Author: Kolss
Date: 09:44:38 07/31/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 01:05:53, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>[D] 8/4ppbk/p5pp/3pP3/3B4/5P1P/PP3P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
>
>My thing got smashed by Ulf Andersson in this position. It wants to play ... g5
>and sticks with it for a long time on a P3/550, like something over a minute,
>and it didn't have near enough time to avoid getting creamed.
>
>I'm pretty sure that ... g5 is dead lost. I'm less sure about ... h5 or ... e6.
>
>A recent Yace switches away in about 12 seconds on one processor of my quad Xeon
>450, and Crafty 18.10 takes 22 seconds to shift away. I'm surprised about
>Crafty since I'd thought that it should do better given its knowledge of
>majorities.
>
>Anyone have any other insights? If you would like to tell how fast another
>program shifts away from ... g5, please include hardware.
>
>bruce
Hi,
After short analysis, black looks lost to me after both 1. ...e6 (as Martin
pointed out already) and 1. ... h5 (as José wrote):
1. ... e6 2. b4! Bf8 3. Bc5 Kg7 4. Bd6
Bg7 4. Bd6 Kg8 5. a4 Bf8 6. b5
f6 5. f4 g5 6. a4
g5 5. a4
1. ... h5 2. b4 Bh6 3. Be3! Bg7 4. f4 g5 5. a4! gxf4 6. Bd4
Regards, Munjong.
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