Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 21:04:55 04/12/05
Source: Chess Life
"Check is in the Mail" column by FIDE Naster Alx Dunne
Position is from the Game IM Keith Rodriguez vs Pedro Alzola Tovar
Tournament "30 years of CC in Cuba 2002"
Crafty v19.20 (2 cpus)
White(1): [d]r4rk1/4bp1p/p2p1R2/P3p1B1/2q1P3/1Np4Q/1P5P/R6K w - - 0 25
White(1): d
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7 | . | | . | |<B>|<P>| . |<P>|
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6 |<P>| . | |<P>| |-R-| | . |
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5 |-P-| | . | |<P>| |-B-| |
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4 | | . |<Q>| . |-P-| . | | . |
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3 | . |-N-|<P>| | . | | . |-Q-|
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2 | |-P-| | . | | . | |-P-|
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1 |-R-| | . | | . | | . |-K-|
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a b c d e f g h
White(1): g
clearing hash tables
time surplus 0.00 time limit 10:00 (10:00)
depth time score variation (1)
starting thread 1
6 0.05 1.80 1. Rg1 Qxe4+ 2. Qf3 Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 Bxg5
4. Rxg5+ Kh8 5. Rxc3 Rac8 6. Kg2 Rxc3
7. bxc3
6-> 0.10 1.80 1. Rg1 Qxe4+ 2. Qf3 Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 Bxg5
4. Rxg5+ Kh8 5. Rxc3 Rac8 6. Kg2 Rxc3
7. bxc3
7 0.13 1.65 1. Rg1 Qxe4+ 2. Qf3 Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 Bxg5
4. Rxg5+ Kh8 5. Rxc3 Rae8 6. Rc7 f5
7 0.36 1.86 1. Qf5 Bxf6 2. Rg1 Bg7 3. Bf6 Rfe8
4. Rxg7+ Kf8
7-> 0.36 1.86 1. Qf5 Bxf6 2. Rg1 Bg7 3. Bf6 Rfe8
4. Rxg7+ Kf8
8 0.53 +1 1. Qf5!!
8 0.69 2.70 1. Qf5 Bxf6 2. Rg1 Bg7 3. Bh6 Rfd8
4. Rxg7+ Kf8 5. Rxf7+ Ke8
8-> 0.89 2.70 1. Qf5 Bxf6 2. Rg1 Bg7 3. Bh6 Rfd8
4. Rxg7+ Kf8 5. Rxf7+ Ke8
9 1.35 +1 1. Qf5!!
9 1.91 3.14 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rfxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nd2 Rb2
9-> 2.25 3.14 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rfxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nd2 Rb2
10 2.85 3.20 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rfxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nc1 Rg8
7. Nd3 Rxg5 8. Rxg5
10-> 4.61 3.20 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rfxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nc1 Rg8
7. Nd3 Rxg5 8. Rxg5 (s=4)
11 5.64 3.08 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rgxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nd2 h6
7. Rg4 Rb2 (s=3)
11-> 14.20 3.08 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rgxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nd2 h6
7. Rg4 Rb2 (s=9)
12 16.74 3.25 1. Qf5 Qc8 2. Rg1 Qxf5 3. Rxf5 Bxg5
4. Rgxg5+ Kh8 5. bxc3 Rab8 6. Nd2 Rg8
7. Rxg8+ Kxg8 8. Nc4 Rd8 (s=8)
s 12 18.19 5/48* 1. Nc5
White(1): s
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White(1): d
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7 | . | | . | |<B>|<P>| . |<P>|
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6 |<P>| . | |<P>| |-R-| | . |
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5 |-P-| | . | |<P>| |-B-| |
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4 | | . |<Q>| . |-P-| . | | . |
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3 | . |-N-|<P>| | . | | . |-Q-|
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2 | |-P-| | . | | . | |-P-|
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1 |-R-| | . | | . | | . |-K-|
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12 38.49 +1 1. Nc5!!
12 45.60 3.84 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Qxh7+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Qe6
10. Rxe6+ Kxe6 11. bxc3 (s=4)
12-> 51.52 3.84 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Qxh7+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Qe6
10. Rxe6+ Kxe6 11. bxc3 (s=2)
13 1:02 +1 1. Nc5!!
13 1:11 4.39 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Qxh7+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Qe6
10. Rxe6+ Kxe6 11. Qf5+ Kd6 12. bxc3
13-> 1:27 4.39 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Qxh7+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Qe6
10. Rxe6+ Kxe6 11. Qf5+ Kd6 12. bxc3
(s=2)
14 1:57 +1 1. Nc5!!
14 2:48 5.68 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Bg5+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Kc7
10. Qxe5+ Kb7 11. Qe7+ Rd7 12. Qxd7+
Kb8
14-> 3:35 5.68 1. Nc5 dxc5 2. Qf5 Bxf6 3. Rg1 Bg7
4. Bh6 Rfd8 5. Rxg7+ Kf8 6. Rxf7+ Ke8
7. Rf8+ Ke7 8. Bg5+ Kd6 9. Rf6+ Kc7
10. Qxe5+ Kb7 11. Qe7+ Rd7 12. Qxd7+
Kb8 (s=2)
? 15 3:35 1/48* 1. Nc5
White(1): ?
time=3:37 cpu=197% mat=1 n=811429002 fh=90% nps=3.73M
ext-> chk=54325921 cap=1879676 pp=2759912 1rep=7660528 mate=564672
predicted=0 nodes=811429002 evals=200343906 50move=0
endgame tablebase-> probes=0 hits=0
SMP-> split=1704 stop=279 data=7/64 cpu=7:09 elap=3:37
White(1): Nc5
time used: 3:37
Black(1):
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