Test....Rxe7+....Draw?

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rightrook
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Test....Rxe7+....Draw?

Post by rightrook »

[d]r1b1k2r/1p1pppb1/p5pp/3P4/q2p1B2/3P1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 0 1

..... Rxe7+ a winning move...?

my engines show it as a draw....at first
Marc MP

Re: Test....Rxe7+....Draw?

Post by Marc MP »

rightrook wrote:[d]r1b1k2r/1p1pppb1/p5pp/3P4/q2p1B2/3P1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 0 1

..... Rxe7+ a winning move...?

my engines show it as a draw....at first
Hi Robert,

This is a game of the Carlsen-Svidler Match 2006. The test position is in the current version of Jon Dart's Arasan.pd test suite.

I think the sacrifice is only good enough for a draw, but Magnus (playing black) went wrong and lost.

The game and pgn are here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1427754
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Re: Test....Rxe7+....Draw?

Post by rightrook »

Thanks Marc......I will take a look at the game...

:D
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Re: Test....Rxe7+....Draw?

Post by zullil »

rightrook wrote:[d]r1b1k2r/1p1pppb1/p5pp/3P4/q2p1B2/3P1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 0 1

..... Rxe7+ a winning move...?

my engines show it as a draw....at first
Through depth 30, Stockfish-1.6.3 (8 threads) says Draw:

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Searching: r1b1k2r/1p1pppb1/p5pp/3P4/q2p1B2/3P1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w k -
infinite: 1 ponder: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0
 2     -2.99   00:01      225 Qe4 O-O Qxe7 Qxc2 
 2     -2.67   00:01      352 Bd6 Bf6 
 3     -1.90   00:01      930 Bd6 O-O Bxe7 Qxc2 Bxf8 Bxf8 
 4     -1.70   00:01     1348 Bd6 O-O b3 Qa5 Rxe7 
 5     -1.70   00:01     2491 Bd6 O-O b3 Qa5 Rxe7 
 6  >  -1.49   00:01     3464 Bd6 O-O b3 Qa5 Bxe7 
 7     -2.26   00:01     4798 Bd6 O-O b3 Qa5 Bxe7 Re8 b4 
 8     -1.86   00:01    21722 Bd6 O-O Rxe7 Qb5 b4 Qb6 Bc5 Qf6 Qxf6 Bxf6 
 9     -1.62   00:01    79511 Bd6 O-O Rxe7 Qb5 b4 a5 Re2 axb4 Bxf8 Bxf8 Re8 Qc5 
                              Qe4 Qxc2 Qxd4 
10     -1.78   00:01   138005 Bd6 e6 Re2 h5 Rae1 Qxa2 b3 Rf8 dxe6 fxe6 
11     -1.45   00:01   488109 Bd6 e6 Re2 h5 Qf4 Bf8 Be5 Rh7 b3 Qa3 dxe6 fxe6 
                              Bxd4 
12     -1.70   00:01   940423 Bd6 e6 Re2 h5 Rae1 Qxa2 c4 dxc3 bxc3 Qa5 Bb4 Qc7 
                              dxe6 dxe6 d4 
13     -1.66   00:01    1207k Bd6 e6 Re2 h5 Rae1 Qxa2 c4 dxc3 bxc3 Qa5 d4 Qd8 
                              dxe6 dxe6 Qf4 Bf6 
14  <  -1.98   00:01    2198k Bd6 e6 b3 Qa5 dxe6 dxe6 b4 Qh5 
15     -1.90   00:02    8100k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 Qb6 Qg3 g5 b3 Bf6 Bc7 Qc5 
                              dxe6 fxe6 Bd6 Qf5 
16     -1.90   00:03   12601k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 Qb6 Qg3 g5 b3 Bf6 a4 Rg8 dxe6 
                              fxe6 Qf3 Qxd6 Qxf6 Rf8 
17     -2.22   00:04   20070k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 Qb6 Qg3 g5 a3 Bf8 Bc7 Qxb2 
                              dxe6 dxe6 c4 Qxa3 Qe5 Qc5 Qxh8 Qxc7 Qxd4 Qd6 
18     -2.30   00:06   40471k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 Qb6 Qg3 g5 h3 Kd8 h4 Bf8 Be5 
                              Rg8 Bf6+ Be7 Bxe7+ Kxe7 dxe6 dxe6 hxg5 hxg5 
19     -2.51   00:18  135236k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 Qb6 Qg3 Qxb2 c4 Qc3 Re4 Qd2 
                              a4 Bf6 h3 h5 dxe6 dxe6 R4e2 h4 Qf3 Qg5 
20     -2.75   00:47  362386k Bd6 e6 Re2 Qb5 Rae1 a5 c4 dxc3 bxc3 Qb6 Ba3 Bxc3 
                              Rc1 Bb4 Bb2 Rh7 Rec2 Qd8 dxe6 fxe6 Qe4 Rf7 Qxg6 
                              b5 Qxh6 
20  >  -2.02   00:50  389279k Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 f5 Qg3 g5 Rxg7+ 
                              Kxg7 Qe5+ Kg6 Qxh8 Qxa2 Qe8+ Kh7 Qf7+ Kh8 Be5# 
21     +0.00   00:53  419733k Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
22     +0.00   01:03  496872k Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
23     +0.00   01:35  771201k Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
24     +0.00   02:19    1140M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
25     +0.00   03:41    1826M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
26     +0.00   09:02    4496M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
27     +0.00   15:25    7719M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
28     +0.00   37:17   18725M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
29     +0.00 1:22:05   41164M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
30     +0.00 3:18:37  100036M Rxe7+ Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7 Rg8 Be5 
                              Qxc2 Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ 
                              Kh7 
Nodes: 152220616027
Nodes/second: 8378765
Best move: Rxe7+
Ponder move: Kxe7