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Subject: Re: A test position for programs(was Correspondence Chess and computers)

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:58:09 08/16/98

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On August 16, 1998 at 07:29:03, blass uri wrote:

>
>On August 16, 1998 at 07:02:54, Kai Lübke wrote:
>
>>On August 15, 1998 at 18:48:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Computers are really not a threat of any kind at correspondence chess.  We had
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>lower levels, computer impact could be felt.  But you aren't going to find a
>>>2400 correspondence computer for a long while...
>>
>>I totally agree. I have a 2080 correspondence chess rating and once lost a game
>>in 13 moves. In the post mortem I found that almost all of my programs would
>>have lost just as fast (Junior, Fritz, MChess etc., given the 10-30 min/move
>>that I typically use in my games).
>
>In a correspondence game you can give programs more time then 10-30 min/move
>
>The question if they would have lost in 5 hours per move
>
>Uri
I think that the losing mistake is 7.exf7+
7.Be3 is the move in the opening book of fritz5
Junior5 after some hours play 7.exf7+ with evaluation 0.89
it see the line 7.exf7+ Kxf7 8.Be3 Bb4+ 9.Kf2 Re8 10.Ne2 but does not see
Rxe3
It is a good test position for computer programs
I am sure Junior will find not to play exf7+
The question is how much time does it need (20 hours,200 hours or maybe 2000
hours)
I am not going to try more than 50 hours on my pentium200MMX

Uri
>
>
>>
>>Here's the game (I'm White, my opponent has a 2200 rating):
>>
>>1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5
>>5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 (all theory so far)
>>7. exf7+ (seconded by Junior, Nimzo, Chessmaster, Rebel, MChess)
>>7...Kxf7
>>8. Be3 (seconded by all programs)
>>8...Bb4+
>>9. Kf2 (seconded by all except Hiarcs & Nimzo)
>>9... Re8
>>10. Ne2 (seconded by all except Rebel)
>>10... Rxe3!!
>>11. Kxe3 (seconded by all, trivial)
>>11...Qe7+
>>12. Kf2 (seconded by all, trivial)
>>12...Re8
>>13. Nbc3 (fairly trivial)
>>
>>Now all programs see black up by +2,5 or more and the game is clearly lost (in
>>the actual game, I carried on until move 23, but it was hopeless...).
>>
>>At least Junior, CM and MChess would have played the game exactly as I did and
>>thus would have lost.
>>
>>---
>>Shep



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