This position is an easy win for White - as my new engine , named McCain, a close McBrain relative, dedicated to the late Senator John S McCain, a true American hero and former POW held for 5 -1/2 years by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam war after he was shot down on a bombing mission, finds it in 49 seconds on a Mac Pro.Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:42 pmWhich position should I consider first, this one, or the one with Louis and Smyslov?George Tsavdaris wrote:Well giving you 4 months for finding a move is not too short isn't it?Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote: I did it exhaustively for the way Milos asked, you should read the thread also psychologically, and not only with a physical eye.
I think I am doing more here in answering you, George, but as you asked with 4 months apart...
So do you have a specific move that wins for white in this position?
[d]1r3rk1/5p2/2b1pPpR/q2pP1N1/p1pP4/npP5/1P2BB1P/3R3K w - - 2 27
I really hoped this position to be a good testposition(white to win) but i'm afraid it is just a draw, but perhaps you know better, that's why i'm asking.
As you rightly say, there are innumerable lines.
Obvious first moves for white you might want to consider are Rg1 (which I think is no good), Rh3, and Be1 (which I preferred initially).
Besides, it is possible that lfirst moves like Rh7 and Bh5 are also in store for some surprise.
As soon as I have a breath of fresh air, and in case you do not find the solution, I will tell you what to play.
In the meantime, why do not you be so kind to do a fair share of the work and refute all of the above suggested moves?
Easy task, is not it?
Eagerly waiting for your analysis, once you refute all of them, I will tell you the answer.
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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 41	+14.92 	13.6G	8:23.57	Bg1 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Bd3 b1=R Bxb1 Rxb1 Rd2 Nc2 Rxc2 a3 Rf2 Rfb8 Rh7 R8b7 Rg7+ Kf8 Ra2 R1b3 Nh7+ Ke8 Rg8+ Kd7 Rf8 Kc7 Rxf7+ Kb8 Rxb7+ Rxb7 Ng5 Be8 Rxa3 Rb6 Ra2 Rc6 Rf2 Ka8 Rf4 Rc8 f7 Bxf7 Rxf7 Re8 Rf6 Re7 Nxe6 Kb7 Rxg6 Re8 Rf6 Rg8  
 41	+14.61!	12.4G	7:42.74	Bg1! 
 41	+14.34!	11.9G	7:26.49	Bg1! 
 41	+14.13!	11.6G	7:15.31	Bg1! 
 41	+13.99!	11.4G	7:07.33	Bg1! 
 41	+13.89!	11.3G	7:03.98	Bg1! 
 40	+13.80 	10.9G	6:49.53	Bg1 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Bd3 b1=R Bxb1 Rxb1 Rd2 Nc2 Rxc2 a3 Rf2 Rfb8 Rh7 R8b7 Rg7+ Kf8 Ra2 R1b3 Nh7+ Ke8 Rg8+ Kd7 Rf8 Kc7 Rxf7+ Kb8 Rxb7+ Rxb7 Ng5 Be8 Rxa3 Rb6 Ra2 Rc6 Rf2 Rc8 f7 Bxf7 Rxf7 Re8 Rf6 Kc8 Nxe6 g5 Rg6 g4 Nf4 Kd8 Nxd5 Kc8 Rx 
 40	+13.64!	10.1G	6:20.89	Bg1! 
 40	+13.27!	9.42G	5:56.90	Bg1! 
 40	+12.99!	8.93G	5:38.85	Bg1! 
 40	+12.79!	8.55G	5:25.15	Bg1! 
 40	+12.64!	8.36G	5:18.18	Bg1! 
 40	+12.55!	8.23G	5:13.11	Bg1! 
 39	+12.45 	7.81G	4:57.77	Bg1 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Bd3 b1=R Bxb1 Rxb1 Rd2 Nc2 Rxc2 a3 Rf2 Rfb8 Rh7 R8b7 Rg7+ Kf8 Ra2 R1b3 Nh7+ Ke8 Rg8+ Kd7 Rf8 Kc7 Rxf7+ Kb8 Rxb7+ Rxb7 Ng5 Be8 Rxa3 Rb6 Ra2 Rc6 Rb2+ Kc7 Rf2 Kc8 Rf4 Kd7 Rh4 Rc8 Rh7+ Kc6 Re7 Kb6 f7 Bxf7 Rxf7 Kb5  
 39	+12.13!	7.45G	4:45.17	Bg1! 
 39	+11.85!	6.95G	4:27.38	Bg1! 
 39	+11.65!	6.61G	4:15.27	Bg1! 
 39	+11.51!	6.45G	4:09.62	Bg1! 
 39	+11.41!	6.09G	3:56.46	Bg1! 
 38	+11.31 	5.87G	3:48.21	Bg1 Nb5 Rf1 Nxd4 Bxd4 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Kg2 b1=Q Rxb1 Rxb1 Rh7 Rbb8 Rg7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7 a3 Ra7 Ra8 f7 Kg7 Bc5 Rf8 Bxf8+ Kxf8 Kg3 a2 Rxa2 Kxf7 Kg4 Ke8 Kg5 d4 cxd4 Kd7 Rc2 Bh1 Rxc4 Bd5 Rc3 Ke7 Bc4 Bh1 Rc2 Be4 Ra2 Kd7 Kf6 
 37	+11.26 	5.56G	3:37.06	Bg1 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Bd3 b1=B Bxb1 Rxb1 Rd2 Nc2 Rxc2 a3 Rf2 Rfb8 Rh7 R8b7 Rg7+ Kf8 Ra2 R1b3 Nh7+ Ke8 Rg8+ Kd7 Rf8 Kc7 Rxf7+ Kb8 Rxb7+ Rxb7 Ng5 Be8 Rxa3 Rb6 Ra2 Rc6 Rb2+ Kc8 Rf2 Rb6 Rf4 Kd8 Rh4 Ra6 Rh8 Kd7 Rh7+ Kd8 Rb7 Rc6 Ra7 Rb6 R 
 37	+11.20!	5.32G	3:28.15	Bg1! 
 37	+10.92!	4.63G	3:03.08	Bg1! 
 37	+10.72!	4.24G	2:48.54	Bg1! 
 37	+10.57!	4.05G	2:41.66	Bg1! 
 37	+10.48!	3.97G	2:38.62	Bg1! 
 36	+10.38 	3.83G	2:33.29	Bg1 Nb5 Rf1 Nxd4 Bxd4 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rh7 b1=R Rxb1 Rxb1+ Kg2 Rbb8 Rg7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7 a3 Ra7 Ra8 f7 Kg7 Bc5 Rf8 Bxf8+ Kxf8 Kg3 a2 Rxa2 Kxf7 Kg4 Ke7 Kg5 Kd7 Kf6 d4 cxd4 Kc7 Kxe6 c3 Kf6 g5 e6 g4 d5 Bxd5 Ra7+ Kc8 e7 Bc6 Ra6 Kb7 
 36	+10.13!	3.47G	2:20.03	Bg1! 
 36	+9.85!	3.29G	2:13.40	Bg1! 
 36	+9.65!	3.27G	2:12.49	Bg1! 
 36	+9.51?	3.25G	2:11.70	Bg1 Qxc3? 
 36	+9.70!	3.11G	2:06.33	Bg1! 
 35	+9.60 	2.89G	1:57.98	Bg1 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Bd3 b1=R Bxb1 Rxb1 Rd2 Nb5 Rh7 a3 Rf2 a2 Rxa2 Nxc3 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg2 Ne4 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7 g5 Rc7 Ra1 Rb2 Ra8 Rxc6 Kh7 Rxe6 Kg6 Re7 c3 Rg2 Rf8 Be3 Rf7 Bxg5 Nxg5 Rxf7 Kxf7 Rxg5 Ke6 Rg1 Kf7 Rg7+ Kf8 
 35	+9.27!	2.54G	1:44.93	Bg1! 
 35	+8.99!	2.49G	1:42.93	Bg1! 
 35	+8.79!	2.47G	1:42.31	Bg1! 
 35	+8.64!	2.42G	1:40.25	Bg1! 
 35	+8.55!	2.39G	1:39.10	Bg1! 
 34	+8.45 	2.28G	1:34.59	Bg1 Nb5 Rf1 Nxd4 Bxd4 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Kg2 b1=Q Rxb1 Rxb1 Rh7 Rb7 Bc5 d4+ Kf2 Rfb8 Rg7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7 dxc3 Rc7 Bb5 Bd1 Be8 Ke3 Kg8 Bc2 Ra8 Rg7+ Kh8 Re7 Kg8 Be4 c2 Rg7+ Kh8 Ba3 Rd8 Bxc2 c3 Be4 Rc8 f7 Bxf7 Rxf7 Rb8 Bxg6 Rb3 Bd6  
 34	+7.23!	1.82G	1:16.11	Bg1! 
 34	+5.53!	1.64G	1:08.51	Bg1! 
 34	+4.19!	1.51G	1:03.10	Bg1! 
 34	+3.13!	1.44G	1:00.28	Bg1! 
 34	+2.31!	1.36G	0:57.02	Bg1! 
 34	+1.67!	1.31G	0:54.87	Bg1! 
 34	+1.18!	1.27G	0:53.15	Bg1! 
 34	+0.81!	1.23G	0:51.57	Bg1! 
 34	+0.53!	1.21G	0:50.56	Bg1! 
 34	+0.33!	1.20G	0:50.26	Bg1! 
 34	+0.19!	1.18G	0:49.22	Bg1! 
 34	+0.09!	1.15G	0:48.09	Bg1! 
 33	  0.00 	738.0M	0:30.63	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 32	  0.00 	501.0M	0:20.93	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 31	  0.00 	450.1M	0:18.80	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 30	  0.00 	262.7M	0:11.15	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 29	  0.00 	209.5M	0:08.84	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 28	  0.00 	89.8M  	0:03.90	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 27	  0.00 	73.7M  	0:03.24	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 26	  0.00 	53.3M  	0:02.40	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 25	  0.00 	37.5M  	0:01.73	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg1 b1=Q Rh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ 
 24	  0.00 	13.3M  	0:00.62	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 23	  0.00 	7.93M  	0:00.37	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 22	  0.00 	6.42M  	0:00.30	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg1 b1=Q Rh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ 
 21	  0.00 	4.97M  	0:00.24	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 20	  0.00 	3.42M  	0:00.17	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg1 b1=Q Rh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ 
 19	  0.00 	2.81M  	0:00.14	Rh7 Qxc3 bxc3 b2 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 18	  0.00 	665113	0:00.03	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 17	  0.00 	174734	0:00.01	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 16	  0.00 	145656	0:00.01	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 15	  0.00 	119677	0:00.01	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 14	  0.00 	77587  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 13	  0.00 	50192  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 12	  0.00 	34990  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 11	  0.00 	26168  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
 10	  0.00 	19880  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  9	  0.00 	17720  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  8	  0.00 	16177  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  7	  0.00 	14760  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  6	  0.00 	12607  	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  5	  0.00 	7878    	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  4	  0.00 	6212    	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ 
  3	  0.00 	4731    	0:00.00	Rh7 Nb5 Rg7+ Kh8 
  2	 -4.79 	3127    	0:00.00	Rh7 Rb7 
  1	 -8.26 	1694    	0:00.00	Nxe6 fxe6 
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