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Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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This is NOT a troll, it is a position from a game played by in the 40'. Can any engine find the best and only winning move here? I left Stockfish 13 NNUE for 6 hours and is still looking for the best move, probably somebody with a super fast Machine 6 to 8 times faster than my intel i7 4770 3.40 GHz can find it in less than 30 minutes :roll:
[d]4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 61 1
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Here are some of the purely mechanical solutions from my database (solved by engines):

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4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 86; acs 3600; bm Qxe5; ce 645; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; c5 "hard CCC 2008; Pos; Positional squeeze; 1-0;"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 58; bm Qxe5; ce 645; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 29; bm Qxe5; ce 593; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 Rb7+ Kf6 Kd3 Ra8 c4 Rxa2 c5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 28; bm Qxe5; ce 593; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 c4 Ra8 c5 Kf6 Kd3 Ra4 b4 Kf5 Rb7 Ra3+ Kc4 Rxa2 Rxh7 e4 d6 e3; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 30; bm Qxe5; ce 593; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 c4 Ra8 c5 Ke8 d6 Kd7 Rb7+ Kc6 Rc7+ Kd5 Kd3 h6 d7 Rd8 Ke3 Ke6 c6; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 39; bm Qxe5; ce 593; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 g5 Rb6 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 d6 Ke6 c4 Rhg8 c5 e4 Kc3 e3 Kd3 Rg6 Bf8 g4 b4 Rg8 Bh6 Ra8 Kxe3; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 38; bm Qxe5; ce 593; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 g5 Rb6 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 d6 Ke6 c4 Rhg8 c5 e4 Kc3 e3 Kd3 Rg6 Bf8 g4 b4; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 27; bm Qxe5; ce 589; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 c4 Ra8 c5 Rxa2 Rb7+ Kf6 Kd3 Ra5 b4 Ra3+ Kc4; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 32; bm Qxe5; ce 588; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 c4 Ra8 c5 e4 Rb7+ Kf6 Kc3 Ke5 Kc4 Ra4+ b4 Rxa2; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 26; bm Qxe5; ce 585; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Bb5 Qd8 Bd7 Rc8 Rf7 Rb8 Bc6 Qh4 Rg7+ Kf8 Rxa7+ Kg8 e7 Qe1+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qe1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Ke3 Qe1+ Kd3 Qf1+ Kc2 Re8 Bd5+ Qf7 Rb7 b5 Rxb5 Qxd5 exd5 Kf7 Bf8 Rhxf8 exf8=R+ Rxf8 c4 Kf6 Kd3 Kg5 c5 Kf4 Rb7 e4+ Kd4 e3 Re7 Rb8 Re4+ Kg5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 38; bm Qxe5; ce 400; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 Rc4 Bb3 b5 a4 a6 Kg2 Qg7 Bxc4 bxc4 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rf7+ Kh6 e7 Re8 Kg3 Kh5 Rxh7+ Kg5 Rf7 Kh5 h4 g5 hxg5 Kxg5 Rf5+ Kg6 Rxe5 Kf7 Rc5 Kxe7 Rxc4 Kd6 Kf4 Rf8+ Ke3 Rh8 Rd4+ Ke6 Rd5 Rh2 b3 Rh3+; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 37; bm Qxe5; ce 347; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 Rc4 Bb3 b5 a4 a6 Kg2 Qg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rf7+ Kh6 Bxc4 bxc4 e7 Re8 Kg3 g5 Rf6+ Kg7 Rxa6 Rxe7 Kg4 Rb7 Kxg5 Rxb2 Ra7+ Kg8 Kf6 Rf2+ Kxe5 Rxh2 a5 Ra2 Kd5 h5 e5 Kf8 a6; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 36; bm Qxe5; ce 335; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 b5 Bb3 Rc4 a4 a6 Kg2 Qe8 Rf3 Qe7 Ba2 Qg7 Bxc4 bxc4 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rf7+ Kh6; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 36; bm Qxe5; ce 332; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 a6 Bxa6 Qe7 Bb7 Rd6 b4 Rd2 Bd5 Rb2 Rf7 Rb1+ Kg2 Rb2+ Kg3 Qe8 e7 Rg2+ Kxg2 Qc6 Bxc6 Kxf7 e8Q+ Rxe8 Bxe8+ Kxe8 Kh3 Kf7 Be3 Kg7 Bxb6 Kh6 Be3+ Kg7 Bd4 exd4 cxd4 Kh6 Kg2 Kg7 d5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 36; bm Qxe5; ce 327; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 Rc4 Bb3 b5 Kg2 a6 a4 Qe8 Rf3 Qe7 Ba2 g5 axb5 axb5 b4 Qg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Bxc4 bxc4 Rf7+ Kg6 b5 Re8 Rc7 Rxe6 Rxc4 Kf6 Rc7 Rb6 c4 h5 Kf3 Rb8 Rc6+ Ke7 b6 Rf8+ Ke3 g4 Ke2 Kd7 Rc7+ Ke6 Rh7 Kd6 Rxh5 Kc6; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 43; bm Qxe5; ce 327; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 b5 Bb3 Rc4 Kg2 a6 Rf2 Qg7; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 38; bm Qxe5; ce 327; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 35; bm Qxe5; ce 323; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 b5 Bb3 Rc4 a4 a6 Kg2 Qe8 Rf3 Qe7 Ba2 Qg7 Bxc4 bxc4 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rf7+ Kh6 e7 Re8 Kg3 g5 Rf6+ Kg7 Rxa6 Rxe7 Kg4 Rb7 Kxg5 Rxb2 Ra7+ Kg8 Kf6 h5 h4 Rc2 a5 Rxc3 a6; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 36; bm Qxe5; ce 311; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Qe7 Bd1 Rc4 Bb3 b5 a4 a6 Kg2 Qe8 Ba2 Qa8 Kg3 Qe8 Rf3 g5 Kg2 Qe7 b4 Qg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Bxc4 bxc4 Rf5 Re8 Rxg5+ Kf6 Rh5 Rxe6 Rh6+ Kf7 Rxh7+ Kg6 Rc7 Kg5 Kg3 Rg6 Rxc4 Rg8; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 34; bm Qxe5; ce 307; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 Rc7 Kg2 Qe7 Bd1 b5 Bb3 Rc4 Rf2 a6 Bxc4 bxc4 b3 cxb3 axb3 Qg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rf7+ Kh6 e7 Re8 h4 g5 Rf6+ Kg7 hxg5 a5 Re6 Kf7 Rxe5 Rxe7 Rxa5 Rxe4 Kf3 Rh4; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - acd 36; bm Qxe5; ce 305; c0 "Gusev-Auerbach, Chelyabinsk, 1946"; c3 "Qxe5"; pm Qxe5; pv Qxe5 fxe5 Rf1 a6 Bxa6 Qe7 Bb7 Rd6 b4 Rd2 Bd5 Rb2 Rf7 Rb1+ Kg2 Rb2+ Kg3 Qe8 e7 Rg2+; id "Hard-Talkchess-2020.078"; 
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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I didn't check it in all depth, but Black Diamond v13 found 1.Qxe5 fxe5 2.Rf1 in 15 sec. After 10 Min it's at +4.30
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Chessqueen wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:16 pm This is NOT a troll, it is a position from a game played by in the 40'. Can any engine find the best and only winning move here? I left Stockfish 13 NNUE for 6 hours and is still looking for the best move, probably somebody with a super fast Machine 6 to 8 times faster than my intel i7 4770 3.40 GHz can find it in less than 30 minutes
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Paloma wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:08 pm
Chessqueen wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:16 pm This is NOT a troll, it is a position from a game played by in the 40'. Can any engine find the best and only winning move here? I left Stockfish 13 NNUE for 6 hours and is still looking for the best move, probably somebody with a super fast Machine 6 to 8 times faster than my intel i7 4770 3.40 GHz can find it in less than 30 minutes
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Gero wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:57 pm I didn't check it in all depth, but Black Diamond v13 found 1.Qxe5 fxe5 2.Rf1 in 15 sec. After 10 Min it's at +4.30
My PC is a Xeon 12 Core with 3.40 GHz
That is Correct, I am surprised that Black Diamond found it. Here is the Link where I saw it 3 years ago ==>
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here?

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Hello:

Gusev vs. Auerbach... once again. Analysed to death, though what a queen sacrifice!

[d]4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 1 24

[pgn][Event "Molniya Sporting Society"]
[Site "Chelyabinsk URS"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri S Gusev"]
[Black "E Auerbach"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nb3
Bg7 8.O-O Be6 9.f4 Rc8 10.f5 Bd7 11.g4 Ne5 12.g5 Ng8 13.Nd5 f6
14.Be3 b6 15.Nd4 Kf7 16.c3 Qe8 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.fxe6+ Kf8
19.Nxf6 Nxf6 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Bh6+ Kg8 22.Rxf6 exf6 23.Qxd6 Rc6
24.Qxe5 fxe5 25.Rf1 Rc8 26.Bd1 Rc4 27.Bb3 b5 28.Bxc4 bxc4
29.b3 a5 30.bxc4 Qe7 31.Kg2 Qa3 32.Rf2 Qe7 33.Rf1 g5 34.Rf5 g4
35.c5 Qd8 36.c6 Qe7 37.c7 1-0[/pgn]

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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Well, the queen sacrifice (move 24) was not a winning move.
White only won because 29....a5? was a mistake.
(cxb3 would lead to a draw).

But before the queen sacrifice the position move 23 Qd5!
would be winning, instead of the sloppy 23.Qxd6?!,

PS yep i used an engine
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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jefk wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:01 pm Well, the queen sacrifice (move 24) was not a winning move.
White only won because 29....a5? was a mistake.
(cxb3 would lead to a draw).

But before the queen sacrifice the position move 23 Qd5!
would be winning, instead of the sloppy 23.Qxd6?!,

PS yep i used an engine
:)
Just by looking at the position I believe that if the Queen move to 25.Qd5? the Rook will simply take the pawn losing momentum of the attack, and if the White bishop move to d1 then the Black King will move to f7 don't you believe ?
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Re: Can any engine find the winning move here ?

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Position #78 in the Hard-talkchess-2020 : http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.p ... 09#p888409

Results in second unit in the sheet : https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dmhe5kjw0ffi ... s.ods?dl=0