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Subject: Re: good sac (i think)

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 02:14:41 06/19/00

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On June 19, 2000 at 04:37:18, Peter Kappler wrote:

>On June 19, 2000 at 03:58:01, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>In a game tonight on ICC, Amateur declined to sac for the attack, and played
>>14.Bg3.  But I think it's ok to take the pawn, so I was disappointed to see
>>this.  What do other progs do?
>>
>>[D]1rbq1rk1/2pp1p2/2n2n1p/1p2p1p1/4P2B/1BPP1N2/2P2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - g6
>>
>
>
>That's *really* funny - I was about to post the same position!
>
>By the way, this was an extremely valuable game for me, because it helped me
>find a rather huge bug in Grok's king safety that caused it to play 13...g5 and
>some of the ridiculous king moves that followed.
>
>Grok likes Nxg5 after 8 seconds (ply 8) with an equal score.  After 2 minutes
>the score jumps to +0.5.
>
>Phalanx (always brilliant in these types of positions) finds it in under 4
>seconds with a score of +2.
>
>Fritz6a finds it in 30 seconds, at +0.6.  After 100 seconds it's at +1.34
>
>Chess System Tal 2 finds it in 4 seconds with a +2.2 score.  Very similar to
>Phalanx!
>
>Crafty sticks with Bg3.  I gave up after 3 minutes.
>
>
>Conclusion: Nxg5 looks very strong to me!
>
>--Peter

I tried SOS and it finds Nxg5 after 25 seconds:

Starting new Game
SOS from Nov  3 1999 21:16:35
Hash has 16 MByte, PHash has 4 MByte.
Running sequentially.
Ready.
Level 40 100 0
Thu Feb 12 00:26:19 1970
1rbq1rk1/2pp1p2/2n2n1p/1p2p1p1/4P2B/1BPP1N2/2P2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - -
  ------------------
8 |. r b q . r k . |
7 |. . p p . p . . |
6 |. . n . . n . p |
5 |. p . . p . p . |
4 |. . . . P . . B |
3 |. B P P . N . . |
2 |. . P . . P P P |
1 |R . . Q . R K . |
  ------------------
   a b c d e f g h
Move number 1 of SOS.
Expected duration is 37:46:40.
Maximum is ENORMOUS
Es werden 00:00.00 angerechnet, erlaubt sind 37:46:40
   0     86       0      0 <static>
   1     99       0     58 Bg3
   2     83       0    389 Bg3 d6
   3     76       0   2340 Bg3 d6 Qd2
   4     79       6   2895 Bg3 Kh8   (48 knps)
   5     59      17  25166 Bg3 d6 h3 Bb7 Qd2   (148 knps)
   6     59      17  28500 Bg3 d6 h3 g4 hxg4 Bxg4 Ra6   (168 knps)
   7     61      33  50284 Bg3 d6 h3 g4 hxg4 Bxg4 Bh4   (152 knps)
   8     63      99 153831 Bg3 d6 h4 g4 Nd2 Qd7   (155 knps)
   9     66     588 1049392 Bg3 d6 Qd2 Bd7 Rb1 Bg4 Qe3 Rb6 Bd5 Nxd5 exd5   (178
knps)
  10     66     775 1334731 Bg3 d6 Qd2 Bd7 Nxg5 Qe7 Nxf7   (172 knps)
  10     69     973 1641843 Bg3 d6 h4 g4 Nh2 Kh7 Re1 b4 Qd2   (169 knps)
  10     77    1083 1875988 Bg3 d6 h4 g4 Nh2 Nh5 Nxg4   (173 knps)
  11     78    2483 4569865 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 f4 exf4 Bxf4 d5 Bxd5 Nxd5   (184
knps)
  11     87    2675 4973858 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 f4 exf4 Bxf4 d5 Bg5   (186 knps)
  11     88    2813 5188257 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 f4 Kg7 fxe5 Qc5+ d4   (184 knps)
  11     95    2917 5445860 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 f4 exf4 Bxf4 Qc5+ Kh1 Ne5 Bh6
(187 knps)
  11    105    3027 5761700 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 f4 exf4 Bxf4 Qc5+ Kh1 Qxc3 Bxc7
Nd4 Bxb8   (190 knps)
  12    105    4032 7858692 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kh7 Bxf6   (195 knps)
  12    107    4153 8111348 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Qd6 Be3+ Kh8 Qh4+ Nh7
Bh6   (195 knps)
  12    110    4268 8380675 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Ba6 Rxa6 Nd4   (196
knps)
  12    113    4373 8624961 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Nxe4 Bxd8 Nxc3 Bxc7 Rb7 Bxe5 Nxd1 Bd5
  (197 knps)
  12    115    4581 9081036 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Nxe4 Bxd8 Nxc3 Bxc7 Rb7 Bxe5 Nxd1 Bd5
  (198 knps)
  12    119    4708 9380401 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Nd5 Bxd8   (199 knps)
  12    122    4828 9678380 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 d5 exd5 Nh5 Bxd8 Bg4   (200 knps)
  13    122    8151 16834361 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rh8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d5
exd5   (207 knps)
  13    123    8454 17424577 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 Bd5
(206 knps)
  13    124    8629 17821205 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 Bd5
(207 knps)
  13    126    8805 18248050 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 Bd5
(207 knps)
  13    128    8953 18616372 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(208 knps)
  13    130    9107 19018487 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 Bd5
(209 knps)
  13    131    9211 19260710 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (209 knps)
  13    133    9387 19710189 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (210 knps)
  13    134    9612 20201937 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (210 knps)
  13    136    9755 20587137 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Qc5   (211 knps)
  13    137    9860 20839595 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Bb7   (211 knps)
  13    139   10035 21298748 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(212 knps)
  13    141   10184 21705762 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(213 knps)
  13    142   10305 21979336 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(213 knps)
  13    144   10497 22474062 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(214 knps)
  13    145   10700 22932468 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(214 knps)
  13    147   10887 23418038 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Qd8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 f4
Rb6   (215 knps)
  13    148   11057 23794028 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Qd8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 f4
Qe8   (215 knps)
  13    149   11172 24065117 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(215 knps)
  13    150   11831 25594149 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    151   12139 26163453 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    152   12375 26622140 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Kh7 Qh4+ Kg8 Bxf6
Nd8   (215 knps)
  13    154   12875 27785083 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    155   13001 28057808 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    156   13106 28308064 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    157   13259 28631753 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    158   13375 28911737 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(216 knps)
  13    159   13501 29232645 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Nd8   (217 knps)
  13    160   13627 29542330 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(217 knps)
  13    162   13809 30043827 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(218 knps)
  13    163   13924 30334656 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Rh8 Ra8 Rb8   (218 knps)
  13    165   14100 30819245 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Rb8   (219 knps)
  13    166   14248 31174980 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Rb6 Bxf6 Qxf6 Qxf6 d5   (219
knps)
  13    167   14396 31561611 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Re8   (219 knps)
  13    168   14512 31857366 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb7 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Rd8   (220 knps)
  13    169   14622 32126622 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
(220 knps)
  13    170   14742 32429321 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Qe6   (220 knps)
  13    171   14907 32800070 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Rd8   (220 knps)
  13    172   15028 33102518 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Nd4 cxd4   (220
knps)
  13    173   16522 36150753 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Bb7 Bh4+ Kh7 Qg5 Rg8
Qxf6 Qxf6   (219 knps)
  13    174   16720 36537415 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 b4 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 Ba6
  (219 knps)
  13    175   16863 36877277 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 b4 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 Re8
cxb4   (219 knps)
  13    176   17115 37459389 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
(219 knps)
  13    177   17275 37851182 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 b4 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 Qc5
cxb4   (219 knps)
  13    178   17566 38435381 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 f4 d5
exd5   (219 knps)
  13    179   17796 38949602 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Nd4 cxd4   (219
knps)
  13    180   17989 39366149 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Qd8 f4 Ra8   (219 knps)
  13    181   18137 39727457 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Ba6 Rxa6 d5   (219
knps)
  13    182   18269 40066300 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Ra8 Rxa8 Nh5   (219
knps)
  13    183   18450 40496829 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Qa3   (219 knps)
  13    184   18631 40952596 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Nb4   (220 knps)
  13    185   18763 41298743 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d6 Bxf6+ Kxf6 f4 d5
exd5   (220 knps)
  13    186   18911 41672611 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Qd6 Be3+ Kh8 Qh4+
Kg8 Bh6 Na7   (220 knps)
  13    187   19049 42020790 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Qd6 Be3+ Kh8 Qh4+
Nh7 Bh6   (221 knps)
  13    188   19191 42391594 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Bb7 Bh4+ Kh8 Qg5
(221 knps)
  13    189   19367 42805708 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Qd8 f4 Ke7 fxe5   (221 knps)
  13    190   19488 43123582 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Rb6 Bd5   (221 knps)
  13    191   19603 43434547 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (222 knps)
  13    192   19730 43766507 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Qe6   (222 knps)
  13    194   19960 44403436 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (222 knps)
  13    195   20114 44819867 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (223 knps)
  13    196   20262 45190523 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Qa3   (223 knps)
  13    197   20389 45512605 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Rf8   (223 knps)
  13    198   20504 45847373 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rd8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(224 knps)
  13    199   20658 46242592 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rd8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(224 knps)
  13    200   20784 46565237 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rd8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
(224 knps)
  13    201   20938 46953858 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4   (224 knps)
  13    202   21048 47262452 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rh8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4 d6
f4 exf4 Rxf4+   (225 knps)
  13    203   21158 47569707 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Nb4 cxb4   (225
knps)
  13    204   21301 47904393 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Ra8 Rxa8 Nh7   (225
knps)
  13    205   21416 48221080 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 d5 Bxf6+ Kxf6 exd5
Nd8 h4 Kf5   (225 knps)
  13    206   21570 48600148 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 b4 Bh4+ Kh7 Qg5 Nxe4
Qxe7 Nxe7 Bxe7   (225 knps)
  13    207   21691 48929956 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Re8 Bxf6+ Kxf6 h4
Nb4   (226 knps)
  13    208   21822 49282265 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Ba6 Rxa6 d5 Bxf6+
(226 knps)
  13    209   21949 49628079 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Rb6 Bxf6+   (226
knps)
  13    210   22075 49975257 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Kh7 Qh4+ Kg6 f4 Qb4
 (226 knps)
  13    211   22201 50317134 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Qe7 Qf3 Kg7 Qg3 Kh7 Qh4+ Kg6 f4 Rg8
 (227 knps)

Best wishes...
Mogens



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