-S
>>>1995/BL2] 6.d2-d4 Bf8-d6 [6...Bf8-d6] 7.Nb1-c3 0-0 8.b2-b3 Nb8-d7 9.Bc1-b2
>>>Qd8-e7 10.Nc3-b5 Nf6-e4² [10...d5xc4 11.b3xc4 e6-e5 12.Nb5xd6 c7xd6 13.Bb2-a3=]
>>>11.Nb5xd6= [11.c4xd5 e6xd5 12.Ra1-c1 c7-c5²] 11...c7xd6 12.Nf3-d2 Nd7-f6
>>>13.f2-f3 Ne4xd2 14.Qd1xd2 d5xc4 15.Be2xc4 d6-d5 16.Bc4-d3 Rf8-c8 17.Ra1-e1
>>>Rc8-c7 18.e3-e4 Ra8-c8 19.e4-e5 Nf6-e8 20.f3-f4 g7-g6 21.Re1-e3 f7-f5 22.e5xf6
>>>Ne8xf6 23.f4-f5 Nf6-e4 [23...g6xf5? 24.Bd3xf5 Rc7-c6 25.Qd2-e1+-] 24.Bd3xe4
>>>d5xe4 25.f5xg6³ [25.f5-f6!? Qe7-f7 26.Re3-c3=] 25...Rc7-c2 26.g6xh7+ Kg8-h8
>>>27.d4-d5+ e6-e5 1-0
>>
>>As good a Qb4! is, it isn't hard for computers, infact my Mach III Master finds
>>this move in a reasonable amount of time.
>>
>>I'd have to re-test it to give the exact time, but I'm certain it can find it at
>>40 in 2 time controls.
>>
>>Also as beautiful as this game is, Zukertort missed faster wins, but nonetheless
>>he played this game well.
>
>
>Probably if I let the other engines have more time, perhaps they would find it
>as well :-)
>
>I love the character of some of the old games. One can imagine what it must be
>like to travel the world back then to meet for a game of chess. The politics and
>interest of the game back then was stuff of legend I imagine..

Interesting, I feel it was an era that was unique in chess.



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