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Subject: Re: Test Position Opening.. Does Your Program Find Qe2!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 08:39:38 05/12/05

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On May 12, 2005 at 02:37:23, Terry McCracken wrote:

>Nxf7 is tempting but I believe Qe2 is stronger, with a killer threat of Nxf7!
>next move.
>
>This position is taken from a blitz game I played tonight.
>
>[D]r2qkbnr/1b3ppp/p3p3/2ppN3/3P1B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 12
>
>Terry

CM9_R1 on a P4-2.4 never considers either moves, and prefers Na4 with a good
score:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	1.04	13734		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qg4 g6 14.Nd3
0:00	1/5	1.12	23697		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nd3 Be7 14.Qg4 Bf6
0:00	1/6	1.21	84363		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qg4 Qf6 14.Nd3
					h5 15.Qg3
0:01	1/7	1.04	203765		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 Rc8
					15.Be3 Qf6 16.Bxc5 Qxf3 17.Nxf3
					Rxc5
0:05	1/8	1.03	772074		12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nd3 Be7 14.Qg4
					Nf6 15.Qxg7 Rg8 16.Qh6
0:08	1/8	1.16	1323433		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Rc8 14.Qa7
					Qe7 15.Nf3 Qb4 16.Rac1
0:12	1/9	1.19	1904384		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nd3 e5
					15.Nac5 Qb6 16.Qa4+ Bc6 17.Qa3
0:25	2/10	1.22	4168922		12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nb6 fxe5
					15.Bxe5 Ne7 16.Nxa8 Bxa8 17.Bxg7
1:40	2/11	1.41	18471216	12.Na4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qa5 14.Bd2
					Qb5 15.Re3 f6 16.Rb3 fxe5 17.Rxb5
					exd4 18.Rxb7
6:28	2/12	1.64	76297720	12.Na4 c4 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 Rc8
					15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qe7 17.Rad1
					Rxc5 18.Ng4 d4

jm

• Re: Test Position Opening.. Does Your Program Find Qe2! Terry McCracken 17:50:32 05/12/05
  • Re: Test Position Opening.. Does Your Program Find Qe2! John Merlino 09:30:33 05/13/05
    • IT Appears Both Qe2 and Nc4 are Good Moves. Terry McCracken 15:06:44 05/13/05
      • Sorry I Mean Na4! NT Terry McCracken 15:09:30 05/13/05
  • Re: Test Position Opening.. Does Your Program Find Qe2! stuart taylor 07:35:28 05/13/05

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