Ajedrecista wrote:I have tried several top engines and none of them have found Bc4 with short analysis
SMP luck?
On 1st try, Houdini on old dualcore:
n7/8/P2p4/8/1p6/7p/N3B1k1/4K3 w - - 0 1
Analysis by Houdini 3 w32 Nlm:
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1.Bh5
+/= (0.60 !) Depth: 21/50 00:00:04 16487kN, tb=5
1.Bh5 b3 2.Nc3 h2 3.Ke2 Kg1 4.Bf3 h1Q 5.Bxh1 Kxh1 6.Kd3 Kg2 7.Kc4 b2 8.Kb3 d5 9.Kxb2 d4 10.Nd1 Kf3 11.Kb3 Nb6 12.Kb4 Nc8 13.Kc5 d3 14.Kd4 d2 15.Kd3 Kf4 16.Kxd2 Ke4 17.Kc3 Kd5 18.Kb4 Kc6 19.Ka5 Nd6 20.Ne3 Nb7+ 21.Kb4 Kb6
+/= (0.60) Depth: 21/50 00:00:05 17365kN, tb=5
1.Bh5 b3 2.Nc3 h2 3.Ke2 Kg1 4.Bf3 h1Q 5.Bxh1 Kxh1 6.Kd3 Kg2 7.Kc4 b2 8.Kb3 d5 9.Kxb2 d4 10.Nd1 Kf3 11.Kb3 Nb6 12.Kb4 Nc8 13.Kc5 d3 14.Kd4 d2 15.Kd3 Kf4 16.Kxd2 Ke4 17.Kc3 Kd5 18.Kb4 Kc6 19.Ka5 Nd6 20.Ne3 Nb7+ 21.Kb4 Kb6
+/= (0.60) Depth: 22/50 00:00:05 19879kN, tb=12
1.Bc4
+/= (0.68 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 31038kN, tb=27
1.Bc4
+/- (0.82 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 31955kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+/- (1.17 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 32213kN, tb=29
1.Bc4 Nc7 2.a7 h2 3.a8Q+ Nxa8 4.Bd5+ Kg3 5.Bxa8 b3 6.Nc1 b2 7.Ne2+ Kg4 8.Nc3 Kf4 9.Kd2 Kg3 10.Ke3 Kg4 11.Be4 Kg3 12.Bf3 Kh4 13.Kf2 Kg5 14.Kg3 Kf5 15.Kxh2 Ke5 16.Kg3 Kd4 17.Nb5+ Kc5 18.Na3 Kb4 19.Nb1
+- (1.48) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 32602kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+- (1.56 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 33201kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+- (1.72 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 33612kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+- (2.08 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:09 34164kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+- (2.96 !) Depth: 22/50 00:00:10 36511kN, tb=29
1.Bc4 Nc7 2.a7 h2 3.a8Q+ Nxa8 4.Bd5+ Kg3 5.Bxa8 b3 6.Nc3 Kf4 7.Kd2 Kg3 8.Nd1 Kf4 9.Kc3 Kg3 10.Kxb3 Kf4 11.Bh1 Kg4 12.Kc2 Kf4 13.Kd2 Kf5 14.Ke3 Ke5 15.Nf2 Kf5 16.Kf3 d5 17.Kg2 d4 18.Kxh2 Kf4 19.Kg2 Ke3 20.Kg3
+- (3.79) Depth: 22/52 00:00:12 41907kN, tb=29
1.Bc4
+- (3.95 !) Depth: 22/52 00:00:13 46620kN, tb=34
1.Bc4 Nc7 2.a7 h2 3.a8Q+ Nxa8 4.Bd5+ Kg3 5.Bxa8 b3 6.Nc3 Kf4 7.Kd2 Kg3 8.Nd1 Kf4 9.Kc3 Kg3 10.Kxb3 Kf4 11.Bh1 Kg4 12.Kc2 Kf4 13.Kd3 Kg3 14.Ke3 Kg4 15.Kf2 Kf4 16.Ne3 Kg5 17.Kg2
+- (3.89) Depth: 22/52 00:00:13 47331kN, tb=34
1.Bc4
+- (4.06 !) Depth: 22/52 00:00:14 51663kN, tb=39
1.Bc4 Nc7 2.a7 h2 3.a8Q+ Nxa8 4.Bd5+ Kg3 5.Bxa8 b3 6.Nc3 Kf4 7.Kd2 Kg3 8.Nd1 Kf4 9.Kc3 Kg3 10.Kxb3 Kf4 11.Bh1 Kg4 12.Kc2 Kf4 13.Kd2 Kg3 14.Ke3 Kg4 15.Nc3 Kf5 16.Kf2 Ke5 17.Kg3 Kd4 18.Nd1 d5 19.Kxh2 Ke5 20.Kg3 d4 21.Kf2
+- (4.37) Depth: 22/52 00:00:16 57029kN, tb=50
1.Bc4
+- (4.55 !) Depth: 23/53 00:00:18 63781kN, tb=57
1.Bc4
+- (4.91 !) Depth: 23/54 00:00:21 75142kN, tb=79
1.Bc4 Nc7 2.a7 h2 3.a8Q+ Nxa8 4.Bd5+ Kg3 5.Bxa8 b3 6.Nc3 Kf4 7.Kd2 Ke5 8.Kd3 b2 9.Kc2 Kd4 10.Kxb2 Kd3 11.Bd5 Kd2 12.Be4 Ke3 13.Kc2 Kd4 14.Kd2 Ke5 15.Ke3 Kf6 16.Bh1 Ke5 17.Kf2 Kd4 18.Nd5 Ke5 19.Kg3 Kf5 20.Kxh2 Ke5 21.Kg3 Kf5 22.Kf3 Ke5 23.Ke3 Ke6 24.Be4 Ke5
+- (5.23) Depth: 23/55 00:00:24 87078kN, tb=92