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Subject: Re: Difficult position from the Anthology of Chess Combinations

Author: Kolss

Date: 03:48:19 11/12/05

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On November 12, 2005 at 01:19:04, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote:

>I found this position in informant39.pdf at The Chess Cafe. Finding the best
>move is not hard, but getting a winning score from the position is very
>dificult.
>[D]2rqr1kb/pp1bpp2/3p2pB/3N3n/3NP2P/1B3P2/P1P5/1K1Q2R1 w - - 0 1
>
>You can see the analysis at http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant39.pdf
>
>I think the problem is correct, but I can't prove it.

Hi,

For what it's worth, here is some output of a development version of Ikarus. It
finds the correct move after 17 seconds (P4-2.4 GHz, 256 MB Hash), a positive
score after 3 minutes, and a clear advantage after 18 minutes:

     11(31).01   00:00:11.7    -3.15    1. Nf4
     11(38).02   00:00:17.2    -2.85++  1. Rxg6+! Kh7 2. Rg5
     11(38).02   00:00:18.8    -0.35++  1. Rxg6+!
     11(38).02   00:00:23.0    -0.01    1. Rxg6+ Kh7 2. Rg5 Nf6 3. Nxf6+
     12(40).01   00:00:32.1    +0.00    1. Rxg6+ Kh7 2. Rg5 Kxh6 3. Qc1 e6 4.
Rf5+ Kg6 5. Qg1+ Kh6 6. Qc1+
     15(47).01   00:03:03      +0.30++  1. Rxg6+!
     15(47).01   00:03:24      +0.30    1. Rxg6+ Kh7
     16(51).01   00:07:30      +0.60++  1. Rxg6+!
     16(51).01   00:12:09      +0.94    1. Rxg6+ Kh7 2. Rg5 Kxh6 3. Qd2 e6 4.
Ne2 exd5 5. Rxd5+ Kg7 6. Rg5+ Kh7 7. Rxh5+
     17(51).01   00:18:10      +1.24++  1. Rxg6+!
     17(52).01   00:25:12      +1.24    1. Rxg6+ Kh7 2. Rg5 Kxh6
     18(61).01   01:13:15      +1.53    1. Rxg6+ Kh7 2. Rg5 Kxh6 3. Nf5+ Bxf5 4.
Qd2 e5 5. Rxf5+ Kg7 6. Qg2+ Kf8 7. Rxh5 Bf6 8. Rh6 Bg7 9. Rh7
     19(60).01   02:10:28      +1.87++  1. Rxg6+!

Best regards - Munjong.



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