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Subject: Re: Fritz defeats itself at Leiden!

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 20:30:38 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 10:15:06, Vine Smith wrote:

>On May 19, 2001 at 08:52:03, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>On May 19, 2001 at 06:22:23, Vine Smith wrote:
>>
>>>On May 19, 2001 at 05:26:07, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Fritz - Gambit Tiger   Leiden round 4
>>>>-------------------------------------
>>>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Na5 7. Nf3 Bd6
>>>>8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxa5 a6 10. Na4 Qe7 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Nf6
>>>>14. Nc3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 f5 18. h3 Qf7 19. Rad1 Rfe8
>>>>20. Bc2 g6 21. b4 Nc3 22. Rd3 Qg7 23. Bd1 Ne4 24. Bd4 Qf7 25. Rde3 g5
>>>>26. Bc2 g4 27. hxg4 fxg4 28. Bxe4 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Qf4 30. Bc5 Qh2+ 31. Kf1
>>>>Bf4 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Be3 Bd6 34. Ke2 Bh5 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd4 Bxf3+
>>>>37. gxf3 Qf5 38. Rd3 h5 39. a4 h4 40. axb5 h3 41. Qa1 h2 42. b6 cxb6
>>>>43. Qh1 Rc8 44. f4 Qh5+ 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Bd2 Bxf4 47. d6 Rxd2 48. Rxd2 Bxd2
>>>>49. d7 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qxh1+ 0-1
>>>
>>>Astonishing positional suicide -- few, if any, humans would ever play 21.b4,
>>>entombing the queen. Of course, Tiger could afford to open the game in any way
>>>it pleased after that. It would be interesting to see if the lack of interest in
>>>liberating the queen is duplicated by many programs; correct or not, I would
>>>have been so concerned about this offside post that I would have played 17.Qe1
>>>immediately.
>>
>>
>> The terms "mobility" and "king safety" comes to mind after this kamikaze...
>>
>> Anyway, I made a quick check on PIII 800 with 128 Mb hash. 4 min ponder.
>>
>> Fritz 5.32        21.b3  and later plays b3-b4.
>> Fritz 6 Old       21.b3
>> Fritz 6 (Newest)  21.b4
>> Deep Fritz        21.b4
>> Hiarcs 7.32       21.b4
>>
>> Then we have some non closers:
>>
>> Crafty 18.08      21.Bc1
>> Shredder 5        21.h4
>> Gandalf 4.32h     21.Kf1 or 21.Re2  (shifting after 4.02)
>>
>> Sune
>
>Horrible that not only Fritz, but also Deep Fritz (this program is going to play
>Kramnik???) and Hiarcs (with something of a good reputation for positional play,
>I thought) commit this blunder. Also, any program that doesn't evaluate the
>resulting position at something like -2.00 or lower has nothing to be proud of.
>I'm putting together a suite of positional problems to evaluate programs'
>understanding or lack thereof, and I'll have to include this position as an
>"avoid move" type of problem (even though it's a little unfair to Fritz, which
>will of course fail this one).
>Can you tell if Gandalf wants to play 21.Re2 in order to follow up with 22.Qe1?
>If so, that would mark it as the only program so far to demonstrate some concern
>about the queen's situation.
>
>Regards,
>Vine

This is the position
[D]r3r1k1/2pb1q1p/p2b2p1/Qp1P1p2/4n3/P3BN1P/1PB2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 21

My humble "Gaviota" never considers b4 and tries to free the queen.
It has a special code for that, since I really needed it because it does
not have opening book (yet). It avoids the queen going for a risky ride
too early. It backfires, sometimes, when sacrifices pawns
and try to hunt the opponent queen without success. Someday this will need
a tune-up or make it asimetric. So far, I gave me more happiness than
headaches but it is not perfect.

This is in an AMD K6-2 400 mhz

   7:      6.7    -0.08  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-d2    h7-h6
                         Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6   Re8xe6   Be3xh6
   8       9.1    -0.08  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-d2    h7-h6
                         Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6
   8:     12.2    -0.08  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-d2    h7-h6
                         Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6
   9      15.1    -0.08  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-d2    h7-h6
                         Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6   Re8xe6
   9:     37.4    -0.08  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-d2    h7-h6
                         Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6   Re8xe6
  10      49.8    -0.38  Bc2xe4    f5xe4   Nf3-g5   Qf7-f6   Qa5-c3   Qf6xc3
                          b2xc3    h7-h6   Ng5-e6   Bd7xe6    d5xe6   Re8xe6
                         Be3xh6   Bd6xa3
  10     249.8    -0.16  Re1-e2    b5-b4    a3xb4   Bd7-b5   Re2-e1   Ra8-b8
                         Nf3-g5   Ne4xg5   Be3xg5   Bb5-c4   Qa5-a1   Bd6xb4
                         Re1xe8   Rb8xe8
  10:    354.6    -0.16  Re1-e2    b5-b4    a3xb4   Bd7-b5   Re2-e1   Ra8-b8
                         Nf3-g5   Ne4xg5   Be3xg5   Bb5-c4   Qa5-a1   Bd6xb4
                         Re1xe8   Rb8xe8
  11     782.6    -0.06  Re1-e2   Ne4-f6   Qa5-e1    f5-f4   Be3-d4   Re8xe2
                         Qe1xe2   Ra8-e8   Bd4-e5    a6-a5   Kg1-h2   Nf6xd5
  11:   1135.1    -0.06  Re1-e2   Ne4-f6   Qa5-e1    f5-f4   Be3-d4   Re8xe2
                         Qe1xe2   Ra8-e8   Bd4-e5    a6-a5   Kg1-h2   Nf6xd5

After b4 is played, this is the analysis from the black's point of view:

   7:      8.3    +1.79  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-g7   Nf3-d4   Nc3-e4   Nd4-c6
                         Ne4-c3
   8      10.2    +1.78  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-f6   Nf3-d4   Nc3xd5   Bc2-b3
                          c7-c6   Nd4xc6   -----
   8:     15.3    +1.78  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-f6   Nf3-d4   Nc3xd5   Bc2-b3
                          c7-c6   Nd4xc6   -----
   9      22.9    +1.64  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-f6   Nf3-d4   Nc3-a2   Nd4-e2
                          f5-f4   Be3-d4   Qf6-f7
   9:     70.7    +1.64  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-f6   Nf3-d4   Nc3-a2   Nd4-e2
                          f5-f4   Be3-d4   Qf6-f7
  10     105.0    +1.63  Ne4-c3   Rd1-d3   Qf7-f6   Nf3-d4   Nc3-e4   Nd4-c6
                          h7-h6   Be3-d4   Qf6-f7   Bd4-b2   Bd7xc6    d5xc6

It really dislikes the queen trapped.

Regards,
Miguel






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