Does any engine find Ng3?

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Uri
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Does any engine find Ng3?

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Does any engine find Ng3 in this position?

[d]1r3r1k/b1p3p1/3p4/Pp1Pppqn/1P5p/1B2N2P/5PPQ/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 33
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George Tsavdaris
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Re: Does any engine find Ng3?

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Uri wrote:Does any engine find Ng3 in this position?

[d]1r3r1k/b1p3p1/3p4/Pp1Pppqn/1P5p/1B2N2P/5PPQ/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 33
Yes, for example Bright 0.3a in 16 plies (less than a minute on my PC).
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Re: Does any engine find Ng3?

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George Tsavdaris wrote:Yes, for example Bright 0.3a in 16 plies (less than a minute on my PC).
Shredder 10 doesn't find it. What hardware are you using?
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Re: Does any engine find Ng3?

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[d] 1r3r1k/b1p3p1/3p4/Pp1Pppqn/1P5p/1B2N2P/5PPQ/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1

Deep Hiarcs Paderborn 2007:

1...Ng3
-+ (-2.56) Depth: 16/41 00:00:27 37712kN
1...Ng3
-+ (-2.66) Depth: 16/41 00:00:30 41226kN
1...Ng3 2.Rxc7 Bxe3 3.Rxe3 Rfc8 4.Rc6 Qf4 5.Ba2 Ne2+ 6.Kh1 Qxf2 7.Rxe2 Qxe2
-+ (-4.01) Depth: 16/42 00:00:50 69686kN
1...Ng3
-+ (-3.76) Depth: 17/42 00:00:54 75647kN
1...Ng3 2.Rxc7 Bxe3 3.Rxe3 Rfc8 4.Rc6 Qf4 5.Re1 Ne2+ 6.Kh1 Qxf2 7.Rxe2 Qxe2 8.Qg1 Qd2 9.Qd1 Qxb4 10.Bc2 Rxc6 11.dxc6 g6
-+ (-3.76) Depth: 17/42 00:01:00 84366kN
1...Ng3
-+ (-4.01) Depth: 18/45 00:01:17 109mN