Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

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Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by Albert Silver »

This position occurred in a game by Anton Korobov on his way to winning the Czech Open. The Ukrainian found an energetic solution.

[d]r1b2r2/p5kp/1p1q1p2/4nP2/3p1N2/3B4/P2Q2PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 21

1.Rxe5!!
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Re: Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by yanquis1972 »

great position albert! very current & shames todays top engines, at least at low to moderate depths. after 5 minutes using all 4 cores rybka does not find the best move on my machine. ill give little brother dynamic a shot at it.

...but for whatever reason i first went with junior, & with the same specifications as rybka the move is found in under a minute! perhaps an example of extreme mpv search luck, or maybe junior's just that good.




Analysis by Deep Junior 11.2 UCI:

1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Bc4 Rc7 4.Bb3
+/- (0.75) Depth: 6 00:00:00 18kN
1.Nh5+
+/- (1.23) Depth: 9 00:00:00 92kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4 Qe7 5.Bxf7 Qxf7 6.Nxf6
+- (1.72) Depth: 9 00:00:00 251kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4 Qe7 5.Bxf7 Qxf7 6.Rf4 d3 7.Nxf6 Ba6
+- (1.64) Depth: 12 00:00:00 3617kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8
+/- (1.16) Depth: 15 00:00:03 32712kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 Bg6 8.Nxf6+ Kh8 9.Ne8 Qc5+ 10.Kh1
+/- (1.04) Depth: 17 00:00:11 94276kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 Bg6 8.Nxf6+ Kg7 9.Ne8+ Rxe8 10.Rxe8
+/- (1.07) Depth: 19 00:00:30 250mN
1.Rxe5
+- (1.52) Depth: 19 00:00:55
460mN
1.Rxe5 fxe5 2.f6+ Kf7 3.Bc4+ Ke8 4.f7+ Kd8 5.Nd5 Be6 6.Qh6 d3 7.Ne3 Kd7 8.Rf6 Qd4 9.Bxe6+ Kc7 10.Bd5
+/- (1.32) Depth: 20 00:04:16 2372mN
1.Rxe5 fxe5 2.f6+ Kf7 3.Bc4+ Ke8 4.f7+ Kd8 5.Nd5 Be6 6.Qh6 d3 7.Ne3 Kc7 8.Bxe6 Rad8 9.Kh1 d2 10.Nd5+
+- (1.51) Depth: 21 00:05:30 3051mN
yanquis1972
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Re: Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by yanquis1972 »

Analysis by HIARCS 13.1 MP:

1.Nh5+
+/= (0.66) Depth: 11/27 00:00:00 631kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8
+/= (0.66) Depth: 11/27 00:00:00 650kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Be4 Bb7 5.Bxb7 Rxb7 6.Ne6 Rf7 7.Re4 d3 8.Rd4 Qe7
+/= (0.48) Depth: 12/27 00:00:00 916kN
1.Be4
+/= (0.49) Depth: 12/27 00:00:00 1059kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Re3 Rg8 3.Rh3 d3 4.Rf2 Kh8 5.Nxd3 Ng4
+/= (0.56) Depth: 12/31 00:00:00 1351kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Re3 Rg8 3.Rd1 Bd7 4.Qxd4 Qxd4 5.Rxd4 Kh8
+/= (0.53) Depth: 13/31 00:00:02 3108kN
1.Nh5+
+/= (0.54) Depth: 13/31 00:00:02 3140kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5
+/= (0.54) Depth: 13/31 00:00:02 3251kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Be4 Bb7 5.Bxb7 Rxb7 6.Ne6 Rf7 7.Ng5 Rg7 8.Ne4 Qc6 9.Qxf6 Qxf6 10.Nxf6+ Kf7 11.Nd5 Re8 12.f6
+/= (0.54) Depth: 14/31 00:00:03 5188kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Be4 Rb8 5.Bd5 Bxf5 6.Bxf7+
+/- (0.78) Depth: 15/38 00:00:05 8355kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Be4 Bb7 5.Bxb7 Rxb7 6.Ne6 Qe7 7.Nxd4
+/- (0.78) Depth: 16/38 00:00:08 12611kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8
+/= (0.53 --) Depth: 17/38 00:00:15 24871kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Be4 Bb7 5.Bxb7 Rxb7 6.Ne6 Rf7 7.Ng5
+/= (0.53) Depth: 17/41 00:00:16 25527kN
1.Be4
+/= (0.54) Depth: 17/41 00:00:20 32033kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 d3
+/= (0.56) Depth: 17/45 00:00:32 50409kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Bd5 Ng4 3.Be6 Kh8 4.Qd1 Ne5 5.Qh5 Bxe6 6.Nxe6 Rfe8 7.Qh4 Qe7 8.Qxd4 Rbc8 9.Qd2 Rg8 10.Rd1 Qb7 11.Rfe1
+/= (0.60) Depth: 18/45 00:01:13 117mN
1.Be4
+/- (0.85 ++) Depth: 19/48 00:01:43 167mN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Bd5 Kh8 3.Rxe5
+/- (1.03) Depth: 19/58 00:01:57 193mN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Bd5 Ng4 3.Be6 d3 4.h3 Ne5 5.Nh5+ Kh8 6.Qh6 Rb7 7.Bd5 Rbf7 8.Bxf7 Rxf7 9.Rf2 Bb7 10.Rd2 Bc6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Qf4 Qc6 13.Red1
+/- (0.98) Depth: 20/58 00:03:37 354mN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Bd5 Ng4 3.Be6 d3 4.h3 Ne5 5.Nh5+ Kh8 6.Qh6 Rb7 7.Bd5 Rbf7 8.Bxf7 Rxf7 9.Rf2 Bd7 10.Qf4
+/- (0.98) Depth: 21/58 00:04:44 468mN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Bd5 Ng4 3.Be6 d3 4.h3 Ne5 5.Nh5+ Kh8 6.Qh6 Rb7 7.Bd5 Rbf7 8.Bxf7 Rxf7 9.Rf2 b5 10.Qf4 Re7 11.Rd1 Rf7 12.a4 b4 13.a5 Qf8 14.Nxf6 Nc6
+/- (0.96) Depth: 22/58 00:07:07 712mN
1.Nh5+
+/- (0.97) Depth: 22/58 00:07:38 762mN
1.Nh5+
+/- (1.23 ++) Depth: 22/58 00:08:00 799mN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Nxf6+ Kg7 9.Nh5+ Kh8 10.Rd1 Bg6 11.Kh1 Kg8 12.h3 Rc8 13.Nf6+ Kg7 14.Qa4 Ng5 15.Qxa7+ Bf7 16.Ne4
+- (1.62) Depth: 22/58 00:09:12 918mN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Nxf6+ Kg7 9.Nh5+ Kh8 10.Rd1 Bg6 11.Kh1 Kg8 12.h3 Rc8 13.Nf6+ Kg7 14.Qa4 Ng5 15.Qxa7+ Kh8 16.Qb7 Rf8
+- (1.57) Depth: 23/58 00:12:05 1213mN
1.Rxe5
+- (1.57) Depth: 23/58 00:15:36
1596mN
1.Rxe5 fxe5 2.f6+ Kf7 3.Bc4+ Ke8 4.f7+ Kd7 5.Ne6 Bb7 6.Qg5 a6 7.Rf6 Qa3 8.Nxf8+
+- (1.85) Depth: 23/58 00:18:56 1970mN
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Re: Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by yanquis1972 »

an hour of R4 analysis reveals that Nh5+ may be just as powerful --


New game
r1b2r2/p5kp/1p1q1p2/4nP2/3p1N2/3B4/P2Q2PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Rybka 4 x64 AN:

1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rc1 Kh8 3.Ne6
+/= (0.44 ++) Depth: 6 00:00:00 4kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 d3 3.Rfe1 Ng4 4.g3 Qd4+ 5.Kg2 Re8 6.Nh5+ Kf7
+/= (0.48) Depth: 6 00:00:00 11kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 d3 3.Qe1 Bd7 4.Nxd3 Qd4+ 5.Rf2 Ba4 6.Rdd2 Rbc8 7.Nxe5 Qxe5 8.Rf3
+/= (0.41) Depth: 7 00:00:00 19kN
1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 Rd8 3.Nh5+ Kh8 4.Qh6 Qf8 5.Qxf8+ Rxf8 6.Rxd4 Ba6 7.Rc1 Rbc8 8.Rxc8
+/= (0.43) Depth: 8 00:00:00 45kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4
+/= (0.53 ++) Depth: 8 00:00:00 46kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4
+/= (0.68 ++) Depth: 8 00:00:00 47kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4 Qe8 5.Bxf7 Qxf7 6.Nxf6 Bb7 7.Re1 Rc8 8.Qh4 Qg7 9.g3
+/= (0.60) Depth: 8 00:00:00 53kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6 4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.Be4 Ba6 6.Re1 Bc4 7.Bf3 Bxa2 8.Rc1
+/- (0.72 ++) Depth: 9 00:00:00 86kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6 4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.Be4 Bxe4 6.Qxe4 Rg4 7.Re8+ Rg8 8.Rxg8+ Kxg8 9.Rf3 Qd7 10.a3 Kh8
+/- (0.83) Depth: 9 00:00:00 98kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qc6 4.Nd5 Qxd5 5.Qxe5+ Qxe5 6.Rxe5 Rae8 7.Rxe8 Rxe8 8.f6 Bc6 9.Rf4 Rg8 10.g3 Rf8 11.Kf2 Bd5
+/- (0.78) Depth: 10 00:00:00 168kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qc6 4.Nd5 Qxd5 5.Qxe5+ Qxe5 6.Rxe5 Rae8 7.Rxe8 Rxe8 8.f6 Rg8 9.g3 Rf8 10.Rf4 Bc6 11.Kf2 b5 12.Ke2 Kg8 13.Bc2 Bd5 14.Kd3 Rf7
+/- (0.86) Depth: 11 00:00:00 221kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qc6 4.Nd5 Qxd5 5.Qxe5+ Qxe5 6.Rxe5 Rae8 7.Rxe8 Rxe8 8.f6 Rg8 9.g3 Rf8 10.Rf4 Bc6 11.Kf2 b5 12.Ke2 Kg8 13.Bc2 Bd5 14.Kd3 Rf7
+/- (0.86) Depth: 12 00:00:01 326kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qc6 4.Nd5 Qxd5 5.Qxe5+ Qxe5 6.Rxe5 Rae8 7.Rxe8 Rxe8 8.f6 Rg8 9.g3 Rf8 10.Rf4 Bc6 11.Kf2 b5 12.Ke2 Kg8 13.Bc2 Bd5 14.Kd3 Rf7
+/- (0.86) Depth: 13 00:00:02 524kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6 4.Rxe5 Re8 5.Rxe8+ Bxe8 6.Qxd6 Rxd6 7.Re1 Bd7 8.Kf2 Kg8 9.Re7 h6 10.Bc4+ Kf8 11.Rh7 d3 12.Rxh6 Rxh6
+/- (0.87) Depth: 14 00:00:06 1650kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qc6 4.Nd5 Qxd5 5.Qxe5+ Qxe5 6.Rxe5 Rae8 7.Rxe8 Rxe8 8.f6 Rg8 9.g3 Rf8 10.Rf4 Bd5 11.Rxd4 Bxa2 12.Rd7 Bg8 13.Rd6 Bf7 14.Ba6 Kg8 15.Rd7 Ra8 16.Kf2
+/- (0.87) Depth: 15 00:00:10 2746kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6 4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.g3 Bc6 6.Rfe1 Rgf8 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.Qf2 Bc6 9.Qe2 R6f7 10.Qb2 Rf6 11.Qc1 Rc8 12.Qf4 Rg8 13.Bc4 Rd8 14.Qh4 d3 15.Bxd3 Qd4+ 16.Qxd4
+/- (0.88) Depth: 16 00:00:24 6979kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6 4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.g3 Bc6 6.Rfe1 Rgf8 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.Qf2 Bc6 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Bc4 Qa3
+/- (0.88) Depth: 17 00:00:55 16286kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 Rd8 7.Nh5
+/- (1.00 ++) Depth: 18 00:01:46 31060kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+
+/- (1.15 ++) Depth: 18 00:01:59 34316kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7 3.Nf4
+- (1.55 ++) Depth: 18 00:02:43 45448kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+ Kg7 10.Rf2 Qe5 11.Qb4 Rd8 12.Ng4 Qe6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Rfxd2 Rxd2 15.Rxd2 Kg6 16.Qf4
+- (1.98) Depth: 18 00:04:56 82687kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+ Kg7 10.Rf2 Qe5 11.Qb4 Rd8 12.Ng4 Qe6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Rfxd2 Rxd2 15.Rxd2 Kg6 16.Qf4
+- (2.10 ++) Depth: 19 00:06:23 106mN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+ Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4 Rd8 12.Ne4 Qa3 13.Qe6 Qe3 14.Rdxd2 Qe1+ 15.Rf1[] Qe3+ 16.Rdf2
+- (2.23) Depth: 19 00:08:45 145mN, tb=3
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7[] 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+ Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4 Rd8 12.Ne4 Qa3 13.Qe6 Qe3 14.Rdxd2 Qe1+ 15.Rf1[] Qe3+ 16.Rdf2
+- (2.23) Depth: 20 00:09:20 154mN, tb=3
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7[] 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+[] Nxf7 6.Qh4[] d3 7.Nh5[] d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+[] Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4[] Rd8 12.Ne4 Qa3 13.Qe6 Qe3 14.Rdxd2[] Qe1+ 15.Rf1 Qe3+ 16.Rdf2[]
+- (2.35 ++) Depth: 21 00:17:38 292mN, tb=3
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7[] 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+[] Nxf7 6.Qh4[] d3 7.Nh5[] d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+[] Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4[] Rd8 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Rdxd2 Rf8 14.Rf4 Ne5 15.Qg3 Rxf4 16.Qxf4
+- (2.38) Depth: 21 00:27:29 454mN, tb=22
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7[] 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+[] Nxf7 6.Qh4[] d3 7.Nh5[] d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+[] Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4[] Rd8 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Rdxd2[] Rf8 14.Rf4 Ne5 15.Qg3 Rc8 16.Nd6
+- (2.50 ++) Depth: 22 00:52:19 810mN, tb=141
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6[] Rf7[] 3.Nf4[] Kg8 4.Bc4[] Bxf5 5.Bxf7+[] Nxf7 6.Qh4[] d3 7.Nh5[] d2 8.Rd1 Bg6 9.Nxf6+[] Kg7 10.Rf2 Rc8 11.Qg4[] Rd8 12.Ne4 Qa3 13.Qe6 Qe3 14.Rdxd2 Qe1+ 15.Rf1 Qe3+ 16.Rdf2[]
+- (2.48) Depth: 22 00:54:34 853mN, tb=141
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Re: Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by Eelco de Groot »

yanquis1972 wrote:an hour of R4 analysis reveals that Nh5+ may be just as powerful --
Yes, I think so too, Nh5+ is what I would play 8-) But Rybka is a bit stronger. Rainbow Serpent concurs with Rybka but not with such a high score. Rainbow Serpent 1.7.1 plays 1. Re4 though.


r1b2r2/p5kp/1p1q1p2/4nP2/3p1N2/3B4/P2Q2PP/4RRK1 w - -

Engine: Rainbow Serpent 1.8(s)dc Build 009 (Athlon 2009 MHz, 256 MB)
by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski

1.00 0:00 -0.04 1.Be4 (863) 3

2.00 0:00 -0.12 1.Be4 Nc4 (1.292) 5

3.00 0:00 +0.36 1.Be4 Nc4 2.Qd1 (1.998) 9

4.00 0:00 +0.76 1.Be4 Bd7 2.Bxa8 Rxa8 3.Nh5+ Kg8 (3.699) 16

5.00 0:00 +0.84 1.Be4 Rb8 2.Nd5 Ba6 3.Rf2 (9.397) 40

6.00 0:00 +0.53-- 1.Be4 Rb8 (9.980) 42

6.00 0:00 +0.40 1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 Ba6 3.Ne6+ Kg8
4.Nxf8 Bxf1 5.Kxf1 Rxf8 6.Qxd4 (16.467) 65


6.00 0:00 +0.56 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Qe7 3.Re4 Bb7
4.Rxd4 Rg8 (17.152) 68

7.00 0:00 +0.88++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (23.068) 86

7.00 0:00 +1.01 1.Nh5+ Kg8 2.Qh6 Qe7 3.Re4 Bd7
4.Bc4+ Kh8 5.Rxd4 Nxc4 6.Rxc4 (31.800) 113

8.00 0:00 +1.61++ 1.Nh5+ Kg8 (83.471) 222

8.00 0:00 +1.73 1.Nh5+ Kf7 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Re4 Qe7
4.Bc4+ Ke8 5.Nxf6+ Rxf6 6.Rxe5 (100.836) 248

9.00 0:00 +0.76-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (257.280) 373


9.00 0:00 +1.01 1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 Ba6 3.Ne6+ Kh8
4.Rfe1 Rf7 5.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 6.Rxd4 Rg8 (279.379) 380

10.00 0:00 +0.40 1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 d3 3.Kh1 Kh8 4.Bxd3 Bb7
5.Qe2 Qc6 6.Bb5 Qe4 (427.190) 434

11.01 0:01 +0.16 1.Be4 Rb8 2.Rd1 d3 3.Bxd3 Nxd3
4.Nxd3 Qd4+ 5.Kh1 Ba6 6.Rf3 Rbd8
7.Rh3 Kh8 8.Qh6 Qd7 9.Rg3 Bc4 (732.823) 483


11.02 0:01 +0.56 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.Rf2 Rgf8 6.Re1 Qxf4
7.Rxf4 Rg8 (776.872) 482

12.01 0:02 +0.48 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Rxe5 Rg8 5.Rf2 Bc6 6.Rc2 Rg7 7.a3 a5
8.Kh1 Kg8 9.Kg1 (1.023.841) 500

13.01 0:02 +0.64++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (1.501.427) 519

13.01 0:03 +0.80++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (1.590.857) 524

13.01 0:03 +0.88 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qxf6
4.Qxe5 Qxe5 5.Rxe5 Rg8 6.Re2 Rac8
7.g3 Rc7 8.f6 Bd5 9.Rf4 Rc1+ 10.Kf2 (1.699.634) 530

14.01 0:04 +1.09 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qxf6
4.Qxe5 Qxe5 5.Rxe5 Rf7 6.g4 Rd8
7.Rf4 Kg8 8.g5 Rc7 9.Kf2 Rc3 10.Be4 Bxe4
11.Rfxe4 Rc2+ 12.Re2 (2.249.444) 545

15.01 0:07 +1.41 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Qxf6
4.Qxe5 Qxe5 5.Rxe5 Rf7 6.g4 Rd8 7.g5 Rc7
8.f6 Kg8 9.Kf2 Rc3 10.Ke2 Bg2 11.Rg1 Bd5
12.Re7 (4.481.242) 585

16.01 0:08 +1.41 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bb7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Bc6 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.f6 Rg8 7.g3 Rf8
8.Re7 Rdxf6 9.Rxf6 Rxf6 10.Rxh7+ Kg8
11.Rxa7 Kf8 12.Bc4 Rf3 13.Rc7 Be8
14.g4 (5.231.989) 594

17.01 0:11 +1.25-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (6.934.296) 602

17.01 0:11 +1.09-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (7.097.494) 602

17.01 0:13 +1.21 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Rg8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rf4 Rg7
7.g3 h5 8.Kf2 Rf6 9.Rxd4 Rgf7 10.Rh4 Bxf5
11.Rxh5+ Kg7 12.Bxf5 Rxf5+ 13.Rxf5 Rxf5+
14.Ke3 (7.942.605) 604

18.01 0:22 +1.01-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (14.119.452) 624

18.01 0:23 +1.13 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Re8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rxe8+ Bxe8
7.Re1 Bc6 8.g4 Rh6 9.Re7 Rh3 10.Bc2 d3
11.Bd1 Bf3 12.Re3 Bxd1 13.Rxh3 Bxg4
14.Rxd3 (14.693.588) 624

19.01 0:28 +1.33++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (17.967.742) 626

19.01 0:30 +1.17 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 h6 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.h3 Rg8 7.Kh2 h5
8.g3 Rg7 9.Rf4 Bc6 10.Rh4 Rg5 11.g4 Kg7
12.Kg3 Kf6 13.Rxh5 Rxh5 14.gxh5 (19.281.528) 628

20.01 0:38 +1.25++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (23.949.468) 627

20.01 0:40 +1.33++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (25.495.777) 626

20.01 0:41 +1.09-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (26.027.257) 626

20.01 0:48 +1.41 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Re8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rxe8+ Bxe8
7.Re1 Bc6 8.Re7 Rd7 9.Rxd7 Bxd7
10.g4 Bc6 11.Kf2 Bd5 12.a3 Kg8 13.g5 h6
14.h4 (30.190.654) 625

21.01 0:59 +1.45 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Rg8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rf4 a6
7.Kf2 b5 8.g3 Re8 9.g4 Rxe1 10.Kxe1 Be8
11.g5 Bf7 12.Re4 h6 13.h4 hxg5
14.Re7 (37.196.165) 629

22.01 1:08 +1.29-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (42.910.790) 630

22.01 1:13 +1.13-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (46.610.139) 630

22.01 1:37 +1.45 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Rg8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rf4 h6
7.Kf2 a5 8.Re7 Rg7 9.f6 (61.992.969) 635

23.01 1:46 +1.37-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (67.921.154) 636

23.01 1:55 +1.45 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Rg8 5.Qxd6 Rxd6 6.Rf4 a6
7.Kf2 Bb5 8.Bxb5 axb5 9.g4 d3 10.Ke3 Kg7
11.Re4 Kf6 12.Kd2 Ra8 13.Re6+ Rxe6
14.Rxe6+ (72.808.709) 633

24.01 2:06 +1.37-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (80.312.177) 634

24.01 2:22 +1.29-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (90.444.610) 635

24.01 2:30 +1.13-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (95.689.341) 636

24.01 3:19 +1.25 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 hxg4
11.hxg4 Kg7 12.Rd2 Rgd8 13.Kf2 Kf6
14.Kf3 (127.138.266) 636

25.01 4:28 +1.37 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 hxg4
11.hxg4 Kg7 12.Rd2 Rgd8 13.Kf2 Kf6
14.Kf3 (170.172.663) 634

26.01 4:47 +1.13-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (182.299.238) 633

26.01 5:55 +1.17 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 hxg4
11.hxg4 Kg7 12.Rd2 Rgd8 13.Kf2 Kf6
14.Kf3 (224.617.324) 632

27.01 13:17 +1.17 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 Kh7
11.Rd2 Rgd8 12.Kg2 Kh6 13.Kf3 Kg5
14.Rd3 (510.527.912) 640

28.01 19:12 +1.21 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 Kh7
11.Rd2 Rgd8 12.Kg2 Kh6 13.Kf3 Kg5
14.Rd3 (739.609.888) 641

29.01 22:35 +1.13-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (870.828.198) 642

29.01 26:04 +1.13 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Nf3+ (1.000.469.343) 639

30.01 33:49 +1.25++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (1.291.872.382) 636

30.01 39:46 +1.17 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.g4 Bb5 6.Bxb5 axb5 7.Rf2 Rg8
8.Qxd6 Rxd6 9.h3 h5 10.Re4 Kh7
11.Rd2 Rgd8 12.Kg2 Kh6 13.Kf3 Kg5
14.Rd3 (1.529.486.498) 640

31.01 72:55 +1.25++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (2.798.561.115) 639

31.01 84:44 +1.33++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (3.248.916.530) 638

31.01 101:46 +1.17 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 a6 5.h3 h5 6.Qe4 Raf8 7.Qf4 Qxf4
8.Rxf4 Bb5 9.Bxb5 axb5 10.g4 Rd6
11.Kf2 d3 12.Rd1 d2 13.Rb4 Kg7
14.Rb2 (3.904.269.006) 639

32.01 134:53 +1.09-- 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (5.237.566.353) 647

32.01 168:40 +1.25++ 1.Nh5+ (6.530.484.357) 645

32.01 187:29 +1.33++ 1.Nh5+ Kh8 (7.235.532.185) 643

32.01 221:52 +1.33 1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qf4 Bd7 3.Nxf6 Rxf6
4.Qxe5 Rg8 5.g3 a6 6.Re2 Bb5 7.Bxb5 axb5
8.Qxb5 d3 9.Re3 Rd8 10.Rd1 d2 11.Kg2 h5
12.Re2 Kg7 13.a4 Qd5+ 14.Qxd5 (8.625.647.909) 647
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Re: Test Position: Punishing the stubborn

Post by Albert Silver »

yanquis1972 wrote:great position albert! very current & shames todays top engines, at least at low to moderate depths. after 5 minutes using all 4 cores rybka does not find the best move on my machine. ill give little brother dynamic a shot at it.

...but for whatever reason i first went with junior, & with the same specifications as rybka the move is found in under a minute! perhaps an example of extreme mpv search luck, or maybe junior's just that good.




Analysis by Deep Junior 11.2 UCI:

1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Bc4 Rc7 4.Bb3
+/- (0.75) Depth: 6 00:00:00 18kN
1.Nh5+
+/- (1.23) Depth: 9 00:00:00 92kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4 Qe7 5.Bxf7 Qxf7 6.Nxf6
+- (1.72) Depth: 9 00:00:00 251kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Rxe5 Qxe5 4.Bc4 Qe7 5.Bxf7 Qxf7 6.Rf4 d3 7.Nxf6 Ba6
+- (1.64) Depth: 12 00:00:00 3617kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8
+/- (1.16) Depth: 15 00:00:03 32712kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 Bg6 8.Nxf6+ Kh8 9.Ne8 Qc5+ 10.Kh1
+/- (1.04) Depth: 17 00:00:11 94276kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Qh6 Rf7 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Bc4 Bxf5 5.Bxf7+ Nxf7 6.Qh4 d3 7.Nh5 Bg6 8.Nxf6+ Kg7 9.Ne8+ Rxe8 10.Rxe8
+/- (1.07) Depth: 19 00:00:30 250mN
1.Rxe5
+- (1.52) Depth: 19 00:00:55
460mN
1.Rxe5 fxe5 2.f6+ Kf7 3.Bc4+ Ke8 4.f7+ Kd8 5.Nd5 Be6 6.Qh6 d3 7.Ne3 Kd7 8.Rf6 Qd4 9.Bxe6+ Kc7 10.Bd5
+/- (1.32) Depth: 20 00:04:16 2372mN
1.Rxe5 fxe5 2.f6+ Kf7 3.Bc4+ Ke8 4.f7+ Kd8 5.Nd5 Be6 6.Qh6 d3 7.Ne3 Kc7 8.Bxe6 Rad8 9.Kh1 d2 10.Nd5+
+- (1.51) Depth: 21 00:05:30 3051mN
Nice one by Junior. Yes, engines all failed here too, but if you feed them the first move their evaluation very quickly goes through the roof.
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