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Subject: Re: Difficult position from Rowson's new book.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:07:47 01/18/06

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On January 18, 2006 at 17:15:18, Rory Nolan wrote:

>Hello all,
>I found this positon in 'Chess for Zebras'. Can any engine find the move
>
>44...Nb3!!
>
>[D] 2k5/3b4/2q1p1Bp/ppn1P1pP/2pQP1P1/P1P5/2P2B1K/8 b - - 0 1
>
>all the best
>Rory

CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 says this:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/9	1.64	123230		1...Nb7 2.Qa7 Qc7 3.Qa8+ Qb8 4.Qa6
					Kd8 5.Kh3 Kc8 6.Bd4 Qc7 7.Qa8+ Qb8
0:00	1/9	1.37	175002		1...Na4 2.Qd6 Qxd6 3.exd6 Nxc3
					4.Bb6 a4 5.Ba5 Nb1 6.Bb4 e5
0:00	1/10	1.60	248966		1...Na4 2.Qd6 Qxd6 3.exd6 Nxc3
					4.Bb6 a4 5.Ba5 Nb1 6.Bb4 c3 7.e5
0:01	1/10	1.32	377629		1...Nb7 2.Qa7 Qc7 3.Qa8+ Qb8 4.Qa6
					Kd8 5.Bb6+ Ke7 6.Bd4 Qc7 7.Kh3
					Bc6 8.Qa8
0:02	1/11	1.63	656241		1...Nb7 2.Qa7 Qc7 3.Qa8+ Qb8 4.Qa6
					Kd8 5.Kg2 Qc8 6.Be3 Ke7 7.Qb6 Bc6
					8.Qd4
0:03	1/11	1.50	868686		1...Na4 2.Qd6 Qxd6 3.exd6 e5 4.Bg3
					Nxc3 5.Bxe5 Nb1 6.a4 Na3 7.Bg7
					Bxg4 8.Bxh6 Nxc2 9.Bxg5 bxa4
0:06	1/12	1.53	1904399		1...Na4 2.Kh3 Qc7 3.Qd6 Qxd6 4.exd6
					Nxc3 5.Bb6 a4 6.Ba5 Ne2 7.e5 Nf4+
					8.Kh2 Nd5
0:09	1/12	1.42	2508793		1...Nb7 2.Qa7 Qc7 3.Qa8+ Qb8 4.Qa6
					Kd8 5.Kg2 Ke7 6.Qb6 Qc8 7.Be3 Bc6
					8.Kg3 Kf8
0:18	2/13	2.26	5344413		1...Nb7 2.Qa7 Kd8 3.Bb6+ Ke7 4.Bxa5
					Nxa5 5.Qxa5 Qc5 6.Qb4 Qxb4 7.cxb4
					Bc6 8.Kg3 Kf8 9.c3 Kg7
0:24	2/13	1.47	7195151		1...Na4 2.Kh3 Qc7 3.Qd6 Qxd6 4.exd6
					Nxc3 5.Bb6 a4 6.Ba5 Ne2 7.e5 Bc6
					8.Kh2 Kd7
0:50	3/14	1.50	15072610	1...Na4 2.Kh3 Qc7 3.Qd6 Qxd6 4.exd6
					Nxc3 5.Bb6 a4 6.Ba5 Ne2 7.e5 Bc6
					8.Kh2 Kd7 9.Bb6
1:59	4/15	1.60	35244660	1...Na4 2.Be3 Qc7 3.Bd2 Kb7 4.Qd6
					Qd8 5.Be3 Qc7 6.Bd4 Qc8 7.Kg3 Ka8
					8.Kh3 Bc6 9.Qe7
7:21	5/16	2.03	135332225	1...Na4 2.Be3 Qc7 3.Bf7 Kb8 4.Qd6
					Nxc3 5.Bxg5 b4 6.Bxh6 bxa3 7.Qd2
					Nb5 8.Bf4 a2 9.Qe1 Nd4 10.Qc3 Nxc2

After forcing Nb3 cxb3 cxb3, it says this:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	2.27	5412		3.Kh3 b2 4.Qd3 b1=Q 5.Qxb1 Qxc3+
					6.Kg2 Qxa3
0:00	1/4	3.40	6004		3.Qd3 Qc7 4.Bd4 b2 5.Qb1
0:00	1/4	3.58	14809		3.Qd2 Qc7 4.Bg3 Qc5
0:00	1/5	3.33	17061		3.Qd2 Qc7 4.Bd4 Bc6 5.Qb2 a4
0:00	1/6	3.50	60989		3.Qd2 a4 4.Qb2 Qc7 5.Bd4 Bc6 6.Kg3
0:00	1/7	3.39	112899		3.Qd2 a4 4.Qb2 Qc7 5.Bd4 Bc6 6.Kg3
					Qe7
0:01	1/8	3.52	320503		3.Qd2 a4 4.Kg2 Be8 5.Qd3 Bxg6 6.hxg6
					Qb7 7.Bc5
0:02	1/9	3.32	659473		3.Qd2 a4 4.Kg2 Qc7 5.Bd4 Bc6 6.Qb2
					Qe7 7.Bf2
0:06	1/10	3.43	1985509		3.Qd2 a4 4.Kg2 Qc4 5.Bb6 Kb7 6.Bd4
					Ka6 7.Bf2 Bc6
0:18	1/11	3.37	5436472		3.Qd2 Qc4 4.Kg2 Bc6 5.Bd4 a4 6.Kf2
					Kb8 7.Bb6 Kb7 8.Qe3 b2
0:49	1/12	3.56	14673075	3.Qd2 Qc4 4.Kg2 Bc6 5.Bd4 Kc7 6.Kf2
					Kb7 7.Qb2 Ka6 8.Ke1 Bb7
1:34	2/13	3.44	28505913	3.Qd2 Qc4 4.Kg2 Bc6 5.Bd4 Kc7 6.Kf2
					Kb7 7.Ke1 Ka6 8.Be3 Kb7 9.Qd4 b2
4:35	3/14	3.46	84510063	3.Qd2 Qc4 4.Kg2 Bc6 5.Bd4 a4 6.Kf2
					Ba8 7.Ke1 Bc6 8.Bh7 Bb7 9.Qe2 Qc7

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