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Subject: Re: Turn those engines on -test position, Rxh7, not Qb3+

Author: Steven J. Brann

Date: 18:31:00 05/03/05

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On May 03, 2005 at 19:34:02, Tom Brake wrote:

>[d]r1b2rk1/ppq1b1pp/n1p2p2/7R/3BNN2/6QP/PPP3P1/2K4R w - - 0 1
>
>1. Rxh7!!!! Kxh7 2. Qg6+ Kg8 3. Nh5 Bd8 4. Rf1 Rf7 5. Bxf6! Nb4 ( seen by the
>silicon, turns out it's literally the only move that doesn't lose on the spot,
>and also threatens perpetual after Nxa2+, Nc3+ due to the exposed White king.
>and so White almost has to play ...  )

CM10th with a custom personality on a P4 3.4G HT machine struggles a bit with
this one but ultimately gets there.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	0.44	27950		1.Qb3+ Rf7 2.Rf1 Qd7 3.Ne2 Qe6
0:00	1/6	0.54	97833		1.Qb3+ Rf7 2.Rf1 Qd7 3.Rd1 Bd6 4.g3
0:01	1/7	0.37	290280		1.Qb3+ Rf7 2.Rf1 Qd7 3.Bc3 f5 4.Ng5
					Bxg5 5.Rxg5
0:05	1/8	0.49	1161429		1.Qb3+ Rf7 2.Rf1 Qd7 3.Bc3 Qe8
					4.Kb1 g6 5.Rh6
0:12	1/9	0.39	2979906		1.Qb3+ Rf7 2.Rf1 Qd7 3.Be3 b6 4.Kb1
					Bb4 5.a3 Bf8
0:36	1/9	0.97	8545172		1.Rf1 c5 2.Qd3 Nb4 3.Qc4+ Rf7 4.Bxc5
					f5 5.Qxb4 fxe4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
1:17	2/10	1.01	18949589	1.Rf1 Bd8 2.Qd3 h6 3.Ng6 Rf7 4.Qc4
					b5 5.Qb3 Qd7
3:26	2/11	1.58	52469020	1.Rf1 Bd8 2.Rxh7 Bf5 3.Ng6 Kxh7
					4.Nxf8+ Kg8 5.Nd6 Bxh3 6.gxh3 Kxf8
7:19	2/12	1.51	116850970	1.Rf1 Bd8 2.Re1 Bd7 3.Qb3+ Rf7
					4.g3 Rc8 5.Rxh7 Bf5 6.Rh5 Qa5 7.Rd1
10:34	2/12	2.04	163294994	1.Re1 c5 2.Bc3 Bd6 3.Nxd6 Qxd6
					4.Qh4 h6 5.Rxh6 gxh6 6.Qg3+ Bg4
					7.Qxg4+ Kh8 8.Ng6+ Kg8 9.Nxf8+ Kxf8

>
>[d]r1bb2k1/ppq2rp1/2p2BQ1/7N/1n2N3/7P/PPP3P1/2K2R2 w - - 0 6
>
>6. Rf3!! (another humanish move, not easily found by the engines, though they
>do. 6. Nxg7 is also possible, but unclear IMO) Nxa2+ 7. Kb1 Nc3+ 8. Bxc3 Bf5 9.
>Nhf6+!! +-
>
>The position is from a recent thread here.  A sacrifice I noticed immediately
>though admittedly couldn't fully calculate at the time.  A very aggressive and
>IMO a very human move. Speculative initially, so possibly only the very
>aggressive engines and ones that value king safety/attack very highly will find
>it or attempt it.


CM10th finds this one just a bit faster and seems to be happy with the result.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	0.00	52424		6.Ng5 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.bxc3 Qb6+
					9.Kc1 Qe3+ 10.Kb1 Qb6+
0:00	1/6	0.00	104017		6.Ng5 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.bxc3 Qb6+
					9.Kc1 Qe3+ 10.Kb1 Qb6+
0:01	1/7	0.00	262749		6.Ng5 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.bxc3 Qb6+
					9.Kc1 Qe3+ 10.Kb1 Qb6+
0:02	1/7	1.18	509147		6.Nxg7 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Nxc3
					Bxf6 9.Nf5+ Kf8 10.Nh6 Bxc3 11.Qxf7+
					Qxf7 12.Rxf7+ Ke8 13.bxc3
0:06	1/8	1.35	1601472		6.Nxg7 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Nxc3
					Bxf6 9.Nf5+ Rg7 10.Qe8+ Kh7 11.Qh5+
					Kg8 12.Nh6+ Kh8 13.Rxf6 Kh7
0:17	1/9	1.88	4153728		6.Nxg7 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Nxc3
					Bxf6 9.Nf5+ Kh8 10.Nh6 Rg7 11.Qxf6
					Kh7 12.Nf7 Qxf7 13.Qxf7 Rxf7 14.Rxf7+
					Kg6
0:49	2/10	2.05	12749595	6.Nxg7 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Nxc3
					Bxf6 9.Nf5+ Kh8 10.Nh6 Rg7 11.Qxf6
					Kh7 12.Nf7 Kg8
2:01	2/11	1.92	32639321	6.Nxg7 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Nxc3
					Bxf6 9.Nf5+ Kh8 10.Nh6 Rg7 11.Qxf6
					Kh7 12.Nf7 Rxf7 13.Qxf7+ Qxf7 14.Rxf7+
					Kg6 15.Re7
3:31	2/11	4.20	54942750	6.Rf3 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Bxc3 Bf5
					9.Rxf5 Rxf5 10.Qxf5 Qf7 11.Nxg7
					Qxf5 12.Nxf5 Bc7 13.Nf6+ Kf7 14.g4
5:38	2/12	4.12	91752771	6.Rf3 Nxa2+ 7.Kb1 Nc3+ 8.Bxc3 Bf5
					9.Rxf5 Rxf5 10.Qxf5 Qf7 11.Nxg7
					Be7 12.Qxf7+ Kxf7 13.Nf5 Rd8 14.Nxe7
					Kxe7

Steve



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