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Subject: Re: Some test positions for computer programs

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 11:59:43 06/14/98

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On June 14, 1998 at 05:40:15, blass uri wrote:
>The first test position
>>can you show me how white win against Junior
 after Nd5 instead of hxg5.

11...Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd 13. Bxe7 Re8 14.0-0 Rxe7 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qd6
17. Re3 Re6 18.c4 c5 19.Rg3 Kf8 20.Bf5 Rxe5 ...


>>in the second game 15...Qa5+ is better than 15...Qe8 and I am not sure
>>if
>>black loses.
>
>I believe 15...Qa5+ losing after 16.c3
>I believe the mistake in the games was hxg5

We can "prove" the second game later...


>If I decide they are good moves by evaluation function like Cstal then
>I do unsound sacrifices.

And ? Whole life is unsound ! Nobody knows anything exactly. I can
pretty well live with this fact.

>Junior4.6 cannot find it in a reasonable time

Almost any program fails.
But humans ? How many humans would take here having seen the moves
before.
Even myself would not take here.
>The third test position:
>
>The position Genius5 lost against Cstal by playing the mistake c5
>is also a good test position for computer programs.
>
>r2r2k1/p4p1p/bqp1p1p1/4N3/1b1P4/8/PPQ2PPP/R1BR3K
>
>black to move
>
>Cstal does not do this mistake but Cstal also do unsound sacrifices.

Oh man. you must write in in stone, with golden letters on granit:
CSTAL does unsound sacs. How political incorrect !




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