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Subject: Re: GS2930 test, Gandalf solved 9 of 14 !!

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 19:25:01 09/19/00

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On September 19, 2000 at 21:44:21, Mark Young wrote:

>[d]6k1/4Q3/3P2p1/7n/P3N1K1/8/1q1r4/7R b - - 0 1
>
>
>Gandalf is strong Frank, but in the games I have seen Gandalf made some strange
>blunders which make me doubt it is the strongest program. Here Gandalf played
>Rd3 and lost quickly, when it seems Rg2+ draws with ease and all the pro
>programs find in almost no time at all.

I didn't find any problems with this position using my Athlon (800MHz, 32Mb
hash). Five seconds seem reasonable to me, but with slower hardware and blitz
timecontrol, then it might be. It's a search speed problem IMO, not
understanding.

2 -22 10 266 ... Rd4 Kg5 Rxa4 Kxg6
2 -19 10 296 ... Rg2+ !!
2 94 10 354 ... Rg2+ !!
2 147 10 396 ... Rg2+ !!
2 182 10 453 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qa3
3 -40 10 1837 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qa3 Nf6+ Nxf6 Qxf6 Qxa4+ Kh3
4 -1 20 22375 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qa3 Nf6+ Nxf6 Qd8+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kg8
5 -84 100 151472 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Rg4+ Kxg4 Qg2+ Kh4 Qxh1+ Kg5 Qc1+ Kxg6
5 -81 140 206498 ... Rd4 !!
5 -81 270 414222 ... Rxd6 !!
5 -75 280 446715 ... Rxd6 Qxd6 Qe2+ Kh3 Qf3+ Ng3 Nf4+ Kh4 g5+ Kxg5
5 -71 350 553521 ... Rd3 !!
5 -36 370 587534 ... Rd3 Kg5 Rd5+ Kh4 Rd4 Qe6+ Kh7 Qf7+ Ng7
6 -36 460 736420 ... Rd3 Kg5 Rd5+ Kh4 Rd4 Qe6+ Kh7 Qf7+ Ng7
6 -33 520 831931 ... Rg2+ !!
6 -1 570 939555 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qe2 Qe6+ Kg7 d7 Rh2+ Rxh2 Qxh2+ Qh3
7 -1 880 1489044 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qe2 Qe6+ Kg7 d7 Rh2+ Rxh2 Qxh2+ Qh3
8 -1 1560 2806774 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qe2 Qe6+ Kg7 d7 Rh2+ Rxh2 Qxh2+ Kg4
9 -1 3470 6332289 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qe2 Qe6+ Kg7 d7 Rh2+ Rxh2 Qxh2+ Kg4
10 -1 9860 18052639 ... Rg2+ Kh4 Qe2 Qe6+ Kg7 d7 Rh2+ Rxh2 Qxh2+ Kg4


Best wishes...
Mogens



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