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Subject: Re: Kasparov-Topalov 1-0 Hoogovens 1999

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 18:33:05 02/28/00

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On February 28, 2000 at 19:24:32, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>Kasparov -Topalov 1-0 Hoogovens 1999
>http://meikel.com/chess/weijk1.shtml
>[D]3r3r/Rb3p1p/p4np1/1p1q4/kP6/P1Q2PPB/2P4P/1K6 w - -
>Fritz5 missed 30.Rxb7!! here,suggesting 30.Qc7? instead.
>How about Fritz6a?[and friends]   Enjoy,JAFM

Crafty 17.08 takes nearly 21 minutes to find it on my system:

nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)

       6     0.42     ++   1. Rxb7!!
       6     0.93  -1.51   1. Rxa6+ Bxa6 2. Qc7 Qb3+ 3. cxb3+
                           Kxa3 4. Qa5+ Kxb3 5. Qa2+ Kxb4 6. Qxa6
                           Nd5 7. Kc2
       6->   0.98  -1.51   1. Rxa6+ Bxa6 2. Qc7 Qb3+ 3. cxb3+
                           Kxa3 4. Qa5+ Kxb3 5. Qa2+ Kxb4 6. Qxa6
                           Nd5 7. Kc2
       7     1.05     ++   1. Rxa6+!!
       7     1.35  -0.72   1. Rxa6+ Bxa6 2. Qc7 Qb3+ 3. cxb3+
                           Kxa3 4. Qa5+ Kxb3 5. Qa2+ Kxb4 6. Qb2+
                           Kc4 7. Qxf6 Bb7 8. Qxf7+
       7->   1.59  -0.72   1. Rxa6+ Bxa6 2. Qc7 Qb3+ 3. cxb3+
                           Kxa3 4. Qa5+ Kxb3 5. Qa2+ Kxb4 6. Qb2+
                           Kc4 7. Qxf6 Bb7 8. Qxf7+
       8     2.32  -0.40   1. Rxa6+ Bxa6 2. Qc7 Qb3+ 3. cxb3+
                           Kxa3 4. Qc1+ Kxb4 5. Kb2 Nd5 6. Qa1
                           Kc5 7. Qxa6
       8    23.57     ++   1. Qc7!!
       8    23.68   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
       8->  23.91   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
       9    36.72   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
       9->  41.14   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      10     1:06   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      10->   1:11   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      11     1:52   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      11->   3:45   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      12     5:27   0.00   1. Qc7 Qd1+ 2. Kb2 Qd4+ 3. Kb1 Qd1+
      12    20:54     ++   1. Rxb7!!

Since the payoff does not appear until ply 12, I think it quite amazing that
some programs might find it within tournament time controls.  It's a pretty busy
position (only 30 choices, but many of them seem to be about the same in ce and
must be investigated fairly thoroughly).





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