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Very hard Test position

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[d]8/8/1RpB1pk1/2Pb2r1/p6p/P3r2P/1P1R2PK/8 b - - 0 35 bm Reg3!!

This move is from game Kasimdzhanov-Topalov, San-Luis 2005. It seems that black had to fight for a draw but the striking Reg3 turns the tables.

Which engine can find it?
take it easy :)
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Re: Very hard Test position

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From the Core2Duo Laptop

8/8/1RpB1pk1/2Pb2r1/p6p/P3r2P/1P1R2PK/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by 64-bit Deep Rybka 3:

1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kg5 5.Kg1 Kh5 6.Re2 Rg5
+/= (0.43) Depth: 6 00:00:00 3kN
+/= (0.42) Depth: 12 00:00:00 45kN

1...Rf5 2.Rb4 Be4 3.Rdd4 Bd5 4.Rxh4 Re2 5.Rhg4+ Rg5 6.Rxg5+ Kxg5 7.Rg4+ Kh5 8.Rg3 Bc4 9.Bc7 Rxb2 10.Bd8 Rf2
+/= (0.35) Depth: 12 00:00:01 106kN
+/= (0.56) Depth: 14 00:00:03 239kN

1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Bc7 Bb3 6.Re2 Rd5 7.Rf2 Kg6 8.Bb8 Rd3
+/= (0.39) Depth: 14 00:00:04 316kN
+/= (0.33) Depth: 18 00:00:23 1830kN

1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5 4.Kg1 Re5
= (0.13) Depth: 18 00:00:35 2778kN
=/+ (-0.35) Depth: 20 00:05:17 25259kN, tb=60
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Re: Very hard Test position

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Congrats to Rybka and Rajlich&Kauffman.
No other engine can find it, right?
It's very tough move... Engines didn't see it at all...
take it easy :)
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Re: Very hard Test position

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New game
8/8/1RpB1pk1/2Pb2r1/p6p/P3r2P/1P1R2PK/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Rybka 3 :

1...Re4 2.Ra6
² (0.40) Depth: 2 00:00:00
1...Re4 2.Ra6
² (0.40) Depth: 4 00:00:00
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Rf5
² (0.44) Depth: 6 00:00:00
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Rf5
² (0.44) Depth: 7 00:00:00 1kN
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Rf5
² (0.44) Depth: 7 00:00:00 1kN
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Bc4 4.Rc2 Bb3
² (0.44) Depth: 8 00:00:00 3kN
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Bc4 4.Rc2 Bb3
² (0.44) Depth: 9 00:00:00 3kN
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Bc4 4.Rc2 Bb3 5.Re2
² (0.44) Depth: 10 00:00:00 15kN
1...Re4 2.Rb4 Rxb4 3.axb4 Bc4 4.Rf2 Rf5 5.Rc2 Bd3
² (0.44) Depth: 11 00:00:00 22kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Kg1 Rg5 6.Re2
² (0.42) Depth: 12 00:00:00 43kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Kg1 Ke6 6.Re2+ Kf7 7.Bc7
² (0.39) Depth: 13 00:00:00 83kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Bc7 Ke6 6.Re2+ Kf7 7.Kg1 Rg5 8.Bf4
² (0.35) Depth: 14 00:00:01 180kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Bc7 Ke6 6.Re2+ Kf7 7.Kg1 Rg5 8.Bf4 Rg8
² (0.39) Depth: 15 00:00:02 416kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Bc7 Ba2 6.Bb8 Rd5 7.Rf2 Ke6 8.Re2+ Kf7 9.Bf4
² (0.36) Depth: 16 00:00:02 584kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Kf7 5.Rc2 Bb3 6.Re2
² (0.35) Depth: 17 00:00:03 873kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Be6 5.Re2 Bc4 6.Re4 Bd5 7.Rd4 Rg5 8.g3 hxg3+
² (0.35) Depth: 18 00:00:04 1340kN
1...Re4 2.Rb7 Rf5 3.Rb4 Rxb4 4.axb4 Be6 5.Re2 Bc4 6.Re4 Bd5 7.Rd4 Rg5 8.g3 hxg3+
² (0.35) Depth: 19 00:00:10 2795kN
1...Reg3
= (0.15) Depth: 19 00:00:14 4049kN
1...Reg3
= (-0.05) Depth: 19 00:00:18 5281kN
1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+
= (-0.15) Depth: 19 00:00:47 13181kN, tb=16
1...Reg3
³ (-0.35) Depth: 20 00:01:31 25500kN, tb=19
1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5 4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxg2 7.Rg8+ Kf7
³ (-0.49) Depth: 20 00:03:05 53618kN, tb=26
1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5 4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxg2 7.Rg8+ Kf7 8.Rxd5 Rh2+ 9.Kg1 cxd5 10.Rxg3 Rxb2 11.Rf3 Ke6 12.Rf4 Rb3 13.Rxa4 Rxh3 14.Ra8 d4 15.c6 Rc3 16.Rd8 Ke5
³ (-0.49) Depth: 21 00:03:15 56553kN, tb=26
1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5 4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxg2 7.Rg8+ Kf7 8.Rxd5 Rh2+ 9.Kg1 cxd5 10.Rxg3 Rxb2 11.Rf3 Ke6 12.Rf4 Rb3 13.Rxa4 Rxh3 14.Ra8 d4 15.c6 Rc3 16.Rd8 Ke5
³ (-0.49) Depth: 22 00:03:35 62879kN, tb=26

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Re: Very hard Test position

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GenoM wrote:Congrats to Rybka and Rajlich&Kauffman.
No other engine can find it, right?
It's very tough move... Engines didn't see it at all...
Hola, congratulations to Rajlich and Kaufman, but just because Rybka finds a move from Topalov, it doesn't necessarily follow that no other engines can find it also :) Nor does it mean that Cheparinov used Rybka 3 to prepare this for Topalov's repertoire already in 2005 and is now working with Rybka 6 :)

18 ply for Ancalagon in five best mode, with 4 ply deep checks in QSearch:

8/8/1RpB1pk1/2Pb2r1/p6p/P3r2P/1P1R2PK/8 b - -

Engine: Ancalagon 1.08 Testversion 002 (Athlon 2009 MHz, 256 MB)
by Tord Romstad

18 8:38 -0.90 1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5
4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxb2 7.Rd6+ Kf7
8.h4 Bxg2+ 9.Kg1 Be4 10.R6d2 Rxd2
11.Rxd2 Kg6 12.Rd8 Kh5 13.Rh8+ Kg6 (241.285.482) 464


18 8:38 -1.01 1...Re1 2.Bf4 Rf5 3.Rb4 Re4 4.Bd6 Rxb4
5.axb4 Bc4 6.Rd4 Bb5 7.Bf4 Kf7 8.Kg1 Ke6
9.Kf2 Rd5 10.Re4+ Kf5 11.Kf3 Rd3+
12.Be3 (241.285.482) 464

18 8:38 -1.25 1...Re4 2.Rb4 Kf5 3.g4+ hxg3+ 4.Bxg3 Rg7
5.h4 Rxb4 6.axb4 Rb7 7.Rd4 Bf7 8.Kh3 Bg6
9.Kg2 Bh5 10.Bd6 Ke6 11.Re4+ Kf5
12.Rf4+ Ke6 (241.285.482) 464

18 8:38 -1.66 1...Rf5 2.Rb4 Be4 3.Rdd4 Bd5 4.Rxa4 Re2
5.Rg4+ Rg5 6.Rxg5+ fxg5 7.Rg4 Rxb2
8.Bf4 Bb3 9.Rxg5+ Kf7 10.Rg4 Ra2
11.Rxh4 Rxa3 (241.285.482) 464

18 8:38 -1.88 1...Rh5 2.Rb4 Bb3 3.Rg4+ Kf7 4.Rf4 Re1
5.Rdf2 f5 6.Rb4 Rd1 7.Rb6 Bd5 8.Ra6 Kg6
9.Rxa4 Be4 10.Bf4 Rh7 (241.285.482) 464

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19 19:31 -0.74 1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5
4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxb2 7.Rd6+ Kf7
8.Rg1 Rc2 9.Rd7+ Ke6 10.Ra7 f4
11.Rxa4 f3 12.Re1+ Re2 (532.566.219) 454


19 19:31 -1.01 1...Re1 2.Bf4 Rf5 3.Rb4 Re4 4.Bd6 Rxb4
5.axb4 Bc4 6.Rd4 Bb5 7.Bf4 Kf7 8.Kg1 Ke6
9.Kf2 Rd5 10.Re4+ Kf5 11.Kf3 Rd3+
12.Be3 (532.566.219) 454

19 19:31 -1.05 1...Re4 2.Rb4 Kf5 3.g4+ hxg3+ 4.Bxg3 Ke6
5.h4 Rgg4 6.Rxe4+ Bxe4 7.Kh3 f5 8.h5 Rg5
9.Rd6+ Kf7 10.h6 Rh5+ 11.Bh4 Kg8
12.Rd4 Rxh6 13.Rxa4 Kf7 14.Rd4 Rh8 (532.566.219) 454

19 19:31 -1.43 1...Rf5 2.Rb4 Be4 3.Rdd4 Bd5 4.Rxa4 Re2
5.Rg4+ Rg5 6.Rxg5+ fxg5 7.Rg4 Bf3
8.b4 Bxg4 9.hxg4 Rb2 10.Be5 Rb3
11.a4 Rxb4 12.a5 Rxg4 (532.566.219) 454

19 19:31 -2.19 1...Rh5 2.Rb4 Bb3 3.Rg4+ Kf7 4.Rf4 Re1
5.Rdf2 f5 6.Rb4 Rd1 7.Rb6 Bd5 8.Ra6 Kf6
9.Rxa4 Kg6 10.Ra7 Rg5 11.a4 (532.566.219) 454

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20 53:03 -0.33 1...Reg3 2.Bxg3 hxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rf5
4.Rd1 Rf2 5.Rb8 f5 6.Rd8 Rxb2 7.Rd6+ Kf7
8.h4 Bxg2+ 9.Kg1 Be4 10.R6d2 Rb3
11.Ra1 Kg6 12.Rd8 f4 13.Rh8 f3
14.Rg8+ Kh5 (1.418.227.302) 445


20 53:03 -0.96 1...Re1 2.Bf4 Rf5 3.Rb4 Re4 4.Rxe4 Bxe4
5.Bd6 Rf1 6.Rd4 f5 7.Rd2 Kf6 8.Bc7 Rc1
9.Bd8+ Ke5 10.Be7 f4 11.Bd6+ Kf5
12.Rd4 Rb1 (1.418.227.302) 445

20 53:03 -1.11 1...Re4 2.Rb4 Kf5 3.g4+ hxg3+ 4.Bxg3 Ke6
5.h4 Rgg4 6.Rxe4+ Bxe4 7.Rd4 Bf3
8.Rd6+ Kf7 9.h5 Be4 10.Rd7+ Kg8
11.Ra7 Bd5 12.Kh3 Re4 13.h6 Be6+
14.Kg2 Re2+ (1.418.227.302) 445

20 53:03 -1.76 1...Rf5 2.Rb4 Be4 3.Rdd4 Bd5 4.Rxa4 Re2
5.Rxd5 Rxd5 6.Rg4+ Rg5 7.b4 Rxg4
8.hxg4 Rb2 9.a4 Rxb4 10.a5 Ra4
11.Bc7 Kg5 12.g3 Kxg4 13.gxh4 Ra2+
14.Kg1 (1.418.227.302) 445

20 53:03 -1.94 1...Rh5 2.Rb4 Bb3 3.Rg4+ Kf7 4.Rf4 Re1
5.Rdf2 Rh6 6.Rb4 Rh5 7.Rb6 Bd5 8.Ra6 Rh7
9.Ra7+ Kg6 10.Rxh7 Kxh7 11.Rf4 Re2
12.Rxh4+ Kg6 13.Rg4+ Kf5 14.Rf4+ Ke6 (1.418.227.302) 445


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