test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

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test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by jdart »

[d] 1r3rk1/5p1p/p2pb1p1/3Np1P1/2pRPR2/qP2Q1N1/P1PK3P/8 w - - 0 26

White played Nf5, which I think is actually best, but it is a very complex position.

The whole game:

[Event "ICCF Olympiad 17 Final"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bubir, Sergei"]
[Black "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 Ne5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Rg1 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. Nde2 Rb8 16. Rg4 Qb7 17. Bd4 d6 18. Rh4 g6 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. b3 Qb4 21. Ng3
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Qa3+ 24. Kd2 e5 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxd5 27. Ne7+
Kg7 (27... Kh8 {is no better} 28. Rh4 Be6 29. Qg3 $1 f5 30. gxf6 $18) 28. Rh4
Be6 29. Qf2 Rg8 30. Rxh7+ Kf8 31. Rxc4 Qa5+ 32. Ke2 Qb5 33. Nd5 1-0
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by zullil »

jdart wrote:[d] 1r3rk1/5p1p/p2pb1p1/3Np1P1/2pRPR2/qP2Q1N1/P1PK3P/8 w - - 0 26

White played Nf5, which I think is actually best, but it is a very complex position.
Complex indeed! Critter-1.6 (8 threads, 4GB hash) took almost 1.5 hours just to complete depth 21:

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21/63  84:10   52777M  10450K  +1.46 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 Rxc4 Be6 Ra4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5 c4 Bxd5 exd5 f6 gxf6 Rxf6 Ra5 Rf2+ Ke3 Rb2 Rxa6 Kf7 Re4 Rxh2 Rxe5 h4 Kf3 Re8 Ra7+ Kf8 Rxe8+ Kxe8 Kg4 Kd8 a3
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by Houdini »

Yes, there are some very wild variations in this position.
Nf5!! indeed is best, it leads to a Rook ending that is probably won for White.

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1r3rk1/5p1p/p2pb1p1/3Np1P1/2pRPR2/qP2Q1N1/P1PK3P/8 w - -

Engine: Houdini DEV 3T (2048 MB)

18/50  0:09   +0.72    1.Rh4 Bxd5 2.Rxd5 Qxa2 3.bxc4 Qxc4 
                       4.Ne2 Rfc8 5.Qd3 Qc7 6.Rxd6 Rb1 
                       7.Rh6 Rf1 8.h4 Rf2 9.Rd5 Rh2 10.c4 Qb6 
                       11.Kc2 Rb8 12.Kd1 Rh1+ 13.Kd2 Qb2+ 
                       14.Qc2 (55.857.827) 5689 

19/52  0:28   +0.83    1.Rh4 Bxd5 2.Rxd5 Qxa2 3.bxc4 Rfc8 
                       4.Ne2 Qxc4 5.Qd3 Qc7 6.Rxd6 Rb1 
                       7.Rh6 Rf1 8.Rh3 Qe7 9.Rg3 Qc7 10.Nc3 Rf2+ 
                       11.Kc1 a5 12.h3 a4 13.Rd7 Qc5 
                       14.Rd8+ (168.319.665) 5861 

20/55  0:52   +0.79    1.Rh4 Bxd5 2.Rxd5 Qxa2 3.bxc4 Rfc8 
                       4.Ne2 Qxc4 5.Qd3 Qc7 6.Rxd6 Rb1 
                       7.Rh6 Rf1 8.Rh3 Qe7 9.Rg3 Rf2 
                       10.Qxa6 Qc7 11.Ke1 Rxh2 12.Rgd3 Rf8 
                       13.Qc6 Qe7 14.Rf6 (314.515.526) 5942 

21/58  0:53   +0.70--  1.Rh4 Bxd5 (320.261.981) 5939 

21/58  5:00   +0.88++  1.Nf5 (1.749.314.197) 5826 

21/58  6:15   +1.05++  1.Nf5 (2.183.014.836) 5806 

18/61  6:36   +0.90    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Qxd4 Qc5 5.Nf6+ Kh8 6.Nd7+ Qxd4+ 
                       7.Rxd4 cxb3 8.cxb3 gxf5 9.Nxf8 Rxf8 
                       10.Rxd6 a5 11.Rf6 Rd8+ 12.Ke3 Rc8 
                       13.Rxf5 Rc3+ 14.Ke4 (2.296.924.044) 5786 

19/61  6:50   +0.89    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Qxd4 Qc5 5.Nf6+ Kh8 6.Nd7+ Qxd4+ 
                       7.Rxd4 cxb3 8.cxb3 gxf5 9.Nxf8 Rxf8 
                       10.Rxd6 Ra8 11.h4 Kg8 12.b4 Kg7 
                       13.a3 f4 14.Rf6 (2.370.952.442) 5782 

20/61  7:11   +0.86    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Qxd4 Qc5 5.Nf6+ Kh8 6.Nd7+ Qxd4+ 
                       7.Rxd4 cxb3 8.cxb3 gxf5 9.Nxf8 Rxf8 
                       10.Rxd6 Ra8 11.h4 Kg8 12.Ke3 Kg7 
                       13.Kf4 Rb8 14.Rxa6 (2.493.406.392) 5778 

21/61  8:40   +0.76    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Qxd4 Qc5 5.Nf6+ Kh8 6.Nd7+ Qxd4+ 
                       7.Rxd4 cxb3 8.cxb3 gxf5 9.Nxf8 Rd8 
                       10.Ra4 Kg8 11.Rxa6 Kxf8 12.Ra5 d5 
                       13.b4 f6 14.gxf6 (3.022.367.103) 5802 

22/61  11:26  +0.85++  1.Nf5 (4.007.411.160) 5835 

22/62  13:28  +1.02++  1.Nf5 (4.714.626.568) 5830 

22/62  17:08  +1.29    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Ne7+ Kg7 5.Qxd4+ f6 6.gxf6+ Rxf6 
                       7.Nd5 Rbf8 8.fxg6 Qc5 9.Qxc5 dxc5 
                       10.Nxf6 Rxf6 11.Rxh5 cxb3 12.axb3 c4 
                       13.bxc4 Kxg6 14.Ra5 (6.009.971.848) 5840 

23/67  29:54  +1.27    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Ne7+ Kg7 5.Qxd4+ f6 6.gxf6+ Rxf6 
                       7.Nd5 Rbf8 8.fxg6 Qc5 9.Qxc5 dxc5 
                       10.Nxf6 Rxf6 11.Rxh5 cxb3 12.axb3 c4 
                       13.bxc4 Kxg6 14.Ra5 (10.747.749.788) 5990 

24/67  44:00  +1.36++  1.Nf5 (15.771.240.275) 5973 

24/70  60:32  +1.48    1.Nf5 Bxf5 2.Rh4 h5 3.exf5 exd4 
                       4.Ne7+ Kg7 5.Qxd4+ f6 6.gxf6+ Rxf6 
                       7.Nd5 Rbf8 8.fxg6 Qc5 9.Qxc5 dxc5 
                       10.Nxf6 Rxf6 11.Rxh5 cxb3 12.axb3 Rxg6 
                       13.h4 Rg2+ 14.Kc3 (21.729.692.074) 5982
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by Werewolf »

Hard to know how much of this is down to SMP, but H2 gets the solution with a fewer nodes, but needs more nodes to give a high eval. (is that comment a valid way to measure progress?!)



+/- (0.89 --) Depth: 19/58 00:00:04 104mN
26.Rh4 Bxd5
+/- (0.71 --) Depth: 19/58 00:00:07 177mN
26.Rh4 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxa2 28.bxc4 Rb2 29.Qd3 Rfb8 30.Ne2 Rxc2+ 31.Qxc2 Rb2 32.Qxb2 Qxb2+ 33.Ke1 Qb4+ 34.Kf1 a5 35.Rb5 Qd2 36.Rh3 a4 37.Rb6 Kg7 38.Ra3 Qxg5 39.Rxd6 Qg4 40.Rxa4 Qxe4 41.Kf2 Qh4+ 42.Ke3 Qh3+ 43.Ng3 Qxh2
+/= (0.51) Depth: 19/58 00:00:09 237mN
26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rh4 h5 28.exf5 exd4 29.Qxd4 Qc5 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Nd7+ Qxd4+ 32.Rxd4 cxb3 33.cxb3 gxf5 34.Nxf8 Rxf8 35.Rxd6 Ra8 36.Ke3 Kg7 37.Kf4 a5 38.Kxf5 Re8 39.Rd2 Re1 40.h4 Rh1 41.Rd4 Rh2
+/- (0.87) Depth: 19/65 00:00:38 1195mN
26.Nf5 Bxf5
+/- (0.78 --) Depth: 20/65 00:00:40 1257mN
26.Nf5
+/- (0.95 ++) Depth: 20/65 00:01:12 2300mN
26.Nf5
+/- (1.13 ++) Depth: 20/65 00:01:41 3271mN
26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rh4 h5 28.exf5 exd4 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Qxd4+ f6 31.gxf6+ Rxf6 32.Nd5 Rbf8 33.fxg6 Qc5 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.Nxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxh5 cxb3 37.axb3 Rxg6 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.Rxc5 Rxh2 40.Kb4 Kf6 41.c4 Rh7 42.Ra5 Rb7+ 43.Kc3 Rb6 44.Rh5 Kg6 45.c5 Rf6 46.Re5 Rf3+ 47.Kc4
+/- (1.09) Depth: 20/65 00:01:43 3340mN
26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rh4 h5 28.exf5 exd4 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Qxd4+ f6 31.gxf6+ Rxf6 32.Nd5 Rbf8 33.fxg6 Qc5 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.Nxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxh5 cxb3 37.axb3 c4 38.bxc4 Kxg6 39.Re5 Kf7 40.c5 Rh6 41.Kd3 a5 42.h4 a4 43.Re4 a3 44.Ra4 Rf6 45.Ra7+ Kg6 46.Kc4
+/- (1.04) Depth: 21/65 00:02:15 4387mN
26.Nf5
+/- (1.13 ++) Depth: 22/65 00:04:26 8851mN
26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rh4 h5 28.exf5 exd4 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Qxd4+ f6 31.gxf6+ Rxf6 32.Nd5 Rbf8 33.fxg6 Qc5 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.Nxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxh5 cxb3 37.axb3 c4 38.bxc4 Kxg6 39.Ra5 Rf2+ 40.Kc3 Rxh2 41.c5 Kf6 42.Rxa6+ Ke5 43.Rg6 Kf5 44.Rd6 Ke5 45.Rd8 Rf2 46.c6 Rf6 47.Re8+ Kd6
+/- (1.11) Depth: 22/65 00:04:42 9383mN
26.Nf5
+/- (1.20 ++) Depth: 23/65 00:09:01 18268mN, tb=7

(Bicknell, 25.07.2012)
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by jdart »

Overnight analysis with H 1.5a on a quad:

Analysis by Houdini 1.5a w32 _15a_w32:

1. +- (1.69): 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rh4 h5 28.exf5 exd4 29.Qxd4 Qc5 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5 32.Qh4 c3+ 33.Ke2 Qe5+ 34.Kd1 Qxe7 35.g6+ fxg6 36.Qxe7+ Kh6 37.Qe6 Rg8 38.Qe3+ g5 39.h4 Rb5 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Rg7 42.Qxh5+ Kg8 43.f6 Rd5+ 44.Ke2 Re5+ 45.Kd3 gxh4 46.Qxh4 Rgg5 47.Qc4+ Rd5+ 48.Kxc3 a5 49.Qe2 Rde5 50.Qd2 Kf7 51.Qxd6 Re6 52.Qf4 Rc5+ 53.Kb2 Rxf6 54.Qd4 Rcf5 55.c4 Re6 56.Kc3

2. +/- (1.14): 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Rh4 Rh8 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Qxa2 30.b4 Rxb4 31.Qc3 Rhb8 32.Nf1 Kg8 33.Ke2 Rb2 34.Rd2 Qb1 35.Rh3 R8b4 36.Rf3 Qc1 37.Ng3 Ra4 38.Rf1 Rb3 39.Rxc1 Rxc3 40.Rxd6 Ra2 41.Kd2 Rf3 42.Ne2 Kg7 43.Rd5

3. +/- (0.79): 26.Ne7+ Kg7 27.Rh4 Rfe8 28.Ngf5+ gxf5 29.exf5 exd4 30.Qxd4+ Kf8 31.Nc6 Kg8 32.fxe6 Rb7 33.exf7+ Rxf7 34.g6 c3+ 35.Kd3 Rf3+ 36.Kc4 Qc5+ 37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Rxh7 Rf4+ 39.Kxc5 Rf2 40.Ne7+ Rxe7 41.Rxe7 Rxc2 42.a4 Rg2 43.Rc7 c2 44.Kd4 Rxh2 45.Kd3 Rg2 46.Rxc2 Rxg6 47.Rc7 Kf8 48.b4 Ke8 49.Kc4 Kd8 50.Rh7 Rc6+

(Dart, 25.07.2012)
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by Sorgenkind »

Interesting position!

Zappa Mexico II also agrees with Nf5 on quad Opteron 6180 SE (48 threads):

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1r3rk1/5p1p/p2pb1p1/3Np1P1/2pRPR2/qP2Q1N1/P1PK3P/8 w - - 0 14

Book: (0 entries / 0 bytes / 1e-06s)
Book: No move selected.

1. Rf4-h4 Be6xd5 2. Rd4xd5 Qa3xa2 3. b3xc4 Rb8-b2 4. Qe3-d3 Rf8-b8 5. Rd5xd6 Rb2xc2 6. Qd3xc2 Rb8-b2 7. Qc2xb2 Qa2xb2 8. Kd2-e3 Qb2-c1 9. Ke3-f2 Qc1xc4 
 = (0.88)       Depth: 19/57    00:01:44.03     2392821kN (23000 KN/s, 3516770 splits, 170342 aborts)
1. Rf4-h4 Be6xd5 2. Rd4xd5 Qa3xa2 3. b3xc4 Rb8-b2 4. Qe3-d3 Rf8-b8 5. Rd5xd6 Rb2xc2 6. Qd3xc2 Rb8-b2 7. Qc2xb2 Qa2xb2 8. Kd2-e3 Qb2-c1 9. Ke3-f2 Qc1xc4 10. Rd6-d5 
 = (0.87)       Depth: 20/59    00:01:54.42     2674048kN (23370 KN/s, 3775923 splits, 181641 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Qa3-a5 5. Kd2-e2 Rf8-g8 6. Rd4xd6 Qa5-c3 7. Rd6-d2 Kg7-f8 8. Ne7-c6 Rb8-e8 9. Qf2-e3 Qc3xe3 10. Ke2xe3 
 = (1.39)       Depth: 20/59    00:06:22.80     9721383kN (25395 KN/s, 8771261 splits, 424743 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Qa3-a5 5. Kd2-e2 Rf8-g8 6. Rd4xd6 Qa5-c3 7. Rd6-d2 Kg7-f8 8. Ne7-c6 Rb8-e8 9. Qf2-e3 Qc3xe3 10. Ke2xe3 
 = (1.39)       Depth: 20/59    00:06:24.15     9746862kN (25372 KN/s, 8841672 splits, 428014 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rh4xh7 Kg7-f8 6. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 7. Kd2-d3 Qa5xa2 8. Qf2-f6 Be6xc4 9. b3xc4 Rb8-b3 10. Kd3-d2 Qa2-a5 11. Kd2-e2 Rb3-e3 12. Ke2xe3 Qa5-c3 13. Ke3-f2 Qc3xc2 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 21/61    00:07:57.28     12334354kN (25843 KN/s, 9723332 splits, 470785 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rh4xh7 Kg7-f8 6. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 7. Kd2-d3 Qa5xa2 8. Qf2-f6 Be6xc4 9. b3xc4 Rb8-b3 10. Kd3-d2 Qa2-a5 11. Kd2-e2 Rb3-e3 12. Ke2xe3 Qa5-c3 13. Ke3-f2 Qc3xc2 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 21/61    00:09:37.25     14951997kN (25902 KN/s, 11595534 splits, 559510 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rh4xh7 Kg7-f8 6. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 7. Kd2-d3 Qa5xa2 8. Qf2-f6 Be6xc4 9. b3xc4 Rb8-b3 10. Kd3-d2 Qa2-a5 11. Kd2-e2 Rb3-e3 12. Ke2xe3 Qa5-c3 13. Ke3-f2 Qc3xc2 14. Kf2-f3 Qc2-d3 15. Kf3-f2 Qd3-c2 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 22/63    00:12:00.89     18939192kN (26272 KN/s, 12212581 splits, 587841 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rh4xh7 Kg7-f8 6. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 7. Kd2-d3 Qa5xa2 8. Qf2-f6 Be6xc4 9. b3xc4 Rb8-b3 10. Kd3-d2 Qa2-a5 11. Kd2-e2 Rb3-e3 12. Ke2xe3 Qa5-c3 13. Ke3-f2 Qc3xc2 14. Kf2-f3 Qc2-d3 15. Kf3-f2 Qd3-c2 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 22/63    00:15:05.50     23879481kN (26371 KN/s, 14505299 splits, 697953 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 
 = (1.20)       Depth: 23/65    00:20:31.56     33295462kN (27035 KN/s, 16253973 splits, 765144 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 
 = (1.20)       Depth: 23/65    00:37:39.02     64344094kN (28483 KN/s, 22981951 splits, 1058457 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rb6-b4 
 = (1.32)       Depth: 24/67    00:48:06.83     82116457kN (28445 KN/s, 24838922 splits, 1130683 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rb6-b4 
 = (1.32)       Depth: 24/67    01:31:53.20     154178869kN (27965 KN/s, 40656289 splits, 1829568 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rb6-b4 12. Rc3-c7 Rb4xe4 13. Rc7xf7 
 = (1.33)       Depth: 25/69    01:58:14.31     199189034kN (28077 KN/s, 43865721 splits, 1949845 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rb6-b4 12. Rc3-c7 Rb4xe4 13. Rc7xf7 
 = (1.33)       Depth: 25/69    02:34:52.98     261120732kN (28099 KN/s, 60719769 splits, 2676099 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rg8-f8 12. Rc3-c7 Rb6-b4 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 26/71    03:27:46.53     352899166kN (28308 KN/s, 65606924 splits, 2863814 aborts)
1. Ng3-f5 Be6xd5 2. Nf5-e7 Kg8-g7 3. Rf4-h4 Bd5-e6 4. Qe3-f2 Rf8-g8 5. Rd4xc4 Qa3-a5 6. Rc4-c3 Kg7-f8 7. Ne7-c6 Qa5-b6 8. Qf2xb6 Rb8xb6 9. Nc6-d8 Kf8-e7 10. Nd8xe6 Ke7xe6 11. Rh4xh7 Rg8-f8 12. Rc3-c7 Rb6-b4 
 = (1.44)       Depth: 26/71    04:49:35.05     494410711kN (28455 KN/s, 88089096 splits, 3850455 aborts)
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by zullil »

jdart wrote:[d] 1r3rk1/5p1p/p2pb1p1/3Np1P1/2pRPR2/qP2Q1N1/P1PK3P/8 w - - 0 26

White played Nf5, which I think is actually best, but it is a very complex position.
Here's Critter's search, which I'm now ending:

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20/53+ 10:56    6804M  10364K  +0.89 Nf5 exf4 Nfe7+ Kh8 Qxf4 Qxa2 bxc4
20/63+ 16:28   10246M  10369K  +1.01 Nf5 exf4 Nfe7+ Kh8 Qxf4 Qxa2 bxc4
20/63  25:36   15917M  10360K  +1.06 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 exf5 exd4 Qxd4 Qc5 Nf6+ Kh8 Nd7+ Qxd4+ Rxd4 cxb3 axb3 gxf5 Nxf8 Rxf8 Rxd6 a5 Rf6 Kg7 Rxf5 Ra8 Rf4 Rd8+ Kc3 Re8 h4 Re2 Kd3 Rh2 c4 Rh3+ Kc2 Rh2+ Kc3 Rh3+ Kb2 Re3
21/63+ 32:34   20328M  10402K  +1.15 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 exf5 exd4 Qxd4 Qc5 Nf6+ Kh8 Nd7+ Qxd4+ Rxd4 cxb3 axb3 gxf5 Nxf8 Rd8 c4 Kg7 c5 Kxf8 Rxd6 Rxd6+ cxd6 Ke8 Ke3 Kd7 Kf4 Ke6 d7 Kxd7 Kxf5 a5 Kf6 Ke8 h4
21/63+ 54:27   34164M  10457K  +1.28 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 exf5 exd4 Qxd4 Qc5 Nf6+ Kh8 Nd7+ Qxd4+ Rxd4 cxb3 axb3 gxf5 Nxf8 Rd8 c4 Kg7 c5 Kxf8 Rxd6 Rxd6+ cxd6 Ke8 Ke3 Kd7 Kf4 Ke6 d7 Kxd7 Kxf5 a5 Kf6 Ke8 h4
21/63  84:10   52777M  10450K  +1.46 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 Rxc4 Be6 Ra4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5 c4 Bxd5 exd5 f6 gxf6 Rxf6 Ra5 Rf2+ Ke3 Rb2 Rxa6 Kf7 Re4 Rxh2 Rxe5 h4 Kf3 Re8 Ra7+ Kf8 Rxe8+ Kxe8 Kg4 Kd8 a3
22/63- 88:42   55909M  10504K  +1.37 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 Rxc4 Be6 Ra4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5 c4 Bxd5 exd5 f6 gxf6 Rxf6 Ra5 Rf2+ Ke3 Rb2 Rxa6 Kf7 Re4 Rxh2 Rxe5 h4 Kf3 Re8 Ra7+ Kf8 Rxe8+ Kxe8 Kg4 Kd8 a3
22/63  104:32   65954M  10514K  +1.35 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 Rxc4 Be6 Ra4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5 c4 Kg7 Ra5 Rfc8 Rxa6 Kf8 Ra5 Ra8 Rxa8 Rxa8 a4 Rb8 Kc3 Rd8 Kd3 Rb8 Kc2 Bxd5 cxd5 Ke7 Kc3 Kd6 Rh3 Rb4 Re3 h4 a5 Rb8
23/63  157:36  100696M  10648K  +1.35 Nf5 Bxf5 Rh4 h5 Rxc4 Be6 Ra4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5 c4 Rfc8 Ra5 Kg7 Rxa6 Kf8 Ra7 Rd8 Rc7 Rdc8 Rxc8+ Rxc8 a4 Ra8 Kc3 Rb8 Kc2 Bxd5 cxd5 Ke7 Kc3 Kd6 Rh3 Rb4 Re3 h4 a5 Rb8
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Re: test position: Bubir-Knobel, ICCF Olympiad 17 Final 2009

Post by Eelco de Groot »

29. Qg3! in the variation with 27...Kh8 is a nice find in itself too. Definitely not easy to judge. I just wanted to show that it is winning, with the latest build of Rainbow Serpent running on a lowly Athlon. But I don't think it can find 26. Nf5 yet. It does however have a slightly asymmetrical PV now, only when searching the first Rootmove, inspired by Chess Genius and Ed's stories about "Weinergate" and the "Ossi papers" :D . I still have an MS Dos computer somewhere that has Chess Genius on its 20 MB hard disk, but I'm not sure it has survived several winters in storage.

[Event "ICCF Olympiad 17 Final"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bubir, Sergei"]
[Black "Knobel, Rolf"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 Ne5 11. g5 Nh5
12. Rg1 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nde2 Rb8 16. Rg4
Qb7 17. Bd4 d6 18. Rh4 g6 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. b3 Qb4 21. Ng3
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Qa3+ 24. Kd2 e5 25. Nd5 Be6
26. Nf5 Bxd5 27. Ne7+ Kg7 (27... Kh8 {is no better} 28. Rh4
Be6 29. Qg3 $1
{[d]1r3r1k/4Np1p/p2pb1p1/4p1P1/2pRP2R/qP4Q1/P1PK3P/8 b -
-
23/51 37:04 -5.05 29...f5 30.gxf6 Rxf6 31.Nxg6+ Rxg6
32.Qxg6 Qa5+ 33.Ke2 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4 35.Qd7 h5 36.Qxd6 d3+
37.cxd3 cxd3+ 38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd5+ Qxd5 41.exd5
Kg7 42.Rxh5 Kg6} f5 30. gxf6 $18) 28. Rh4 Be6 29. Qf2 Rg8
30. Rxh7+ Kf8 31. Rxc4 Qa5+ 32. Ke2 Qb5 33. Nd5 1-0

1r3r1k/4Np1p/p2pb1p1/4p1P1/2pRP2R/qP4Q1/P1PK3P/8 b - -

Engine: Rainbow Serpent 2.2.4 Build 134 (Athlon 2010 Mhz, single thread, 256 MB) Slightly asymmetrical 'Chess Genius' PV.
by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba and Joona Kiiski

1/02 0:00 +7.95 29...c3+ 30.Ke2 exd4 (6.369) 398

2/04 0:00 +7.39 29...cxb3 30.Rd5 Bxd5 31.Nxd5 Qxa2 (14.603) 310

3/07 0:00 +7.67 29...Qa5+ 30.Qc3 Qxc3+ 31.Kxc3 exd4+
32.Kd2 Kg7 33.bxc4 f6 34.gxf6+ Rxf6
35.Nc6 g5 36.Rh5 (58.978) 418

4/08 0:00 +6.62 29...Qa5+ 30.Qc3 Qb6 31.Ke3 exd4+
32.Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 33.Kxd4 h5 34.Nc6 Rb5 (68.152) 396

5/08 0:01 +4.88 29...h5 30.Rd5 Bxd5 31.Nxd5 cxb3
32.Ke1 Qc1+ (684.427) 465

6/08 0:01 +5.13++ 29...h5 30.Qf3 exd4 31.Qf6+ Kh7
32.Rxh5+ gxh5 33.Qh6+ (705.714) 465

6/08 0:01 +4.72-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qb4+ 31.Ke2 Qa5
32.Rxd6 Rfe8 (819.488) 459

6/08 0:01 +4.61-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qxa2 31.Rxd6 Qa5+
32.Ke2 cxb3 33.cxb3 Bxb3 (834.386) 460

6/08 0:01 +4.43-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qxa2 31.Rxd6 Qa5+
32.Kd1 Rb6 (849.004) 464

6/08 0:01 +4.15-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qxa2 31.Rxd6 c3+
32.Qxc3 Rb5 (863.654) 464

6/08 0:01 +3.75-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 c3+ 31.Kd3 Qxa2
32.Rxd6 Kh7 33.Qf6 Rbd8 (896.744) 462

6/08 0:02 +3.14-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 c3+ 31.Kd3 Bc4+
32.bxc4 exd4 33.Qf6+ Kh7 34.Kxd4 Qc5+
35.Kd3 Qf5 (1.215.163) 460

6/08 0:03 +2.22-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qxa2 31.Rxd6 Kh7
32.Qf6 Rfd8 33.Nf5 cxb3 34.Rxd8 Qa5+
35.Ke2 Rxd8 (1.614.073) 453

6/10 0:03 +2.23 29...h5 30.Qf3 Qa5+ 31.Kd1 Bg4
32.Rxg4 exd4 33.Qf6+ Kh7 34.Nc6 Qxa2
35.Qxd6 (1.675.817) 452

7/10 0:05 +2.30 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 Qa5+ 33.Kc1 Rb7 34.g6+ (2.494.901) 448

8/11 0:07 +2.14-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 Qa5+ 33.Kc1 Qe1+ 34.Rd1 Qe3+
35.Kb1 Bd7 36.Qxd6 Be6 (3.563.175) 448

8/11 0:08 +2.06-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 Qa5+ 33.Kc1 Qb5 34.Rxd6 Qb6
35.Rxb6 (3.761.504) 451

8/11 0:08 +1.93-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 c3+ 33.Ke2 Bg4+ 34.Kf2 Bd7
35.Rxd6 Rbd8 (3.962.821) 455

8/11 0:09 +1.75-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 Qa5+ 33.Kc1 Qe1+ 34.Rd1 Qxd1+
35.Kxd1 cxb3 36.g6+ Kh6 (4.288.230) 458

8/11 0:11 +1.47-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 Qa5+ 33.Kc1 Rh8 34.g6+ Kh6
35.gxf7+ Kh7 36.Qxe6 Rxb3 (5.345.664) 454

8/13 0:15 +1.07-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 Kh7 31.Rxh5+ gxh5
32.Qf6 c3+ 33.Ke2 Bxb3 34.axb3 Rh8 (6.921.040) 449

8/13 0:19 +0.48 29...h5 30.Qf2 c3+ 31.Kd3 Bg4
32.Qf6+ Kh7 33.Rxd6 Qc1 34.Rxg4 hxg4
35.Nc6 Rbc8 36.Kxc3 Ra8 (8.716.061) 446

9/13 0:20 +0.56++ 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Qf5 Bxf5 (9.355.295) 447

9/13 0:21 +0.64++ 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.gxf6+ Kxg6 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Qg3+ Kxf6
35.Rf4+ exf4 36.bxc4 fxg3 (9.658.554) 448

9/13 0:21 +0.77++ 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Qa7+ Bf7
35.gxf6+ Kxf6 36.Qf2+ Kg5 37.Qg3+ Kh6
38.Qg1 (9.726.725) 449

9/13 0:21 +0.80 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Qf5 Bf7
35.Qxf6+ Kg8 36.Qh6 Qa5+ 37.Kd1 Rc8
38.Qxh5 (9.812.245) 450

10/15 0:25 +0.88++ 29...h5 30.Qf2 Qa5+ 31.Kc1 Kh7
32.Rd2 Qxa2 33.Rxd6 cxb3 (11.390.543) 452

10/15 0:25 +0.95 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.bxc4 fxg5
35.Qg2 Qb4+ 36.Ke2 Qxc4+ 37.Ke3 Kf6
38.Kd2 gxh4 (11.742.056) 454

11/15 0:27 +1.05++ 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7
32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Rxh5 Be6
35.Qh4 Qxa2 36.gxf6+ Kg8 37.Rh7 Qa5+
38.Ke2 Rc8 (12.436.396) 457

11/15 0:27 +1.05 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Rxc4 Bxc4
32.Nxg6+ Kg7 33.Nxf8 Rxf8 34.Qf5 Qa5+
35.Kd1 Qc5 36.Rxh5 Qg1+ 37.Kd2 Qg2+
38.Kc3 Bg8 39.Kb2 fxg5 40.Rxg5+ Kh6 (12.604.800) 459

12/19 0:35 +1.11 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Rxc4 Bxc4
32.Nxg6+ Kg7 33.Nxf8 Rxf8 34.Qf5 Bf7
35.gxf6+ Kh6 36.Qg4 Qb4+ 37.c3 Be8
38.cxb4 (16.335.493) 461

13/21 1:37 +0.89-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 f5 31.Rxc4 Rf7
32.Nxg6+ Kg7 33.Qe2 Bxc4 34.Qxh5 Bd5
35.exf5 Be6 36.fxe6 (43.824.000) 448

13/21 1:39 +1.15 29...h5 30.Qf2 f6 31.Rxc4 Bxc4
32.Nxg6+ Kg7 33.Nxf8 Rxf8 34.Rxh5 Be6
35.gxf6+ Kg6 36.Qh4 Qb4+ 37.Kc1 Qa5
38.Qg5+ Kf7 39.Rh7+ Ke8 40.Qg7 Qxa2 (44.904.970) 449

14/23 2:07 +0.92-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 f5 31.Rxc4 Kh7
32.exf5 Rb7 33.Ra4 Qb2 34.Rxh5+ gxh5
35.Rxa6 Rxe7 (57.107.311) 448

14/23 2:19 +0.84-- 29...h5 30.Qf2 f5 31.Rxc4 Qa5+
32.Rc3 fxe4 33.Nxg6+ Kg7 34.Nxf8 Rxf8
35.Qa7+ Rf7 36.Qg1 Rf3 37.Qa7+ Kg6
38.Qc7 Qb4 39.h3 e3+ 40.Ke2 Rf2+
41.Kd1 (62.590.007) 449

14/25 2:38 +1.22 29...h5 30.Qf2 f5 31.Rxc4 fxe4
32.Nxg6+ Kg8 33.Nxf8 Rxf8 34.Qe2 Qa5+
35.Kd1 e3 36.Rb4 Qxa2 37.Rbc4 Bg4
38.Re4 Bxe2+ 39.Kxe2 (71.381.305) 450

15/26 3:04 +0.98-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qb4+
32.c3 Rb7 33.cxb4 c3+ 34.Kxc3 Rxb4 (83.059.358) 450

15/26 3:06 +0.91-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qb4+
32.c3 Rb7 33.cxb4 c3+ 34.Kxc3 Rxb4 (83.940.820) 450

15/26 3:07 +0.79-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qb4+
32.c3 Rb7 33.cxb4 c3+ 34.Kxc3 Rxb4 (84.483.407) 450

15/26 3:08 +0.61-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qb4+
32.c3 Rb7 33.cxb4 c3+ 34.Kxc3 exd4+
35.Kxd4 Rxb4+ 36.Kd5 Rb5+ 37.Kxd6 Kg7
38.Nxg6 fxg6 39.Rxh5 gxh5 (85.138.162) 450

15/26 3:10 +0.33-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qb4+
32.c3 Rb7 33.cxb4 c3+ 34.Kxc3 exd4+
35.Kxd4 Rxb4+ 36.Kd5 Rb5+ 37.Kxd6 Kg7
38.Nxg6 Rxb3 (85.856.879) 450

15/26 3:12 0.00 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Qf6+ Rg7
32.Rxh5+ gxh5 33.Qh6+ Rh7 34.Qf6+ Rg7 (86.692.812) 450


16/26 3:30 -0.24-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (95.183.538) 451

16/26 3:38 -0.32-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (98.918.020) 452

16/26 3:42 -0.44-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (100.604.304) 452

16/26 3:44 -0.62-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (101.745.553) 452

16/26 3:48 -0.89-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (103.530.077) 453

16/26 3:50 -1.30-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (104.801.741) 453

16/26 3:55 -1.91-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Rxh5+ Kg7
32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Rh8 Qa5+ 34.Kc1 Rxh8
35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qxh8+ Kd7 37.Nxe5+ (106.842.011) 454

16/38 5:10 -2.82 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 cxd3+ 37.Kxd3 Qb5+
38.Qxb5 axb5 39.Rh6 Rd8 40.Rh5 b4
41.Rd5 Kg7 42.Rg5+ Kf6 (141.964.190) 457

17/38 5:48 -2.70 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 cxd3+ 37.Kxd3 Qb5+
38.Qxb5 axb5 39.Rh6 Rd8 40.a4 Kg7
41.Rh5 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ra8 (159.136.807) 456

18/38 7:25 -2.95 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5
35.Qg3 Qa5+ 36.Rc3 Qd8 37.Rf3 Rc8
38.Qg2 gxf5 (202.016.054) 453

19/38 9:24 -3.23-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5
35.Rxh5 Rxf5 36.exf5 Qa5+ 37.Ke2 gxh5
38.Qxh5 Rd8 39.Qxg5+ Kh7 40.Qe7+ Kg8 (257.099.327) 455

19/38 9:35 -3.31-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5
35.Rxh5 Rxf5 36.exf5 Qa5+ 37.b4 Qb5
38.Rxg5 Qxc4 39.Rxg6+ Kf8 40.Qd3 (261.945.492) 455

19/38 9:39 -3.43-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5
35.Rxh5 Rxf5 36.exf5 Qa5+ 37.Ke2 gxh5
38.Qxh5 Qb6 39.Qxg5+ Kf7 40.Qg6+ Kf8
41.f6 Qb7 42.Qh6+ Ke8 (263.829.271) 455

19/38 9:54 -3.61-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5 (270.359.542) 455

19/39 10:13 -3.88-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Rxc4 fxg5
35.Rxh5 Rxf5 36.exf5 Qa5+ 37.Ke2 gxh5
38.Qxh5 Qd8 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.Rc6 Qe7
41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Rxd6 e4 (279.852.706) 456

19/39 10:45 -3.79 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 h5 37.Qxd6 cxd3+
38.Kxd3 Qb5+ 39.Kd4 Kg7 40.Rf4 Qb4+
41.Qxb4 Rxb4+ 42.Kc3 a5 (295.164.405) 457

20/39 14:17 -4.08-- 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 h5 37.Qxd6 cxd3+
38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Rf4 Rb7
41.Rf5 Qxf5 42.exf5 d2 (391.468.337) 456

20/39 14:29 -4.16-- 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 h5 37.Qxd6 cxd3+
38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Rf4 Rb7
41.Rf5 Rb8 42.Qxb8 Qd8 (396.896.969) 456

20/39 14:36 -4.28-- 29...f5 30.gxf6 Qa5+ 31.Ke2 Rxf6
32.Nxg6+ Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 d3+ 36.cxd3 h5 37.Qxd6 cxd3+
38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Rf4 Rb7
41.Rf5 h4 42.Rxa5 Rb5 (400.139.964) 456

20/39 16:13 -4.43 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Rxc4 Qa5+ 34.Qc3 Qxc3+ (447.325.630) 459

21/47 20:09 -4.72-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ gxf5 34.Qxh5 c3+
35.Ke2 Rh8 36.gxf6+ Kxf6 37.Qxf5+ Ke7
38.Rh7+ Rxh7 39.Qxh7+ Ke6 40.Qh6+ Ke7
41.Rc4 Kd7 42.Qh7+ Ke6 (564.633.463) 466

21/51 24:04 -4.80-- 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ gxf5 34.Qxh5 c3+
35.Ke2 Rh8 36.gxf6+ Kxf6 37.Qxf5+ Ke7
38.Rh7+ Rxh7 39.Qxh7+ Ke6 40.Qh6+ Ke7
41.Rc4 Kd7 42.Qh7+ Ke6 (690.512.401) 478

21/51 24:42 -4.76 29...h5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Kg7
32.Qf3 f6 33.Nf5+ gxf5 34.Qxh5 Rh8
35.gxf6+ Kxf6 36.Qxf5+ Ke7 37.Qg5+ Kd7
38.Qg7+ Ke6 39.Rh6+ Rxh6 40.Qxh6+ Kd7
41.Qg7+ Ke6 42.Rxc4 Qa5+ (709.561.754) 478

22/51 32:39 -5.05 29...f5 30.gxf6 Rxf6 31.Nxg6+ Rxg6
32.Qxg6 Qa5+ 33.Ke2 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 h5 36.Qxd6 d3+ 37.cxd3 cxd3+
38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd5+ Qxd5
41.exd5 Kg7 42.Rxh5 Kg6 (941.263.303) 480

23/51 37:04 -5.05 29...f5 30.gxf6 Rxf6 31.Nxg6+ Rxg6
32.Qxg6 Qa5+ 33.Ke2 Bg4+ 34.Qxg4 exd4
35.Qd7 h5 36.Qxd6 d3+ 37.cxd3 cxd3+
38.Kd1 Rb6 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd5+ Qxd5
41.exd5 Kg7 42.Rxh5 Kg6 (1.061.734.805) 477


best move: f7-f5 time: 42:43.031 min n/s: 477.254 nodes: 1.061.734.805

Eelco
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first
place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you
are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
-- Brian W. Kernighan