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Subject: Re: pretty hard

Author: Roy Brunjes

Date: 08:02:31 11/20/05

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On November 20, 2005 at 09:09:07, Will Singleton wrote:

>[d]2bk3r/q5b1/p2pp2p/1p6/1P6/5Q2/P1P2RPP/5R1K w - - bm Qg3; "26.Qg3";
>
>26.Qc6 and Qg4 seem to lead to forced rep draws, while Qg3 gives white
>winning chances.  To solve this, your program should show a plus score for
>Qg3, since an eval of 0 or less would be equal or inferior to at least 2
>other moves.
>
>[Event "ICC 50 3"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "2005.11.19"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "PostModernist"]
>[Black "Amateur"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
>[WhiteElo "2565"]
>[BlackElo "2604"]
>[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
>[ECO "B90"]
>[NIC "SI.14"]
>[Time "22:58:28"]
>[TimeControl "3000+3"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Ne5 8.
>Be2 Nbc6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 e6 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Rb1 b5 14. b4 Nac4
>15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nc6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qb6 18. Nxb8 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Qxc3 20. Qf3
>Qc7 21. Rbf1 f6 22. e5 Qxb8 23. exf6 Qa7 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Kh1 Kd8 26. Qc6
>Qd7 27. Qe4 Qe7 28. Rf7 Rf8 29. Qg6 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qh4 31. g3 Qxb4 32. Rxg7
>Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 e5+ 35. g4 Qf3+ 36. Kh4 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qf3+ 38. Kh4
>Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf3+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2


Here is Fruit 2.2.1 on my 1.5 GHz Centrino laptop:

FEN: 2bk3r/q5b1/p2pp2p/1p6/1P6/5Q2/P1P2RPP/5R1K w - - 2 26

Fruit 2.2.1:
  1/2	00:00	          16	0	-1.15	Rd2
  2/7	00:00	         183	0	-1.37	Rd2 Be5
  2/7	00:00	         265	0	-1.12	Rd1 Bd4
  2/7	00:00	         457	0	-0.97	Qc6 Qe7
  3/8	00:00	         926	0	-1.05	Qc6 Qd7 Qb6+ Qc7
  4/10	00:00	       2.760	0	-0.52	Qc6 Qd7 Qb6+ Ke8 Rf3
  5/12	00:00	       5.941	0	-0.51	Qc6 Qd7 Qb6+ Ke8 Rd1 Be5
  6/13	00:00	      12.616	0	-0.64	Qc6 Qd7 Qb6+ Ke8 Rf3 Be5 Re1
  7/18	00:00	      38.487	0	-0.88	Qc6 Qd7 Qb6+ Ke8 Qb8 Bd4 Rf7 Qc6
  7/20	00:00	      99.978	0	-0.68	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 c4
  8/21	00:00	     157.552	0	-0.53	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Rd1 d5
  9/22	00:01	     246.328	0	-0.76	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Rd1 d5 Qh4+ Qg5
 10/22	00:01	     515.726	0	-0.74	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Qf3 Qc3 Qg4 Qc4 Qxc4
bxc4
 11/27	00:02	   1.095.366	568.471	-0.74	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Qf3 Qc3 Qg4 Qc4
Qxc4 bxc4
 12/28	00:04	   2.487.254	582.260	-0.76	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 c4 d5 cxb5 axb5
Rc1 Bd7 Qh4+ Qg5
 13/30	00:09	   5.460.584	584.337	-0.70	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 c4 d5 cxb5 axb5
Qg6 Qe4 Qg3 Qe5
 13/42	00:33	  18.075.737	552.193	-0.58	c4 bxc4 Qg3 Be5 Qh4+ Qe7 Rf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+
Kd7 Qxe7+ Kxe7 Rxc8 d5 Ra8 Bd6 a3 c3 Rxa6
 14/42	01:18	  42.335.262	545.136	-0.48	c4 Bd4 Rd2 Qg7 Qc6 Be5 cxb5 axb5 Qxb5
Rf8 Qb6+ Ke8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Rf2 Qg7 Rf3 d5
 15/42	02:01	  66.096.170	548.021	-0.53	c4 Bd4 Rd2 Qg7 Qc6 Be5 cxb5 axb5 Qxb5
Rf8 Qb6+ Ke8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Rf2 Qg7 Qc6+ Bd7 Qc7 Ke7
 15/42	02:09	  70.835.532	549.924	 0.00	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Qf3 d5 Qf2 Qd4
Qg3 Qe5 Qf2
 16/42	02:24	  80.369.366	557.327	 0.00	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Qf3 d5 Qf2 Qd4
Qg3 Qe5 Qf2
 17/54	02:57	 100.868.045	569.502	 0.00	Qg4 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Rf7 Rg8 Qf3 d5 Qf2 Qd4
Qg3 Qe5 Qf2
 17/54	04:38	 159.173.261	572.776	+1.17	Qg3 Qd4 Rf4 Qe5 Qf2 Qd5 Qb6+ Ke8 Rf7 Rg8
Rc7 Qxg2+ Kxg2 Bd4+ Kh3 Bxb6 Rxc8+ Bd8 Rc6 Kd7 Rxa6 e5
 18/54	05:37	 196.153.221	581.218	+1.14	Qg3 Qd4 Rf4 Qc3 Qh4+ Kc7 R4f3 Qb2 Qe7+
Kb8 c3 Rg8 Rf7 Qxg2+ Kxg2 Bf6+ Kf2 Bxe7 Rxe7 e5 Ke3 Rg6 Rf2 Bb7

So, 4 minutes and 38 seconds to see Qg3 with a positive eval for White.

A rather difficult position!

Roy



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