Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:37:07 06/30/05
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On June 30, 2005 at 12:37:49, Richard Pijl wrote: >On June 30, 2005 at 11:40:31, Pablo Ignacio Restrepo wrote: > >>[D]r1bqkb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1Nn1p/8/2BP4/5N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 8 > >I've got only one game with this position in my database, not by top players. >Instead, I have 93 games where Nh3 was played. >Other attempts were Bxe6 and Nxf7, neither of them very successful. > >Event: CL7-2002.25.10 >Site: IECC >Date: 2002.11.13 >Round: ? >White: Brookshire, Tommy >Black: Mathes, Christian >Result: 1-0 >WhiteElo: 1126 >BlackElo: 1183 >Variation: Caro-Kann: Steinitz, 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 >ECO: B17r > >1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 >7. N1f3 h6 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. o-o Nb6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. c4 o-o 12. c5 Bxc5 >13. dxc5 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Ng4 N7f6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. a3 Qe7 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 >19. Qc2 e5 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 >25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rfe1 Qd5 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Rae1 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. h4 Rd7 >31. Qg6 Qd1 32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qxg7 I have only six games with this position, and all of them play 8.Nh3. Here's what CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 says: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/4 0.03 5470 8.Nh3 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 0:00 1/5 -0.56 21236 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Bd3 Bd6 0:00 1/6 -0.33 57847 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 0:00 1/7 -0.46 94655 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 Nb6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nd2 Bd7 0:00 1/8 -0.45 200845 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 g4 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Ne2 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 0:02 1/9 -0.49 687608 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.h4 c4 12.Be2 0:06 1/10 -0.47 1606514 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 g4 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Qxd4 12.Ne2 Qe5 13.O-O 0:22 1/11 -0.41 5668726 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.a4 Bb7 12.Bxb5 g4 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 1:00 1/12 -0.35 15837418 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 g4 10.Nd2 e5 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.h3 gxh3 13.Rxh3 exd4 14.Kf1 2:43 1/13 -0.63 43498506 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.a4 g4 12.Ne5 c4 13.Be2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 7:21 2/14 -0.57 121508863 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Nd2 c5 13.Bf3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.c4 Bb4 20:52 3/15 -0.57 354857848 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Kf1 Bg7 12.Bd3 a6 13.a4 O-O 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Ne2 f5 1:26:06 4/16 -0.58 1529328118 8.Nh3 g5 9.Nhg1 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Nd2 c5 13.Bf3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.c4 bxc4 16.Qe2 Nf4 It appears that 13...Nf4 was the losing move. Before that, The King evaluates 13...Ne7 as -0.57 for Black. After forcing 13...Nf4, the score is +0.90 for White (assuming 14.c5). jm
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