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Subject: Re: Testposition in the Sicilian, avoid 15..c4

Author: Mridul Muralidharan

Date: 13:12:52 07/02/05

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On July 02, 2005 at 11:52:11, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>
>This is from a game Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan {9k8} - Gandalf 6.01, Noomen 06 opening
>
>Gandalf's evaluation went up to +1.21 after Pro Deo played 15..c4 and
>essentially Pro Deo could never come back in the game after that. Actually I
>have issues with the played before move, 13..b4 too, to my human eyes it looks
>suspect to push your pawns forward in this position.
>
>Pro Deo is not in bad company playing 15..c4; Fruit 2.1 plays it even longer
>than some of the different settings for Pro Deo, before finally going to
>15..Bxa4 which seems a bit better.
>
>[D]3rk1nr/2q1bppp/p1b1p3/2p1P2Q/Np3P2/1P1BB3/P1P3PP/R4RK1 b k - 0 1
>

Extremely interesting position (atleast related to what I am doing right now ;)
).

Tried it with my engine

1  -134  0      3         c6a4  b3a4
1  -79   0      10        g7g6
++
1  -79   0      15        g7g6
1  -79   0      63        g7g6
2  -106  0      134       g7g6  h5g4  c6a4  b3a4
2  -106  0      403       g7g6  h5g4  c6a4  b3a4
3  -99   1      872       g7g6  h5e2  c6a4  b3a4
3  -54   1      1357      c6a4  b3a4  g7g6
3  -54   3      1793      c6a4  b3a4  g7g6
4  -111  4      3312      c6a4  b3a4  g7g6  h5f3
4  -106  6      4471      g7g6  h5h3  c6a4  b3a4
4  -83   14     10047     c5c4  e3b6  e7c5  a4c5  c7b6
4  -83   14     10393     c5c4  e3b6  e7c5  a4c5  c7b6
5  -29   25     19052     c5c4  d3e2  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5
5  -29   28     22045     c5c4  d3e2  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5
6  -99   60     45480     c5c4  d3h7  c4b3  e3b6  g7g6  b6c7  g6h5  c7d8  e8d8
6  -81   87     67075     c6a4  b3a4  c5c4  d3h7  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5  g1h1
6  -81   185    133377    c6a4  b3a4  c5c4  d3h7  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5  g1h1
7  -49   231    174597    c6a4  b3a4  c5c4  d3h7  e7c5  a1e1  c5e3  e1e3  c7c5
7  -6    342    256756    c5c4
++
7  10    453    337404    c5c4  d3h7  c6e4  e3b6  h8h7  h5e2  c7c6  b6d8  e7d8
b3c4
7  10    475    355102    c5c4  d3h7  c6e4  e3b6  h8h7  h5e2  c7c6  b6d8  e7d8
b3c4
8  25    814    627474    c5c4  d3h7  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5  e3f2  c5f2  f1f2  g7g6
h5h4  g8e7
8  25    882    684200    c5c4  d3h7  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5  e3f2  c5f2  f1f2  g7g6
h5h4  g8e7
9  42    2218   1716463   c5c4  d3e2  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5  g1h1  g8e7
a1d1  d8d1  f1d1  e8g8  d1d6
9  42    2325   1809425   c5c4  d3e2  c6a4  b3a4  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5  g1h1  g8e7
a1d1  d8d1  f1d1  e8g8  d1d6
10 -12   10593  8418605   c6a4  h5g4  e8f8  b3a4  c5c4  d3e4  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5
g1h1  g8e7  a1d1  d8d1  f1d1
10 -12   10953  8710458   c6a4  h5g4  e8f8  b3a4  c5c4  d3e4  e7c5  e3c5  c7c5
g1h1  g8e7  a1d1  d8d1  f1d1
quit

It failed low on c4 at depth 10 !
Took pretty long to find the required move.
(Tried it with longer times also - sticks to the move Bxa4 :) ).

Thanks,
Mridul



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