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Subject: Re: Intuitive move test positions I doubt I'll Find Better Than Kasparov

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 22:35:36 06/02/05

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On June 02, 2005 at 23:24:59, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>On June 02, 2005 at 22:46:17, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On June 02, 2005 at 22:41:14, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On June 02, 2005 at 22:30:27, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 02, 2005 at 22:09:13, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 02, 2005 at 19:53:39, ludicrous wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The first one is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[D]2bqkb1r/1r1n1ppp/p3p3/np6/4PB2/2N2NP1/P1Q2PBP/3R1RK1 w k - 0 16
>>>>>>
>>>>>>White to move.  Umansky played Nd5!!
>>>>>
>>>>>This looks like a sound sacrifice. However, CM9_R1 does not find it on an AMD
>>>>>2500 in under three minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>>>The next is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tal Mikhail (LAT) - Larsen Bent (DEN) [B82]
>>>>>>Ch World match (1/2) Bled (Yugoslavia), 10.03.1965
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[D]rqb2rk1/3nbppp/p2pp3/6P1/1p1BPP2/2NB1Q2/PPP4P/2KR3R w - - 0 16
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tal played 16. Nd5!
>>>>>
>>>>>But THIS looks like one of those infamous Tal "sacrifices" that did nothing more
>>>>>than put the fear of God into his opponent. The King prefers many different
>>>>>moves for Black other than the ones that Larsen played:
>>>>>
>>>>>17...g6 (score of -1.25) instead of 17...f5 (-0.50)
>>>>>18...Bd8 (score of -1.94) instead of 18...Rf7 (-1.05)
>>>>>19...Nc5 (score of -1.27) instead of 18...Bb7 (+0.75)
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course, this requires more intense analysis, but the early verdict is that
>>>>>Tal stole another one.... :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>jm
>>>>
>>>>John the sac is sound, you can't take the Night without risk and if it lives it
>>>>wins. If you mess with this long enough and go deep enough White's pieces are
>>>>too much for Black's King. Maybe you can muster a defence, but it will be tough.
>>>>
>>>>Don't trust the King program that much...it fails to grasp sacs like Nxe6! in
>>>>the Carro-Kann.
>>>>
>>>>1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dc 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Nf3 h6? 8.Nxe6!
>>>>
>>>>This test might be better suited for Junior or Rebel:)
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>The King is badly confused by this sac.
>>>
>>>Well, I can't argue with you there.
>>>
>>>But just because The King doesn't find one (or two) sacs doesn't mean that those
>>>sacs are necessarily sound. As I pointed out in my follow-up, apparently this
>>>jury is still out on this move.
>>>
>>>All I was saying was that there is possibly a way that Black could have
>>>"mustered a defense", starting with 16...g6 instead of 16...f5.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Yet another follow-up... :-) First of all, it should be 17...g6 instead of
>>16...g6 above.
>>
>>I should also have included playing 18...Bd8 instead of 18...Rf7. So, the whole
>>line I suggest, starting with the sac, is 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 g6 18.Rde1 Bd8,
>>and Black has solidified rather than ran forward and started exchanging pieces
>>and allowing White a big attack.
>>
>>jm
>
>If Terry finds a win for White he will have improved on Kasparov's analysis!
>
>I still am not 100% sure that White has totally nothing after this line, but it
>appears theoreticians poured over the game for months at the time back in the
>sixties! It was discussed on CSS-forum a while back. Pro Deo Vulcan 1.1 Q1 -
>Tactical Engine will play the sacrifice by the way but 18.Rde1 does not appear
>in the PV. Shredder 9 nor any other program I think will play the
>-bluff?-sacrifice, 16.Ne2 is thought to be the best reply. Fritz 8 reportedly
>does not see g6, so against some programs it might work!
>
>Shredder's analysis after 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5:
>
>17...g6 18.Rde1 Bd8 19.Qh3 Ne5 20.Qh6 Bb6 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Qa7 23.Rhf1 Bf2
>24.Re2 Be3+ 25.Kb1 Bg4 26.Ree1 Bh5 -+
>
>-as given by Joachim Rang on CSS-forum-
>
>
> Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan Q1e - Tactical Engine Athlon 3200+
>
>
>00:00:00.3	2,77	2	1366	Bxg7 bxc3 Bxc3
>00:00:00.3	1,47	3	1885	Bxg7 bxc3 Bxc3 e5
>00:00:00.3	1,71	4	5723	Bxg7 bxc3 Bxc3 Ne5 fxe5 Bxg5+
>00:00:00.3	0,66	5	31004	Bxg7 Kxg7 Ne2 Kg8 Qh5 Bb7
>00:00:00.4	1,42	5	52044	Nd5 exd5 Qh5 Ne5 fxe5 dxe5
>00:00:00.4	1,28	6	91789	Nd5 exd5 Qh5 Nc5 Rhe1 Nxd3+ Rxd3
>00:00:00.5	0,87	7	213351	Nd5 exd5 Qh5 Nc5 Bxg7 dxe4 Bd4 exd3
>00:00:00.7	1,39	7	337404	Bxg7 Kxg7 Nd5 exd5 exd5 Kg8 Qe4 Nf6 Qxe7 Nxd5
>00:00:01.0	1,28	8	728958	Bxg7 Kxg7 Nd5 exd5 Qh5 Rd8 Rhg1 Kg8
>00:00:03.2	1,00	9	2781361	Bxg7 Kxg7 Na4 Rh8 Qh5 Kf8 Qh6+ Kg8 a3 e5
>00:00:04.1	1,18	9	3800164	Nd5 exd5 exd5 Ne5 fxe5 Bxg5+ Kb1 dxe5 Rdg1 g6 Bc5 Bf4
>00:00:05.9	1,18	10	5760744	Nd5 exd5 exd5 Ne5 fxe5 Bxg5+ Kb1 dxe5 Rdg1 g6 Bc5 Bf4
>00:00:12.3	0,94	11	12812050	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 Rhe1 Re8 Rd2 Nc5 Bc4 Bf5 Rde2
>00:00:49.0	0,85	12	53819733	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 Qh3 Re8 Qh6 Bf8 Qh4 Be7 Rhe1 h5
>00:02:43.4	0,80	13	183823907	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 h4 Nc5 h5
>00:03:41.7	0,80	13	251407392	Bxg7
>00:08:10.3	0,80	13	183823907	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 h4 Nc5 h5
>00:12:55.9	1,08	14	879373939	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 Rhe1 Re8 Re2 Ne5 fxe5
>00:27:37.1	0,97	15	1925494112	Nd5 exd5 exd5 g6 h4 Nc5 h5 Nxd3+ Rxd3
>
>
>
>
>Als Antwort auf: Re: Shredder 9 sieht es gar nicht... geschrieben von Joachim
>Rang am 21. Mai 2005 08:33:18:
>
>>Gibts eine ausführliche Analyse zu der Stellung im Netz, bzw. wie gewinnt Weiß nach 16.Sd5 ed5 17.exd5 g6 ?
>
>Google bringt einige Suchtreffer, darunter folgendes Zitat:
>
>"Analysts looked at this position for months after, and concluded that g6 was
>probably black's best defensive resource here."
>
>Tja, 1965 hatte man noch keinen Shredder 9  damit wärs schneller gegangen.
>
>Das Opfer wird häufig als positionell, spekulativ oder sogar als Bluff
>beschrieben.
>
>Hier gibt Dennis Monokroussos einige Varianten inkl. Bezugnahme auf Kasparov's
>Werk Great Predecessors an, wo diese Partie also offenbar auch behandelt wurde:
>
>http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1115334050.shtml
>
>
>mfg.
>M.Scheidl
>
>Geschrieben von Michael Gurevich am 21. Mai 2005 13:52:23:
>
>Als Antwort auf: Re: Shredder 9 sieht es gar nicht... geschrieben von Joachim
>Rang am 21. Mai 2005 08:33:18:
>
>>>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>Selbst wenn ich 16.Sd5 exd5 17.exd5 vorgebe bewertet Shredder 9 auf Tiefe 24 die Stellung als voteilhaft für Schwarz und kommt mit folgender halsbrecherischer Variante:
>>17...g6 18.Tde1 Ld8 19.Dh3 Se5 20.Dh6 Lb6 21.Lxe5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Da7 23.Thf1 Lf2 24.Te2 Le3+ 25.Kb1 Lg4 26.Tee1 Lh5 -+
>>Gibts eine ausführliche Analyse zu der Stellung im Netz, bzw. wie gewinnt Weiß nach 16.Sd5 ed5 17.exd5 g6 ? <
>
>
>Hallo Joachim!
>
>In Kasparovs Buch "Meine große Vorgänger, Band II" bezeichnet Garry 17...g6! als
>einzige Widerlegung des Opfers Sd5.
>Erstaunlich, dass die Möglichkeit h4-h5 nichts für Weiß danach bringt. (Ich habe
>17...g6 nicht gesehen und Fritz 8 auch nicht!).
>
>Shredders obige Variante 17...g6 18.Tde1! (am stärksten - Kasparov) Ld8 19.Dh3
>Se5! 20.Dh6 Lb6! empfielt Garry als vorteilhaft für Schwarz. Diese Widerlegung
>wurde erst 2000 gefunden.
>
>Nichtsdestotrotz schreibt Garry:
>"Tal stellte in dieser Partie wieder Probleme, die nach ihrem Schwierigkeitsgrad
>vorne als die damalige Zeit waren."
>Und noch: "Hätte anstatt Larsen ein moderner GM seines Niveaus gespielt,
>meinetwegen Leko, ist es unklar, ob er alle Probleme nach Sd5?! lösen könnte".
>
>Als Aufgabe ist diese Stellung ungeeignet.
>
>Gruß,
>Michael



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