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Subject: Re: The good old days

Author: John Merlino

Date: 23:07:10 05/28/05

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On May 29, 2005 at 01:37:40, Steven Edwards wrote:

>On May 28, 2005 at 22:14:54, Mark Ryan wrote:
>
>>1963:  Bronstein versus M20:
>>http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238081
>
>The position of interest:
>
>[D] rnbq1b1r/p1pp1p1p/4k3/1p1NP1p1/2QP1p2/5N2/PP1B1KPP/n6R w - - 0 14
>
>It's mate in ten:
>
>[SI] [01] (14. Nxc7+)  S: -8.797
>[SI] [01] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Qb4+ d6 16. Nxa8)  S: -3.377
>[SI] [02] (14. Nxc7+)  S: -2.627
>[SI] [02] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Nd5+ Ke8 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxc7)  S: -2.254
>[SI] [03] (14. Nxc7+)  S: -1.504
>[SI] [03] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ d6 16. Bxd6+ Kd7 17. Qxf7+ Kc6 18. Nxa8 Bxd6
>19. Rxa1)  S: -1.464
>[SI] [04] (14. Nxc7+)  S: -0.714
>[SI] [04] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ d6 16. Bxd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6+ Kf6 18. Ne8+ Kg6
>19. Ne5+ Kh6 20. Qxc8)  S: +2.215
>[SI] [05] (14. Nxc7+)  S: +2.965
>[SI] [05] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ d6 16. Bxd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6+ Kd8 18. Qxf7 Bxd6
>19. Nxa8 g4 20. Rxa1 gxf3)  S: +3.941
>[SI] [06] (14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ d6 16. Bxd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6+ Kd8 18. Qxf7 Bxd6
>19. Nxa8 Rf8 20. Qxa7)  S: +4.550
>[SI] [06] (14. Nxg5+)  S: +4.691
>[SI] [06] (14. Nxg5+ Qxg5 15. Nxf4+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Ke8 17. Nxc7+ Kd8 18. Bxg5+ Be7
>19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qc5+ Kd8 21. Nxa8 d6)  S: +5.215
>[SI] [07] (14. Nxg5+)  S: +5.965
>[SI] [07] (14. Nxg5+ Qxg5 15. Nxc7+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. Nxf4+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8
>19. Qxc8+ Qd8 20. Nc7+ Ke7 21. Bb4+ d6 22. Bxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qe8#)  S: MateIn10

I'm not quite so sure that's the most interesting position. The King finds Mate
in 10 in less than one second. I guess the most interesting aspect of this
position is that Bronstein played the mate perfectly.

However, I think the more interesting position is this:

[D]rnbq1b1r/ppppkp1p/5N2/4P1p1/3P1p2/5N2/PP1BQKPP/n6R w - - 0 12

How soon does your engine find Nd5+? CM9_R1 on a P4-2.4 needs 1:28 to settle on
the move:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	-3.73	25888		12.Bb4+ d6 13.Nd5+ Kd7 14.Nf6+
					Ke6 15.Nxg5+ Kf5 16.Rxa1 dxe5
0:00	1/5	-1.70	38746		12.Nd5+ Ke6 13.Nxg5+ Qxg5 14.Nxf4+
					Qxf4+ 15.Bxf4 Kf5 16.e6
0:00	1/6	-0.68	63528		12.Nd5+ Ke6 13.Nxg5+ Qxg5 14.Nxf4+
					Qxf4+ 15.Bxf4 Rg8 16.Rxa1 Ke7
0:00	1/7	-0.62	196883		12.Nd5+ Ke6 13.Nxg5+ Qxg5 14.Nxf4+
					Qxf4+ 15.Bxf4 Nb3 16.Qc4+ Ke7 17.axb3
					Nc6
0:01	1/7	-0.44	375346		12.Bb4+ d6 13.Nd5+ Kd7 14.Nf6+
					Qxf6 15.exf6 a5 16.Re1 c5 17.Bc3 g4
0:04	1/8	-0.62	1008562		12.Bb4+ d6 13.Nd5+ Kd7 14.Nf6+
					Qxf6 15.exf6 a5 16.Re1 c5 17.Bc3
					g4 18.Ng5
0:17	1/9	0.00	3705697		12.Bb4+ d6 13.Nd5+ Kd7 14.Nf6+ Ke7
1:00	2/10	-0.39	14272098	12.Bb4+ d6 13.Nd5+ Kd7 14.Nf6+
					Qxf6 15.exf6 c5 16.dxc5 Nc6 17.Bc3
					g4 18.Ng5 f3 19.gxf3
1:28	2/10	0.00	20795168	12.Nd5+ Ke6 13.Qc4 d6 14.Re1 Kd7
					15.Nf6+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ Kd7
4:03	2/11	0.00	58090260	12.Nd5+ Ke6 13.Qc4 d6 14.Re1 Kd7
					15.Nf6+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ Kd7

jm



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