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Subject: Re: Corus test position Polgar v Svidler

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 17:56:30 01/15/05

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On January 15, 2005 at 14:18:43, George Sobala wrote:

>[D] 3r2k1/3q2pp/p1pbbp2/1p6/4B3/2P1BQP1/PP3P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 26
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>Avoid Bxa2
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>Alternatively, after Bxa2?
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>[D] 3r2k1/3q2pp/p1pb1p2/1p6/4B3/2P1BQP1/bP3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 27
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>show that Bb6 is winning
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>Shredder 8 really shows its class here compared to other engines.

I'm not sure this is a good test position, because it looks like Black is in
serious trouble no matter what he plays.  It is true that Bxa2 is game over, but
Qc8 doesn't look very appealing either.

1... Be6xa2 2. Be3-b6 Ba2-b3 3. Rd1-d4 c6-c5 4. Rd4-d2 Rd8-e8 5. Be4-d5 Bb3xd5
6. Qf3xd5 Re8-e6 7. Bb6xc5
 = (-1.28)	Depth: 11/28	00:00:03.40	4690kN (1379 KN/s, 309 splits, 15 aborts)
1... Qd7-c8 2. Be4xc6 Bd6-e5 3. Rd1xd8 Qc8xd8 4. a2-a3 f6-f5 5. Kg1-g2 Qd8-d6 6.
Bc6-b7 Qd6-d3 7. Bb7xa6
 = (-0.80)	Depth: 11/28	00:00:04.37	6088kN (1392 KN/s, 331 splits, 15 aborts)
1... Qd7-c8 2. Be4xc6 Bd6-e5 3. Rd1xd8 Qc8xd8 4. a2-a3 g7-g6 5. Qf3-e2 Kg8-g7 6.
Be3-c5 Be6-d5 7. Qe2-d1
 = (-0.97)	Depth: 12/28	00:00:09.25	13059kN (1412 KN/s, 475 splits, 21 aborts)
1... Be6xa2 2. Be3-b6 Ba2-b3 3. Bb6xd8 Bb3xd1 4. Qf3xd1 Qd7xd8 5. Be4xc6 Qd8-e7
6. Qd1-d5 Kg8-h8 7. Bc6-d7 Qe7-e1 8. Kg1-g2
 = (-0.81)	Depth: 12/28	00:00:13.94	20217kN (1449 KN/s, 513 splits, 24 aborts)
1... Be6xa2 2. Be3-b6 Ba2-b3 3. Rd1-d4 Rd8-e8 4. Bb6-c5 Re8-e6 5. Be4-f5 Re6-e1
6. Kg1-g2 Bb3-c4 7. Rd4xc4 Qd7-e8 8. Qf3-d3 b5xc4 9. Qd3xd6
 = (-2.26)	Depth: 13/30	00:00:22.83	33664kN (1474 KN/s, 705 splits, 35 aborts)
1... Qd7-c8 2. Be4xc6 Bd6-e5 3. Rd1xd8 Qc8xd8 4. a2-a3 f6-f5 5. Qf3-h5 g7-g6 6.
Qh5-e2 Be6-c4 7. Qe2-d2 Qd8xd2 8. Be3xd2
 = (-0.85)	Depth: 13/31	00:00:28.16	41452kN (1472 KN/s, 741 splits, 36 aborts)
1... Qd7-c8 2. Be4xc6 Bd6-e5 3. Rd1xd8 Qc8xd8 4. a2-a3 g7-g6 5. Bc6-e4 Qd8-d6 6.
Qf3-e2 f6-f5 7. Be4-g2 Be6-c4 8. Qe2-e1
 = (-0.99)	Depth: 14/34	00:00:40.90	60490kN (1479 KN/s, 965 splits, 47 aborts)

anthony



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