Test Position: Mamedyarov-Wang Hao (32.g4!!)

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Albert Silver
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Test Position: Mamedyarov-Wang Hao (32.g4!!)

Post by Albert Silver »

Mamedyarov played a brilliant game today, beating his rival and taking sole lead. He outplayed his opponent in a simplified middlegame, and punctuated it with this shot:

[D]6k1/2R3p1/p4r1p/1p2rp2/1Pb4P/P7/3R1PPK/1B6 w - - 0 32

32.g4!! Be6 33.g5!
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Re: Test Position: Mamedyarov-Wang Hao (32.g4!!)

Post by De Vos W »

Albert Silver wrote:Mamedyarov played a brilliant game today, beating his rival and taking sole lead. He outplayed his opponent in a simplified middlegame, and punctuated it with this shot:

[D]6k1/2R3p1/p4r1p/1p2rp2/1Pb4P/P7/3R1PPK/1B6 w - - 0 32

32.g4!! Be6 33.g5!


6k1/2R3p1/p4r1p/1p2rp2/1Pb4P/P7/3R1PPK/1B6 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Houdini 1.03a w32 2_CPU:



1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Kf8 3.Ra7 Ke8 4.Ra8+ Ke7 5.Rxa6 fxg4 6.Ra7+ Ke8 7.Rxg7 Rf3
+/= (0.52) Depth: 6/16 00:00:00 4kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Kf8 3.Ra7 Ke8 4.Rxa6 fxg4 5.Ra8+ Kf7 6.Ra7+ Ke8 7.Rxg7 Rf3
+/= (0.58 ++) Depth: 7/18 00:00:00 10kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Kf8 3.Ra7 Ke8 4.g5 hxg5 5.hxg5 Rg6 6.Ra8+ Ke7 7.Ra7+ Ke8 8.Ra8+
+/= (0.51) Depth: 7/18 00:00:00 10kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Rd5 3.Rxd5 Bxd5 4.Bxf5 g6 5.Re8+ Kf7
+/= (0.55) Depth: 8/19 00:00:00 14kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 Re1 3.Rd8+ Rf8 4.Rxf8+ Kxf8 5.Bxf5 Bxf5 6.gxf5 Re5 7.Kg3 Rxf5 8.Rxa6 Rd5 9.Ra7 Rd2 10.f3 Rd3 11.h5
+/= (0.42) Depth: 9/19 00:00:00 24kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 Re1 3.Rd8+ Rf8 4.Rxf8+ Kxf8 5.Bxf5 Bxf5 6.gxf5 Re5 7.Rxa6 Rxf5 8.Kg3 Rd5 9.Ra7 Rd2 10.f3 Rd3 11.h5
+/= (0.42) Depth: 10/22 00:00:00 42kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Rd5 3.Re2 Rd1 4.g5 hxg5 5.hxg5 Rg6 6.R7xe6 Rxe6 7.Rxe6 Rxb1 8.Rxa6 Rb2 9.Kg3 Kf7 10.f3
+/= (0.41) Depth: 11/23 00:00:00 76kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Re7 Rd5 3.Re2 Rd1 4.g5 hxg5 5.hxg5 Rg6 6.R7xe6 Rxe6 7.Rxe6 Rxb1 8.Rxa6 Rb2 9.Kg3 Kf7 10.f3
+/= (0.47 ++) Depth: 12/25 00:00:00 175kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Rd6 Re1 3.Bd3 Rf7 4.Rxf7 Kxf7 5.Rxa6 Re5 6.Ra7+ Kf6 7.f4 Rd5 8.g5+ hxg5 9.hxg5+ Kg6 10.Bb1 Rd1 11.Re7 Rxb1 12.Rxe6+ Kf7
+/= (0.42) Depth: 12/25 00:00:00 221kN
1.g4 Rd5 2.Rxd5 Bxd5 3.gxf5 Rf7 4.Rc5 Bc4 5.Rc6 Rf6 6.Rc7 Rd6 7.Kg3 Rd1 8.Be4 Rd2 9.Rc6 Re2 10.Bf3
+/= (0.47) Depth: 13/25 00:00:00 294kN
1.g4 Rd5 2.Rxd5 Bxd5 3.gxf5 Rf7 4.Rc5 Bc4 5.Rc6 Re7 6.f6 Re1 7.Bf5 Re5 8.Bg6 gxf6 9.Rxf6 Be6 10.Bb1 Re2 11.Kg3
+/= (0.53 ++) Depth: 14/30 00:00:00 358kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Rc6 Kf7 3.f4 Rd5 4.Rxd5 Bxd5 5.Rxf6+ Kxf6 6.Bxf5 h5 7.Kg3 g6 8.Bb1 hxg4 9.Kxg4 Be6+ 10.Kf3
+/= (0.47) Depth: 14/30 00:00:00 584kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 g6 3.g5 hxg5 4.hxg5 Rf7 5.Rxa6 Rc7 6.Rc2 Rd7 7.Rc5 Re2 8.Rxb5 Rxf2+ 9.Kg3 Re2 10.a4
+/= (0.49) Depth: 15/34 00:00:00 1034kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 g6 3.g5 hxg5 4.hxg5 Rf7 5.Rxa6 Rc7 6.Rc2 Rd7 7.Rc5 Re2 8.Rxb5 Rxf2+ 9.Kg3 Re2 10.a4 Kg7 11.Rbb6 Re3+ 12.Kf4
+/= (0.56 ++) Depth: 16/34 00:00:01 2205kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 g6 3.g5 hxg5 4.hxg5 Rf7 5.Rxa6 Rc7 6.Rc2 Rh7+ 7.Kg2 Bd5+ 8.Kg3 Rh1 9.Rc8+ Kf7 10.Rf6+ Ke7 11.Kf4 Re6 12.Rxe6+ Kxe6 13.Re8+ Kf7
+/= (0.50) Depth: 16/35 00:00:01 2336kN
1.g4 Re2 2.Rxe2 Bxe2 3.gxf5 Bg4 4.Rc5 Rd6 5.Kg3 Be2 6.Ba2+ Bc4 7.Bxc4+ bxc4 8.Rc8+ Kh7 9.Rxc4 Rd3+ 10.Kg2 Rxa3 11.Rc7 Kg8 12.f3 Rd3
+/= (0.53) Depth: 17/41 00:00:02 4115kN
1.g4 Re2 2.Rxe2 Bxe2 3.gxf5 Bg4 4.Rc5 Rd6 5.Kg3 Be2 6.Ba2+ Bc4 7.Bxc4+ bxc4 8.Rc8+ Kh7 9.Rxc4 Rd3+ 10.Kg2 Rxa3 11.Rc7 Kg8 12.f3 Rd3
+/= (0.53) Depth: 18/48 00:00:02 5944kN
1.g4 Re2 2.Rd8+ Rf8 3.Rdd7 Bf7 4.Kg3 fxg4 5.Bg6 Bxg6 6.Rxg7+ Kh8 7.Rxg6 h5 8.Rh6+ Kg8 9.Rxh5 Rfxf2 10.Rhh7 Rf3+ 11.Kxg4 Rxa3 12.Rcg7+ Kf8 13.Ra7 Kg8 14.Rhg7+ Kf8 15.Rgf7+ Kg8 16.Rfd7 Rf2 17.h5 Rg2+ 18.Kh4 Rh2+ 19.Kg5 Rg3+ 20.Kf4
+/= (0.51) Depth: 19/48 00:00:04 9316kN
1.g4 Re2 2.Rd8+ Rf8 3.Rdd7 Bf7 4.Kg3 fxg4 5.Bg6 Bxg6 6.Rxg7+ Kh8 7.Rxg6 h5 8.Rh6+ Kg8 9.Rxh5 Rfxf2 10.Rhh7 Rf3+ 11.Kxg4 Rxa3 12.Rcg7+ Kf8 13.Ra7 Kg8 14.Rhg7+ Kf8 15.Rgf7+ Kg8 16.Rfd7 Rf2 17.h5 Rg2+ 18.Kh4 Rh2+ 19.Kg5 Rg3+ 20.Kf4
+/= (0.58 ++) Depth: 20/49 00:00:09 21888kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 g6 3.g5 hxg5 4.hxg5 Rf8 5.Rxa6 Bf7 6.Rdd6 f4 7.Bxg6 Rxg5 8.Bxf7+ Rxf7 9.Rg6+ Rxg6 10.Rxg6+ Kf8 11.Rb6 Ra7 12.Rxb5 Rxa3 13.Rf5+ Ke7 14.Rxf4 Kd6 15.Kg2 Kc6
+/= (0.55) Depth: 20/49 00:00:16 38279kN
1.g4 Be6 2.Ra7 g6 3.g5 hxg5 4.hxg5 Rf7 5.Rxa6 Rc7 6.Rdd6 Bf7 7.Bd3 Be8 8.Kg3 Kg7 9.Kg2 f4 10.Kf3 Rxg5 11.Kxf4 Rg1 12.Re6 g5+ 13.Ke5 Re1+ 14.Be4
+/= (0.58) Depth: 21/49 00:00:21 50523kN
1.g4 Rd5 2.Rxd5 Bxd5 3.gxf5 Rd6 4.Ra7 Bc4 5.Be4 Bd5 6.f3 Bxe4 7.fxe4 Rd2+ 8.Kg3 Rd3+ 9.Kf4 Rxa3 10.Ra8+ Kf7 11.e5 Ra4 12.e6+ Ke7 13.Ra7+ Kf8 14.Ke5 Rxb4 15.Rxa6 Rxh4 16.Ra8+ Ke7 17.Ra7+ Kf8 18.Rf7+ Kg8
+/= (0.54) Depth: 22/49 00:00:31 75766kN
1.g4 Rd5 2.Rxd5 Bxd5 3.gxf5 Rd6 4.Ra7 Bc4 5.Be4 Bd5 6.f3 Bxe4 7.fxe4 Rd2+ 8.Kg3 Rd3+ 9.Kf4 Rxa3 10.Ra8+ Kf7 11.e5 Ra4 12.e6+ Ke7 13.Ra7+ Kf8 14.Rf7+ Kg8 15.Ke5 Rxb4 16.Ra7 Kf8 17.Rxa6 Rxh4 18.Ra8+ Ke7 19.Ra7+ Kf8
+/= (0.61 ++) Depth: 23/49 00:01:03 152mN
1.g4 Rd5 2.Rxd5 Bxd5 3.gxf5 Kf8 4.Kg3 a5 5.Kf4 axb4 6.Ke5 Bf7 7.axb4 Ra6 8.Rc8+ Ke7 9.Rb8 Bc4 10.Rb7+ Kf8 11.f3 Ra8 12.Be4 Re8+ 13.Kd6 Rd8+ 14.Kc5 Rc8+ 15.Bc6 h5
+/= (0.65) Depth: 23/49 00:01:23 200mN

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