How strong are here the new Engines? (Middlegame)

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How strong are here the new Engines? (Middlegame)

Post by Edward German »

Rybka 2.3.2a, Fritz 11, Shredder 11, Hiarcs 11.2, Naum 3, Toga 1.4.1SE (or latest Toga Beta, or other new engines)

The following game is 7 years old. It is possible that older Engines found the winning move here faster (like Chess Tiger 14.0), but how strong are the new engines here?

PGN:

[Event "RWE Gas Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg5 13. Re1 Bxf4 14.
Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 h6 19. R1e3 Bd7 20. h3
Qd6 21. Qa5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Be2 Be6 24. f4 g6 25. Bd3 Bc8 26. Re7 Kg7 27.
Bb5 Kf6 28. Rc7 Rd6 29. Rec3 Rdd8 30. Re3 Rd6 31. a4 Rdd8 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. g4
Rdd8 34. Kg3 g5 35. f5 h5 36. Ree7 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke3 Kg7
40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Kc3 Kg7 42. Kb4 Kf6 43. Ka3 Kg7 44. b4 Kf6 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5
Kg7 47. Kb4 Kf6 48. Kc5 Kg7 49. Be2 Rde8 50. Rxe8 Rxe8 51. Bf3 1-0

Kramnik vs. Leko, 2001:

[d]2br1r2/1pR1Rp2/1p3k2/1B1p1Pp1/PP1P2P1/K7/8/8 w - - 0 45

45. a5! and soon 1-0
mercury

Re: ZAPPA Too of course (n/t)

Post by mercury »

I consider the position as an endgame. That depends of what we call endgame or middlegame.