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Subject: Re: find the sac

Author: Tom Brake

Date: 21:58:24 03/07/05

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On March 08, 2005 at 00:13:51, Jon Dart wrote:

>From a recent Arasan game on ICC:
>
>[D] r1bb1rnk/1pq2ppp/p3p3/4P3/2nNBB2/2N3Q1/P1P3PP/3R1R1K w - -
>
>Bxh7 wins.
>
>Crafty finds it after about 7 minutes on my XP2500+ but doesn't
>give it more than a draw score:
>
>               11     2:21  -0.21   1. Nb3 Ne7 2. Qh3 Nf5 3. Bxf5 exf5
>                                    4. Nd5 Qc6 5. Qh5 Be6 6. Qf3 Bb6 7.
>                                    Nxb6 Qxf3 8. Rxf3 Nxb6
>               11->   3:40  -0.21   1. Nb3 Ne7 2. Qh3 Nf5 3. Bxf5 exf5
>                                    4. Nd5 Qc6 5. Qh5 Be6 6. Qf3 Bb6 7.
>                                    Nxb6 Qxf3 8. Rxf3 Nxb6
>               12     4:13  -0.19   1. Nb3 Ne7 2. Qh3 Nf5 3. Nd2 Nce3 4.
>                                    Bxf5 Nxf5 5. Nde4 Be7 6. g4 Nh4 7.
>                                    Nd6
>               12     6:08   0.01   1. Bxh7 Kxh7 2. Ne4 Nh6 3. Nf6+ Kh8
>                                    4. Bxh6 gxh6 5. Qh4 Bxf6 6. exf6 Kh7
>                                    7. Qe4+ Kh8 8. Qh4
>               12->   6:36   0.01   1. Bxh7 Kxh7 2. Ne4 Nh6 3. Nf6+ Kh8
>                                    4. Bxh6 gxh6 5. Qh4 Bxf6 6. exf6 Kh7
>                                    7. Qe4+ Kh8 8. Qh4
>               13     7:15   0.01   1. Bxh7 Kxh7 2. Ne4 Nh6 3. Nf6+ Kh8
>                                    4. Bxh6 gxh6 5. Qh4 Kg7 6. Qg4+ Kh8
>                                    7. Qh4
>
>White can play 5. Qf4 instead with the line:
>Bxh7 Kxh7 Ne4 Nh6 Nf6+ Kh8 Bxh6 gxh6 Qf4 Kg7 Rd3 Nxe5 Rh3 Rh8 Ne8+
>winning the Queen.

CM9K finds it in 19 seconds on an Athlon64 3000, dropping briefly then picking
back up, rejecting 2. ... Nh6 completely.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:01	1/7	0.45	423800		1.Rb1 Be7 2.Qh3 h6 3.Qd3 Nxe5 4.Bxe5
					Qxe5 5.Bxb7 Rb8
0:02	1/7	0.64	509560		1.Nce2 Be7 2.Qh3 h6 3.Qc3 Bd7 4.Nc6
					Bxc6 5.Qxc4
0:04	1/8	0.51	1141515		1.Nce2 h6 2.Qc3 Ne7 3.Nc6 Nxc6
					4.Qxc4 Be7
0:10	1/9	0.55	3269508		1.Nce2 Be7 2.Qh3 h6 3.Qc3 Bd7 4.Qb3
					Na5 5.Qd3 Rac8
0:19	1/9	1.23	5898009		1.Bxh7 Kxh7 2.Ne4 Nh6 3.Nf6+ Kh8
					4.Qh4 Nxe5 5.Bxh6 Bxf6 6.Bxg7+
					Kxg7 7.Rxf6
0:25	2/10	0.56	8033059		1.Bxh7 Kxh7 2.Ne4 Nh6 3.Nf6+ Kh8
					4.Bxh6 gxh6 5.Qh3 Kg7 6.Qg4+ Kh8
					7.Qf4 Kg7 8.Rde1 Rh8
2:47	2/11	2.12	57222105	1.Bxh7 Kxh7 2.Ne4 Qe7 3.Bg5 Qa3
					4.Qh4+ Nh6 5.Bxd8 Qxa2 6.Be7 Re8
					7.Rxf7 Nxe5




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