Topalov - Shirov - Critter

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Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by Jouni »

[D]8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Critter 0.90 64-bit:
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47...Be4 48.Kf2 f5 49.g3 Kd6 50.Bb4+ Kc6 51.Ke2 Kb5 52.Bd6 Kc4 53.Kd2 Kb3 54.Be5 a3 55.Kc1 a2 56.Bf6 Bd3 57.Ba1 Bc4 58.Bb2 Be2 59.Be5 Bb5 60.Bf6 Ba6 61.Kd2 Bc4 62.Be5 Bb5 63.Ba1
-+ (-2.03) Depth: 30/45 00:00:58 187mN, tb=20917
47...Be4 48.Kf2 f5 49.g3 Kd6 50.Bb4+ Kc6 51.Ke2 Kb5 52.Bd6 Kc4 53.Kd2 Kb3 54.Be5 a3 55.Kc1 a2 56.Bf6 Bd3 57.Ba1 Bc4 58.Bb2 Be2 59.Be5 Bb5 60.Bf6 Ba6 61.Kd2 Bc4 62.Be5 Bb5 63.Kc1
-+ (-2.03) Depth: 31/49 00:01:33 300mN, tb=45434
47...Bh3
-+ (-2.14) Depth: 31/60 00:05:57 1196mN, tb=457270
47...Bh3
-+ (-2.26) Depth: 31/60 00:07:51 1603mN, tb=550585
47...Bh3
-+ (-2.46) Depth: 32/63 00:17:18 3558mN, tb=1202997
47...Bh3
-+ (-2.72) Depth: 32/69 00:25:19 5310mN, tb=1629664

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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by OliverUwira »

Oh yes, the famous Bh3 shot :D

However, if I remember correctly, the position was winning for Black anyway, so Shirov uncorked one "for the gallery" :roll:

The analysis of Critter reinforces this.
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by OliverUwira »

Reminds me of that one:

Kotov - Botvinnik, Moscow 1955
[d]8/8/4b1p1/2Bp3p/5P1P/1pK1Pk2/8/8 b - - 3 59
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by mhalstern »

Wow how processor speeds and programs have improved. This game was from 1998. I remember giving the strongest program at the time M-Chess this position for 2 days, without Bh3 being found.
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by mhalstern »

Stockfish takes nearly 4 hours to find Bh3

New game
8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Stockfish 1.9 JA 64bit:

1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g4 f5
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 6 00:00:00 2kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4
-+ (-2.42 --) Depth: 7 00:00:00 3kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4
-+ (-2.34 --) Depth: 7 00:00:00 5kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4
-+ (-2.18 --) Depth: 7 00:00:00 8kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 Kf5 5.Ba1 Kg4 6.Kd2 Kxg3 7.Bxf6
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 7 00:00:00 12kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 Kf5 5.Ba1 Kg4 6.Kd2 Kxg3 7.Bxf6
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 8 00:00:00 16kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 Kf5 5.Ba1 Kg4 6.Kd2 Kxg3 7.Bxf6
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 9 00:00:00 18kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 Kf5 5.Ba1 Kg4 6.Bxf6 Kxg3 7.Ba1 Kxh4 8.Kd4
-+ (-2.02 --) Depth: 10 00:00:00 43kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 f4 6.gxf4 Kf5 7.Ba1 Kxf4
-+ (-2.02) Depth: 10 00:00:00 55kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd7
-+ (-2.10 !) Depth: 11 00:00:00 64kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Bb2 Kc6 7.Ba1 Kb5
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 11 00:00:00 65kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Bb2 Kc6 7.Ba1 Kb5 8.Kc3 Kc5 9.Kb3 d4 10.Kxa2 d3
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 12 00:00:00 107kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Bb2 Kc6 7.Ba1 Kb5 8.Kc3 Kc5 9.Kb3 d4 10.Kxa2 d3
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 13 00:00:00 126kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Bb2 Kc6 7.Ba1 Kb5 8.Kc3 Kc5 9.Kb3 d4 10.Kxa2 d3
-+ (-2.10) Depth: 14 00:00:00 136kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 f5 5.Kd4 Kd6 6.Bb2 Kc6 7.Ba1 Kb5 8.Kc3 Kc5 9.Kb3 d4 10.Kxa2 d3
-+ (-2.18 !) Depth: 15 00:00:00 169kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Be4 3.g3 f5 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Kd4 Kc6 6.Bb4 a2 7.Bc3 Kb5 8.Ba1 Kb4
-+ (-2.26 !) Depth: 15 00:00:00 320kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Be4 3.g3 f5 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Kd2 Kc6 6.Bf6 Kb5 7.Kc3 Ka4 8.Bd4 Kb5
-+ (-2.06) Depth: 15 00:00:00 368kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Be4 3.g3 f5 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Kd2 Kc6 6.Bf6 Kb5 7.Kc3 Ka4 8.Bd4 Kb5 9.h5
-+ (-1.97 --) Depth: 16 00:00:00 535kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Ke3 Kc5 5.Bg7 Kc4
-+ (-2.14 !) Depth: 16 00:00:00 588kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Ke3 Kc5 5.Bg7 Kc4
-+ (-2.22 !) Depth: 16 00:00:00 608kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.Bb2 Kd6 4.Ba3+ Ke5 5.g3 Kd4 6.Ke2 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bd6 a3
-+ (-2.38 !) Depth: 16 00:00:00 714kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Bd6 d4+ 8.Kd2 d3 9.Be7 Kb3 10.Bf6 a3 11.Bd4 a2
-+ (-2.34) Depth: 16 00:00:00 772kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.Bb4 Ke5 4.Bc5 d4 5.g3 Kd5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Ke2 Kb3 8.Kd2 a3 9.Bc5 d3 10.Bd4 a2 11.Bc3 Kc4 12.Ba1 Kd5 13.Bc3 Kc5 14.Be5 Kb5 15.Bc3
-+ (-2.58) Depth: 17 00:00:00 1467kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.Bb4 Kd7 4.g3 Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Bd6 Kb3 8.Be5 a3 9.Kd2 Kc4 10.Ke3 a2 11.Ba1 Bd3
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 18 00:00:00 1895kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Bh5 5.Ke3 a3 6.Kd2 a2 7.Kc2 Be2 8.Kd2 Bg4 9.Kc2 f4 10.Kb2 f3 11.Be1 d4 12.Bf2 Kd5 13.Kxa2
-+ (-2.62) Depth: 19 00:00:00 2929kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Bh5 5.Ke3 a3 6.Kd2 a2 7.Kc2 Be2 8.Kd2 Bg4 9.Kc2 f4 10.Kb2 f3 11.Bd4 Kf5 12.Bf2 Ke4 13.Kxa2 d4 14.Kb3 d3 15.Kc3
-+ (-2.66) Depth: 20 00:00:00 3258kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Bh5 5.Ke3 a3 6.Bd4 a2 7.Ba1 Kd6 8.Bd4 Bg4 9.Kd2 f4 10.Kc2 Be2 11.h5 gxh5 12.g6 Ke6 13.g7 Kf7 14.Kb2 f3 15.Kxa2 h4
-+ (-2.54 --) Depth: 21 00:00:00 3689kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Bb4 Kd7 4.Bf8 Kc6 5.Kf2 Kb5 6.Bd6 Kc4 7.Ke2 Kc3 8.Kd1 Kb3 9.Kd2 a3 10.Be5 Kc4 11.Ke3 a2 12.Ba1 Kc5 13.Bb2 Kb4 14.Ba1 Kc5
-+ (-2.42 --) Depth: 21 00:00:00 4633kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Bb4 Kd7 4.Bf8 Kc6 5.Kf2 Kb5 6.Bd6 Kc4 7.Ke3 Kb3 8.Be5 a3 9.Kd2 Kc4 10.Ke3 a2 11.Ba1 Kc5 12.Bd4+ Kb5 13.Ba1 Kc5
-+ (-2.42) Depth: 21 00:00:00 4789kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bd6 a3 9.Be5 Kc4 10.Ke3 a2 11.Bg7 Kb4 12.Kd2 Bf3 13.Ke3
-+ (-2.42) Depth: 22 00:00:01 5864kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bg7 a3 9.Kc1 a2 10.Ba1 Bg2 11.Bg7 Bf3 12.Ba1 Be4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Bf1 15.Kd2 Bh3 16.Kc1 Bg2
-+ (-2.46) Depth: 23 00:00:01 6466kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Be7 Kb3 9.Bc5 d3 10.Bf8 a3 11.Bg7 a2 12.Ba1 Kb4 13.Bb2 Kb5 14.Be5 Ka4 15.Ba1 Kb5 16.Bc3 Ka4 17.Ba1
-+ (-2.38 --) Depth: 24 00:00:01 6856kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bg7 a3 9.Kc1 a2 10.Ba1 Bg2 11.Bg7 Bf3 12.Bf6 Be4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Bg7
-+ (-2.30 --) Depth: 24 00:00:01 7174kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Ke5 5.Ke3 d4+ 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Ba3 Kc4 8.Bf8 d3 9.Be7 Kb3 10.Bf6 a3 11.Bc3 Kc4 12.Be5 Kb3 13.Bc3
-+ (-2.42) Depth: 24 00:00:01 7618kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Ke5 5.Ke3 d4+ 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Ba3 Kc4 8.Bf8 d3 9.Be7 Kb3 10.Bf6 a3 11.Bc3 Kc4 12.Be5 a2 13.Bg7 Kb3 14.Be5 Ka3 15.Ba1 Ka4 16.Bc3 Kb3 17.Be5
-+ (-2.34 --) Depth: 25 00:00:01 8057kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Ke5 5.Ke3 d4+ 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Ba3 Kc4 8.Bf8 d3 9.Be7 Kb3 10.Bf6 a3 11.Bc3 Kc4 12.Be5 Kb5 13.Bc3 Kc4
-+ (-2.38) Depth: 25 00:00:01 8492kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Ke5 5.Ke3 d4+ 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Ba3 Kc4 8.Bf8 d3 9.Be7 Kb3 10.Bf6 a3 11.Kc1 a2 12.Kd2 Kb4 13.Bc3+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Kc5 15.Bc3 Kb5 16.Bg7 Kc5 17.Ba1 Kc4 18.Kc1 Kb5 19.Kd2 Kc4
-+ (-2.30 --) Depth: 26 00:00:01 9091kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Be7 d3 9.Bf6 Bd5 10.Bc3 a3 11.Ba1 a2 12.Bg7 Be4 13.Bc3 Kb3 14.Bg7 Bd5 15.Kxd3 Be4+ 16.Kd2
-+ (-2.30) Depth: 26 00:00:01 10563kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Be7 d3 9.Bf6 a3 10.Kc1 a2 11.Kd2 Bb7 12.Bc3 Ba6 13.Ba1 Bb5
-+ (-2.42 !) Depth: 27 00:00:01 12938kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Bh5 5.Ke3 a3 6.Bd4 a2 7.Ba1 Kd6 8.Bd4 Bg4 9.Kd2 f4 10.Kc2 Be2 11.h5 f3 12.Kb2 gxh5 13.g6 a1N 14.Kxa1 h4 15.g7
-+ (-2.54 !) Depth: 27 00:00:02 15188kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Kc1 a3 9.Bc5 a2 10.Bd4 Kc4 11.Ba1 d4 12.Kb2 d3 13.Kc1 Kb3 14.Kd2 Kc4 15.Bc3 Bf3 16.Ba1 Be2 17.Be5 Kb4 18.Bc3+ Kc4 19.Be5
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 27 00:00:02 19905kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Be5 Kc4 11.Ke3 Bb1 12.Ba1 Bd3 13.Be5 Bc2 14.Ba1 Be4 15.Bd4 Bb1 16.Ba1
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 28 00:00:02 22345kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Be5 d4 11.Kc1 Kc3
-+ (-2.58) Depth: 29 00:00:03 28465kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Be4 15.Be5
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 30 00:00:03 33498kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Kc5 15.Kf2 Kc4 16.Kxg2 d4 17.Kf3 d3 18.Ke3
-+ (-2.58) Depth: 31 00:00:04 37392kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Kc5 15.Kf2 Be4 16.Ke3 Kb4 17.Kd2 Kc4 18.Ke3 Kb5 19.Kd2 Kc4
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 32 00:00:04 42764kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Kc5 15.Kf2 Be4 16.Ke3 Kc4 17.Be5
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 33 00:00:05 51176kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Kc5 15.Kf2 Be4 16.Ke3 Bb1 17.Bc3 Kc4 18.Ba1 Kc5
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 34 00:00:06 58577kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd2 a2 12.Ke3 Kc4 13.Be5 Bg2 14.Ba1 Bf1 15.Bd4 Bd3 16.Bf6 Be2 17.Ba1 Bf1
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 35 00:00:07 72691kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 Kc4 10.Ke3 a2 11.Ba1 Bc2 12.Kd2 Ba4 13.Kc1 d4 14.Kb2 Bb3 15.Kc1 Kd3 16.Kb2 Bd5 17.Kc1 Ke3 18.Kc2 d3+ 19.Kc1 d2+ 20.Kd1 Bf3+
-+ (-2.62 !) Depth: 36 00:00:09 87927kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Bc2 12.Kd2 Be4
-+ (-2.46 --) Depth: 36 00:00:10 91827kN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Kc5 12.Bb2 Bb1 13.Bd4+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd3 15.Be5 Be4 16.Ba1
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 36 00:00:11 106mN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Kc5 12.Bb2 Bb1 13.Bd4+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd3 15.Be5 Be2 16.Ba1 Bg4 17.Bd4 Bf3 18.Ba1 Bd1 19.Bg7 Bg4 20.Bd4
-+ (-2.54) Depth: 37 00:00:13 123mN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Kc5 12.Bb2 Bb1 13.Bd4+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd3 15.Be5 Be2 16.Ba1 Bg4 17.Bd4 Bf3 18.Ba1 Bg4
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 38 00:00:17 166mN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Kc5 12.Bb2 Bb1 13.Bd4+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd3 15.Be5 Be2 16.Ba1 Bg4 17.Bd4 Bf3 18.Ba1 Be4 19.Bd4 Kb3 20.Kd2 Kb4 21.Ba1 Kc5 22.Kc1 d4 23.Kb2 Kc4 24.Kxa2 d3
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 39 00:00:20 196mN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Ba1 Kc4 11.Ke3 Bb1 12.Kd2 d4 13.Kc1 Be4 14.Kb2 Kd3 15.Kxa2 Ke3 16.Bb2 d3
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 40 00:00:25 245mN
1...Be4 2.Kf2 f5 3.g3 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Bf8 Kc4 7.Kd2 Kb3 8.Bc5 a3 9.Bd4 a2 10.Bg7 Kb4 11.Ke3 Kc4 12.Ba1 Bc2 13.Kd2 Be4 14.Ke3
-+ (-2.50) Depth: 41 00:00:49 474mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 a3 3.Ke1 Be4 4.Kd2 Bxg2 5.Kc2 f5 6.Kb3 f4 7.Kxa3 Kf5 8.Kb4 Kg4 9.Bd2 Be4 10.Kc5 Kg3 11.Be1+ Kg2 12.Bb4 f3
-+ (-2.58 !) Depth: 41 00:01:17 752mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 a3 3.g4 Be4 4.h5 g5 5.h6 Bh7 6.Bd4 a2 7.Ke3 f5 8.Kf3 Bg6 9.gxf5+ Bxf5 10.Ba1 Kf7 11.Ke3 Kg6 12.h7 Kxh7 13.Kd4 Be4 14.Kc3 g4 15.Kb2 d4
-+ (-2.66 !) Depth: 41 00:01:29 865mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 a3 3.Ke3 Be4 4.Kd2 Kf5 5.Kc1 Bxg2 6.Bb4 a2 7.Kb2 Ke4 8.Kxa2 f5 9.Kb2 f4 10.Kc3 Ke3 11.Bc5+ Ke2 12.Kd4 f3 13.Ke5 f2
-+ (-2.82 !) Depth: 41 00:02:28 1426mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.g3 Ke4 4.Bxf6 a3 5.Ba1 d4 6.g4 Bc4 7.h5 d3 8.Ke1 gxh5 9.gxh5 Ke3 10.Bc3 a2 11.Bd2+ Kd4
-+ (-3.15 !) Depth: 41 00:03:50 2180mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke1 a3 4.Kd2 Be4 5.g4+ Kxg4 6.Bxf6 a2 7.Ke2 Bb1 8.Kf2 Be4 9.Ke3 Bh1 10.Kd2 Bf3 11.Ba1 Kxh4 12.Bf6+ g5 13.Ba1
-+ (-3.31) Depth: 41 00:06:09 3480mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke1 a3 4.Kd2 Be4 5.g4+ Kxg4 6.Bxf6 Kf5 7.Bc3 a2 8.Ba1 Kf4 9.Ke2 Kg3 10.Bf6 Bb1 11.Kd2 d4 12.Bxd4 Kxh4 13.Kc1 Kh3 14.Kb2 g5 15.Kc1 g4 16.Kb2 g3 17.Be3 Kg4 18.Bc5 g2 19.Bg1 Kf3 20.Bd4 Ke2 21.Bg1
-+ (-4.12 !) Depth: 42 00:07:59 4469mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke1 a3 4.Kd2 Be4 5.g4+ Kxg4 6.Bxf6 Kf5 7.Bc3 a2 8.Ba1 Kf4 9.Ke2 Kg3 10.Bf6 Bb1 11.Kd2 d4 12.Bxd4 Kxh4 13.Ke3 g5 14.Kf2 Be4 15.Ba1 Kh3 16.Ke3 g4 17.Kf2 g3+ 18.Kg1 Kh4 19.Bd4 Kg4 20.Ba1 Kf3 21.Kf1 Bd3+ 22.Kg1 Kf4
-+ (-4.08) Depth: 42 00:08:03 4502mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke1 a3 4.Kd2 Be4 5.g4+ Kxg4 6.Bxf6 Kf4 7.Kc3 Kf5
-+ (-5.25 !) Depth: 43 00:10:46 6003mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke1 a3 4.Kd2 Be4 5.g4+ Kxg4 6.Bxf6 Kf4 7.Kc3 Kf5 8.Bg7 a2 9.Kd2 Kg4 10.Bf6 d4 11.Bxd4 Kxh4 12.Kc1 g5 13.Kb2 Bb1 14.Bf6 Kg4 15.Be7 Kf4 16.Ba3 Ke4 17.Bc5 Kf3 18.Bd4 Ke4 19.Bf2 Kf4 20.Bc5
-+ (-3.43) Depth: 43 00:11:02 6149mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Kd2 Kg4 6.Bxf6 Kxg3 7.Be7 a2 8.Bf6 Kf3 9.Ba1 Bb1 10.Bf6 Kf4 11.Ba1 Kg3 12.Bf6 Kg2 13.Kc1 Kf3 14.Kd2
-+ (-2.74) Depth: 44 00:12:05 6733mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Kd2 Kg4 6.Bxf6 Kxg3 7.Be7 a2 8.Bf6 Kf3 9.Ba1 Bb1 10.Bf6 Kf4 11.Ba1 Kg3 12.Bf6 Be4 13.Ke3 Kg2 14.Be5 Bc2 15.Kd2 Bf5 16.Ba1 Bh3 17.Bf6 Kf3 18.Be5 Ke4 19.Bc3 Be6 20.Ba1 d4 21.Ke2 Bf5 22.Bb2 Bg4+ 23.Kd2 Bf5 24.Ba1 Be6
-+ (-2.74) Depth: 45 00:13:29 7551mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Kd2 Kg4 6.Bxf6 Kxg3 7.Be7 a2 8.Bf6 Kf4 9.Bc3 Bh1 10.Bb2 Bf3 11.Bc3 Kf5 12.Bd4 Ke4 13.Bc3 Bh1 14.Ba1 Kf4 15.Bd4 Ke4 16.Ba1
-+ (-2.66) Depth: 46 00:15:34 8759mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3
-+ (-2.74 !) Depth: 47 00:19:17 10848mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Ba1 Kg4 6.Bxf6 Kxg3 7.Kd2 Kf4 8.Bc3 Bf5 9.Bb4 a2 10.Bc3 Bg4 11.Bd4 Ke4 12.Ba1 d4 13.Bb2 Ke5 14.Kc2 Bf5+ 15.Kb3
-+ (-2.82 !) Depth: 47 00:21:03 11841mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Ba1 Bh1 6.Bd4 Bg2 7.Ba1 Be4 8.Ke2 Kg4 9.Bxf6 Kxg3 10.Kd2 a2 11.Ke3 Kg2 12.Kd2 Bb1 13.Kc1 Kg3 14.Kd2 Be4
-+ (-2.58 --) Depth: 47 00:21:27 12077mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Ba1 Bh1 6.Bd4 Bg2 7.Ba1 Kg4 8.Bxf6 Kxg3 9.Kd2 Bf1 10.Kc2 Bc4 11.Be7 a2 12.Bf6 Kf3 13.Kd2 Bb5 14.Ba1 Ke4 15.Kc1 Ke3
-+ (-2.62) Depth: 47 00:24:57 14099mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Ba1 Bh1 6.Bd4 Bg2 7.Ba1 Kg4 8.Bxf6 Kxg3 9.Kd2 Bf1 10.Kc2 Bc4 11.Be7 a2
-+ (-2.70 !) Depth: 48 00:27:08 15365mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Kf2 Bc2 6.Kf3 Bd1+ 7.Ke3 a2 8.Ba1 Kg4 9.Bxf6
-+ (-2.78 !) Depth: 48 00:27:34 15599mN
1...Bd3 2.Kf2 Kf5 3.Ke3 Be4 4.g3 a3 5.Kf2 Bc2 6.Kf3 Bd1+ 7.Ke3 a2 8.Ba1 Kg4 9.Bxf6 Kxg3 10.Kd2 Bb3 11.Kc1 Bc4 12.Kc2 Kf4 13.Kd2 Ke4 14.Ba1 Kf5 15.Ke3 Ba6 16.Bb2 Bb5 17.Kf3 Ba4 18.Ke3
-+ (-2.66) Depth: 48 00:30:17 17206mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.Be7 Kd3 6.h5 gxh5 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Bd6
-+ (-2.94 !) Depth: 48 03:51:52 131755mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.Be7 Kd3 6.h5 gxh5 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Be7 Kc3 9.Ke1 Kc2 10.Kf2 d3 11.Bb4 d2 12.Bxd2 Kxd2 13.Kf3 a3
-+ (-3.27 !) Depth: 48 05:24:11 185138mN
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by mhalstern »

Go Houdini -Houdini finds Bh3 in 3 minutes and 26 seconds!

New game
8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Houdini 1.03a x64 POPCNT 4_CPU:

1...a3 2.Kf2 Be4 3.g4 a2 4.Ke3 f5 5.gxf5+ Kxf5
-/+ (-1.23) Depth: 6/14 00:00:00 2kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 g5 3.hxg5 fxg5 4.Ke3 Be4 5.Kd4 Bxg2
-/+ (-1.12) Depth: 7/14 00:00:00 6kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 a2 3.Ke3 Bc2 4.Kd4 f5 5.g3 Be4 6.Ba1 Kd6 7.Kc3
-/+ (-1.02) Depth: 8/20 00:00:00 34kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Bc2 3.Ke3 f5 4.g3 Bb1 5.Kd2 Be4 6.Kc1 Bd3 7.Bd4
-/+ (-0.90) Depth: 9/24 00:00:00 99kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Bc2 3.Ke3 f5 4.g3 Bb1 5.Kd2 Be4 6.Kc1 Bd3 7.Bd4
-/+ (-0.97 !) Depth: 10/24 00:00:00 118kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Be4 3.g4 g5 4.hxg5 fxg5 5.Ke2 a2 6.Ke3 Kd6 7.Kd4 Bf3 8.Bb4+ Ke6
-/+ (-0.98) Depth: 10/24 00:00:00 126kN
1...a3 2.Kf2 Bc2 3.Ke3 f5 4.Kd2 Bb1 5.g3 Be4 6.Bd4 Kd6 7.Kc1 Kc6
-/+ (-0.88) Depth: 11/24 00:00:00 345kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4
-/+ (-0.89) Depth: 12/24 00:00:00 518kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4
-/+ (-0.95 !) Depth: 13/24 00:00:00 598kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Be7 d4+ 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Bc5
-/+ (-0.95) Depth: 13/24 00:00:00 617kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Be7 d4+ 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Bc5
-/+ (-1.02 !) Depth: 14/25 00:00:00 864kN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Be7 d4+ 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Bc5
-/+ (-1.17 !) Depth: 14/25 00:00:00 1019kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Bb2 f4 6.Kf1 Kd6 7.Ke2 Kc5 8.Bc1 f3+ 9.Ke3 Kc4 10.Bb2
-/+ (-1.25) Depth: 14/33 00:00:00 1865kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Bb2 f4 6.Kf1 Kd6 7.Ke2 Kc5 8.Ba3+ Kc4 9.Bc1 f3+ 10.Ke3 Kc3
-/+ (-1.33 !) Depth: 15/33 00:00:00 2385kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Kg3 a3 6.Kf4 a2 7.Bb2 Bg2 8.Ke3 Bh1 9.Bc3 Kd6 10.h5 gxh5 11.g6 Ke6 12.Kd4 Kf6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 15/33 00:00:00 2467kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Kg3 a3 6.Kf4 a2 7.Bb2 Bg2 8.Ke3 Bh1 9.Bc3 Kd6 10.h5 gxh5 11.g6 Ke6 12.Kd4 Kf6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 16/33 00:00:00 3079kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Kg3 a3 6.Kf4 a2 7.Bb2 Bg2 8.Ke3 Bh1 9.Bc3 Kd6 10.h5 gxh5 11.g6 Ke6 12.Kd4 Kf6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 17/33 00:00:00 4394kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Ke3 a3 6.Ba1 a2 7.Bd4 Kd6 8.Kf4 Bc2 9.Ke3 Bb1 10.Kf4 Ke6 11.Ba1 Bc2 12.Ke3 Bb3 13.Bc3 Bc4 14.Ba1 Ba6 15.Bb2 Kd6 16.Bd4 Bc4 17.h5 gxh5 18.g6 Ke6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 18/33 00:00:01 7417kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Ke3 a3 6.Ba1 a2 7.Bd4 Bb1 8.Bb2 Bc2 9.Bc3 Ba4 10.Bd4 Bb5 11.Bb2 Bc4 12.Ba1 Ba6 13.Bb2 Kd6 14.Bd4 Bc4 15.h5 gxh5 16.g6 Ke6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 19/36 00:00:01 11625kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Ke3 a3 6.Ba1 a2 7.Bd4 Bb1 8.Bb2 Bc2 9.Bc3 Bd1 10.Kd2 Bb3 11.Ke3 Bc4 12.Bd4 Kd6 13.Kf3 Bd3 14.Ke3 Ba6 15.Kd2 f4 16.Kc2 f3 17.Kb2 Bc4 18.Ka1 Ke6
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 20/36 00:00:02 18239kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Ke3 a3 6.Ba1 a2 7.Bd4 Bb1 8.Bb2 Bc2 9.Bc3 Bd1 10.Kd2 Bb3 11.Ke3 Bc4 12.Bd4 Kd6 13.h5 gxh5 14.g6 Ke6 15.Ba1 h4 16.g7 Kf7
-/+ (-1.31) Depth: 21/38 00:00:03 29655kN
1...Be4 2.g4 Bf3 3.g5 f5 4.Kf2 Be4 5.Ke3 a3 6.Ba1 a2 7.Bd4 Bb1 8.Bb2 Bc2 9.Bc3 Bd1 10.Kd2 Bb3 11.Ke3 Bc4 12.Kf4 Bb5 13.Ba1 Ba6 14.Ke3 Bc4 15.Kf4 Bb5 16.Bb2 Bd3 17.Ba1 Ba6 18.Ke3
-/+ (-1.39 !) Depth: 22/38 00:00:06 50156kN
1...Be4 2.Bd4 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.g3 Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Kd2 Kc4 7.Ke3 a3 8.Be5 a2 9.Ba1 Bf3 10.Kd2 d4 11.Kc2 d3+ 12.Kd2 Bd5 13.Bc3 Bc6 14.Bf6 Be4 15.Kc1 Bf3 16.Kd2 Bc6 17.Be5 Be4 18.Bc3 Bd5 19.Ba1 Bf3 20.Bc3 Bh5 21.Ba1 Bg4 22.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 22/39 00:00:10 85284kN
1...Be4 2.Bd4 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.g3 Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Kd2 Kc4 7.Ke3 a3 8.Be5 a2 9.Ba1 Bd3 10.Bg7 Bc2 11.Ba1 Be4 12.Kd2 d4 13.Ke2 d3+ 14.Kd1 Bf3+ 15.Kd2 Bd5 16.Bc3 Bc6 17.Bf6 Be4 18.Ba1 Bd5 19.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 23/43 00:00:12 102mN
1...Be4 2.Bd4 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.g3 Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Kd2 Kc4 7.Ke3 a3 8.Be5 a2 9.Ba1 Bd3 10.Bg7 Bc2 11.Ba1 Bb1 12.Kd2 d4 13.Bb2 Be4 14.Ba1 d3 15.Kc1 Bf3 16.Kd2 Bd5 17.Bc3 Bc6 18.Bf6 Be4 19.Ba1 Bd5 20.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 24/43 00:00:16 140mN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Bd6 d3 9.Kc1 Kb3 10.Be5 a3 11.Bd4 a2 12.Kd2 Kb4 13.Bc3+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd5 15.Bc3 Bc6 16.Bf6 Bf3 17.Ba1 Bd5 18.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 25/50 00:00:39 337mN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Bd6 d3 9.Kc1 Kb3 10.Be5 a3 11.Bd4 a2 12.Kd2 Kb4 13.Bc3+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd5 15.Bc3 Bf3 16.Ba1 Be4 17.Kd1 Kb3 18.Kd2 Kc4 19.Kd1
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 26/50 00:00:48 415mN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Bd6 d3 9.Kc1 Kb3 10.Be5 a3 11.Bd4 a2 12.Kd2 Kb4 13.Bc3+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd5 15.Bc3 Bf3 16.Ba1 Be4 17.Bh8 Bg2 18.Ba1 Bd5 19.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 27/50 00:01:10 605mN
1...Be4 2.g3 f5 3.Kf2 Kd6 4.Bb4+ Kc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ba3 Kc4 7.Kd2 d4 8.Bd6 d3 9.Kc1 Kb3 10.Be5 a3 11.Bd4 a2 12.Kd2 Kb4 13.Bc3+ Kc4 14.Ba1 Bd5 15.Bc3 Bf3 16.Ba1 Be4 17.Kd1 Bd5 18.Kd2 Bf3 19.Bc3 Bh5 20.Ba1 Bg4 21.Bc3 Be2 22.Ba1 Kb3 23.Bc3
-/+ (-1.39) Depth: 28/50 00:01:48 943mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.h5 gxh5 6.Be7 Kd3 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Be7 Kc3 9.Ke2 Kc2 10.Bc5 d3+ 11.Ke3 d2
-+ (-1.47 !) Depth: 28/58 00:03:26 1825mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.h5 gxh5 6.Be7 Kd3 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Be7 Kc3 9.Ke2 Kc2 10.Bc5 d3+ 11.Ke3 d2
-+ (-1.62 !) Depth: 28/58 00:03:49 2039mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.h5 gxh5 6.Be7 Kd3 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Be7 Kc3 9.Ke2 Kc2 10.Bc5 d3+ 11.Ke3 d2
-+ (-1.95 !) Depth: 28/62 00:04:40 2504mN
1...Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bxf6 d4 5.h5 gxh5 6.Be7 Kd3 7.Bc5 Kc4 8.Be7 Kc3 9.Ke2 Kc2 10.Bc5 d3+ 11.Ke3 d2
-+ (-2.84 !) Depth: 28/72 00:06:59 3831mN
1...Bh3 2.Kh2 Bg4 3.Kg3 Kf5 4.Bb4 d4 5.Kf2 Ke4 6.Ba3 Kd3 7.Bb2 f5 8.g3 Bh5 9.Ke1 Be2 10.Kf2 Bg4 11.Ke1 Kc2 12.Bxd4 a3 13.Bc5 a2 14.Bd4 Kb1 15.Kd2 a1Q 16.Bxa1 Kxa1 17.Kc2 Ka2 18.Kc3 Kb1 19.Kb3 Bf3 20.Kc3 Bg4 21.Kb3
-+ (-2.84) Depth: 28/72 00:12:47 7351mN
1...Bh3 2.Kh2 Bg4 3.Kg3 Kf5 4.Bb4 d4 5.Kf2 Ke4 6.Ba3 Kd3 7.Bb2 f5 8.g3 Bh5 9.Ke1 Kc2 10.Bxd4 a3 11.Ba1 a2 12.Bg7 Kb1 13.Kd2 a1Q 14.Bxa1 Kxa1 15.Kc1 Bf3 16.Kc2 Ka2 17.Kd3 Kb2 18.Kd2 Bg4 19.Ke3 Kb1 20.Kf4 Bh5 21.Kg5 Kb2 22.Kf4 Ka1 23.Ke5 Kb1 24.Kf4 Kb2 25.Ke5 Kc3 26.Kd6 Kd3 27.Kc7 Kd4 28.Kb8
-+ (-2.98 !) Depth: 29/72 00:13:17 7647mN
1...Bh3 2.Kh2 Bg4 3.Kg3 Kf5 4.Bb4 d4 5.Kf2 Ke4 6.Ba3 Kd3 7.Bb2 f5 8.g3 Bh5 9.Ke1 Kc2 10.Bxd4 a3 11.Ba1 a2 12.Bg7 Kb1 13.Kd2 a1Q 14.Bxa1 Kxa1 15.Kc1 Bf3 16.Kc2 Ka2 17.Kd3 Kb3 18.Ke3 Bg4 19.Kf2 Kc2 20.Ke1 Kd3
-+ (-3.25 !) Depth: 29/72 00:13:44 7914mN
1...Bh3 2.Kh2 Bg4 3.Kg3 Kf5 4.Bb4 d4 5.Kf2 Ke4 6.Ba3 Kd3 7.Bb2 f5 8.g3 Bh5 9.Ke1 Kc2 10.Bxd4 a3 11.Ba1 a2 12.Bg7 Kc1 13.Bd4 Kb1 14.Kd2 a1Q 15.Bxa1 Kxa1 16.Kc1 Bf3 17.Kc2 Ka2 18.Kd3 Kb2 19.Kd2 Bg4 20.Ke3 Bh5 21.Kd3 Bf3 22.Kd2
-+ (-3.92 !) Depth: 29/72 00:16:08 9318mN

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ernest
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by ernest »

OliverUwira wrote:Reminds me of that one:

Kotov - Botvinnik, Moscow 1955
[d]8/8/4b1p1/2Bp3p/5P1P/1pK1Pk2/8/8 b - - 3 59
Indeed a hard one, but 2 solutions:
1...g5! (Critter)
1...d4+! (Rybka)
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Re: Topalov - Shirov - Critter

Post by zullil »

ernest wrote:
OliverUwira wrote:Reminds me of that one:

Kotov - Botvinnik, Moscow 1955
[d]8/8/4b1p1/2Bp3p/5P1P/1pK1Pk2/8/8 b - - 3 59
Indeed a hard one, but 2 solutions:
1...g5! (Critter)
1...d4+! (Rybka)
Stockfish-1.9.1 (8 threads) finds this one easy:

Code: Select all

Searching: 8/8/4b1p1/2Bp3p/5P1P/1pK1Pk2/8/8 b - -
infinite: 1 ponder: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0
 2     +0.69   00:00      126 Kg4 Bd4 Kxh4 Kxb3 
 3     +0.69   00:00      255 Kg4 Bd4 Kxh4 Kxb3 
 4     +0.69   00:00      634 Kg4 Bd4 Kxh4 Kxb3 
 5     +0.81   00:00     1167 Kg4 Bd4 Kxh4 Kxb3 g5 
 6     +0.77   00:00     1781 Kg4 Bd4 Kxh4 Kxb3 g5 Kc3 
 7     +0.81   00:00     3723 Kg4 Kxb3 d4+ Kb4 dxe3 Bxe3 Kxh4 
 8     +0.81   00:00     5206 Kg4 Kxb3 d4+ Kb4 dxe3 Bxe3 Kxh4 Bd4 
 9     +0.81   00:00     8948 Kg4 Kxb3 d4+ Kc2 dxe3 Kd3 Kxh4 Kxe3 Kg4 
10     +0.81   00:00    13261 Kg4 Kxb3 d4+ Kc2 dxe3 Kd3 Kxh4 Kxe3 Kg4 Ke4 Bf5+ 
                              Ke5 
11     +0.85   00:00    32572 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bc5 Ke4 Bb4 g5 hxg5 h4 g6 
                              h3 
12     +0.81   00:00    71637 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 b2 
                              Kxb2 Kxd4 Bf6+ Kd3 Be5 Ke4 
13     +0.81   00:00    80859 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 b2 
                              Kxb2 Kxd4 Bf6+ Kd3 Be5 Ke4 
14     +0.81   00:00   117761 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Kf3 
                              Kb2 Ke3 Kc3 Ke4 Bc5 Bg8 Bd6 
15  >  +0.89   00:00   168725 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bc5 Bf7 Be7 Bc4 
15     +0.85   00:00   184845 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bc5 Be6 Kb2 Kd3 Bb6 Bd5 Bc5 Ke4 Kc3 Bc4 Kb2 Kd3 
16     +0.81   00:00   240325 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bc5 Be6 Be7 Bd5 Bg5 Bf7 Be7 Bd5 
17     +0.85   00:00   285109 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bd6 Be6 Be5 Bd5 Kb2 Kd3 
18  <  +0.77   00&#58;00   384424 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bd6 Be6 Be7 Bc4 
18     +0.77   00&#58;00   500944 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Kf3 Be7 Kg4 Bg5 Be6 Bf6 Kf5 Bg5 Kg4 
19     +0.77   00&#58;00   646994 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bf6 Bg8 Bg5 Bf7 
20     +0.81   00&#58;00   743750 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Ke4 
21     +0.81   00&#58;00   909749 Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Be7 Kg4 Bd8 Kg3 Be7 Kf3 
                              Bg5 Ke4 
22     +0.81   00&#58;00    1105K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Ke4 Kc3 Bf7 
23     +0.81   00&#58;00    1338K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bd5 Kc3 Kg4 Kb2 Kf5 
24     +0.81   00&#58;00    1576K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bd5 Kc3 Kg4 Kb2 Kg3 
                              Kc3 Kf3 Kb2 Ke4 Kc3 Kf5 Kb2 Ke4 
25     +0.81   00&#58;00    1981K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bg8 Be7 Ke4 Kc3 Bd5 
                              Bg5 Bf7 
26     +0.81   00&#58;00    2451K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bg8 Be7 Ke4 Kc3 Bd5 
                              Bg5 Bf7 
27     +0.81   00&#58;01    3146K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bg8 Be7 Ke4 Kc3 Bd5 
                              Bf6 Bf7 Bd8 
28     +0.81   00&#58;01    3719K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bg8 Be7 Ke4 Kc3 Bd5 
                              Bg5 Kf5 Be7 Ke4 
29     +0.77   00&#58;01    6975K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Be7 Bc4 Bg5 Ke4 Bf6 Kf3 Bd8 Bd5 
                              Be7 Be6 Bd8 Bf7 Be7 Be6 
30     +0.77   00&#58;02   11133K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bf7 Bd8 Kf5 Kb2 Kg4 Be7 Bd5 Bg5 Kg3 Be7 Kf4 
                              Kc3 Kf3 Bg5 Be6 Kb2 Bg8 Kc3 Bd5 Be7 Be6 Kb2 Ke4 
                              Kc3 Kf5 Kb2 Bd5 Bg5 Bc4 Kc3 Bg8 Kb2 Bd5 Be7 Kf4 
31     +0.77   00&#58;03   29536K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Kf3 Bf6 Kg3 Bg5 Kf3 
32     +0.77   00&#58;04   36793K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bg8 Bd8 Ke3 Bf6 Bd5 Bg5+ Kf3 Be7 Ke4 Bf6 Ke3 
33     +0.77   00&#58;04   38850K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bg8 Bd8 Ke3 Bf6 Bd5 Bg5+ Kf3 Kb2 Ke2 Kc3 Kf2 
                              Bf4 Ke2 Bg5 
34     +0.77   00&#58;05   47111K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bg8 Bd8 Ke3 Bf6 Bd5 Bg5+ Kf3 Kb2 Ke2 Kc3 Kf2 
                              Bf4 Kf3 Bg5 Kf2 
35     +0.77   00&#58;06   49569K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bg8 Bd8 Ke3 Bf6 Bd5 Bg5+ Kf3 Kb2 Ke2 Kc3 Kf2 
                              Bf4 Kf3 Bg5 Ke2 Bf4 Kf3 
36     +0.77   00&#58;06   56700K Kg4 Be7 d4+ exd4 Kxf4 Bg5+ Ke4 Bf6 Bd5 Be7 Bc4 
                              Bg5 Bg8 Bd8 Ke3 Bf6 Bd5 Bg5+ Kf3 Kb2 Ke2 Kc3 Kf2 
                              Bf4 Kf3 Bg5 Ke2 Bf4 Kf3 
36  >  +0.85   00&#58;17  169140K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Kb2 h4 g7 
                              h3 Bd6+ Kg2 d5 Bxd5 
36  >  +0.93   00&#58;24  240014K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Kb2 h4 g7 
                              h3 Bd6+ Kg2 d5 Bxd5 
36  >  +1.09   00&#58;30  305478K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Kb2 h4 g7 
                              h3 Bd6+ Kg2 d5 Bxd5 
36  >  +1.41   00&#58;38  388871K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Kb2 h4 g7 
                              h3 Bd6+ Kg2 d5 Bxd5 Kc3 Bg8 Kb2 h2 Bxh2 Kxh2 Kc3 
                              Kg2 
36  >  +2.06   00&#58;53  558797K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Kb2 h4 Bd6+ 
                              Kf3 Bh2 h3 Kc1 Kg2 d5 Bxd5 
36  >  +3.35   01&#58;08  720188K d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 g6+ Kg3 Bd6+ Kg4 
                              Be7 h4 Kd3 h3 Bd6 Kf3 Bc7 Kg2 d5 Bxd5 g7 h2 Bxh2 
                              Kxh2 
36  >  +5.94   01&#58;48    1155M d4+ exd4 g5 fxg5 Kg3 Be7 Kxh4 Kb2 Kg4 Kc3 Kf5 Bf8 
                              h4 d5 Bxd5 Bh6 h3 
36     +8.44   05&#58;52    3968M d4+ Bxd4 g5 Bf6 gxh4 Bxh4 Kg4 Bf6 h4 f5 Bf7 e4 h3 
                              Be5 Kf3 Kd3 Bc4+ Kxc4 h2 Bxh2 b2 Bd6 b1=Q e5 Qxf5 
                              Kb4 Qe4+ Kc3 Kg4 Kd2 Qd4+ Kc2 Qe3 Kb2 Kf5 Kc2 Qd4 
                              Kb3 
36  > +11.11   06&#58;40    4484M g5 fxg5 d4+ exd4 Kg3 Ba3 Kxh4 d5 Bxd5 Kd4 Bg8 Ke3 
                              Kxg5 Kf2 h4 Kg1 Kf5 Kf2 Be6 Ke3 Bd5 Kf2 Bg8 Kg1 
                              Be6 Kh1 Kf4 Kg1 Ke4 Bb2 Kd3 Bf6 Kc2 Bxh4 b2 Bf6 
                              b1=Q+ Kh2 Kd3 
37  > +16.12   17&#58;52   12472M d4+ Bxd4 g5 Bf6 gxh4 Bxh4 Kg4 Bf6 h4 f5 Bf7 e4 h3 
                              Be5 Kf3 
37  > +23.80   33&#58;59   23738M d4+ Bxd4 g5 Bf6 gxh4 Kb4 h3 Kc5 h2 Kb4 h1=Q f5 
                              Bxf5 e4 Bxe4 Bd4 Qe1+ Kxb3 

Nodes&#58; 25185633030
Nodes/second&#58; 11689102
Best move&#58; d4+
Ponder move&#58; Bxd4