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Subject: Re: Test position from RWBC

Author: Koundinya Veluri

Date: 00:20:07 09/26/03

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On September 25, 2003 at 11:45:15, Tord Romstad wrote:

>In the latest round of the Open Class of the Regensburg Winboard Circuit,
>my program (playing black) reached the following position:
>
>[D]r5k/P6p/Q4pp/3p3r/3pb/5P/2P2KPq/R1R2B b - - bm Bxf3;
>
>Because of the strong attack against the white king, my program evaluates
>the position as very good for black.  Unfortunately, it was not able to
>find a forced win quickly enough.  The continuation was Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4
>(there was a draw here by Qh2+, of course), and my program eventually lost.
>
>When analysing the game with the help of my engine, I found that Bxf3!
>seems to win for black.  My engine needs 2 minutes and 18 seconds to
>find this move when running on an Athlon MP 2.0 GHz (analysis below),
>which I find quite disappointing.
>
>How fast do other engines solve this position?
>

King of Kings 2.40 needs 27 seconds on a Xeon 3.06. The improved king safety
stuff seems to be helping, since 2.30 can't find it in a long time.

 5       1       31          100000 [+=] Qh4+ Kg1
 5      98       40          130579      Qh4+ g3 Qh2+ Bg2 Rf5 Qe6+ Kh8 Ra3 h6
 5      98       53          177549      Qh4+ g3 Qh2+ Bg2 Rf5 Qe6+ Kh8 Ra3 h6
 6      68      100          341698 [--] Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kh8 Re1 Qh2+ Kf2 Rf5
Rxe4 dxe4 Qxe4 Qh4+ Qxh4 Rxf3+ gxf3
 6     109      140          487117      Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kh6 Re1 Qh2+
Kf2 Rf5 Rxe4 dxe4 Qxe4
 6     109      170          598422      Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kh6 Re1 Qh2+
Kf2 Rf5 Rxe4 dxe4 Qxe4
 7      79      264          929603 [--] Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kh8 Re1 Qh2+ Kf2 Rf5
Rxe4 dxe4 Qxe4 Qh4+ Qxh4 Rxa7
 7      46      467         1637789      Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kg7 Re1 Bxf3 Qd7+ Kh6
Re7 Qg3 Rxh7+ Kg5 Rxh5+ Kxh5 Qh3+ Qxh3 gxh3
 7      46      675         2420830      Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Qe6+ Kg7 Re1 Bxf3 Qd7+ Kh6
Re7 Qg3 Rxh7+ Kg5 Rxh5+ Kxh5 Qh3+ Qxh3 gxh3
 8      16     1139         4123964 [--] Qh4+ Kg1 Qf4 Re1 Qh2+ Kf2 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh1+
Kf2 Bxc2 Qc6 Qh4+ Kg1 Rxa7 Rxa7 Qxe1 Qxc2
 8       0     1728         6235558      Qh4+ Kg1 Bxf3 Qb7 Qh2+ Kf2 Qh4+ Kg1
 8       1     1951         7082204 [+=] Qf4 Qc6
 8      96     2103         7676917 [++] Qf4 Qc6 Bxf3 Qxa8+ Kg7 Qf8+ Kxf8 a8=Q+
Kg7 Ra7+ Kh6 Qf8+ Kg5 Qa3 Bxg2+ Ke2 Bxf1+ Ke1
 8     112     2423         8924728      Qf4 Re1 Rh2 Qe6+ Kg7 Rxe4 dxe4 Qxe4
Qxe4 fxe4 h6
 8     113     2661         9898522 [+=] Bxf3 Qe6+
 8     135     2764        10293591      Bxf3 Qc6 Qf4 Qxa8+
 8     135     2831        10561816      Bxf3 Qc6 Qf4 Qxa8+
 9     146     3104        11621096      Bxf3 Qe6+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kh6 Qxf6 Be4 Qxd4
Rf5+ Ke1 Qg3+ Ke2 Bxg2 Qe3+ Qxe3+ Kxe3 Bxf1 Rxf1 Rxf1 Rxf1 Rxa7
 9     146     3940        15011861      Bxf3 Qe6+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kh6 Qxf6 Be4 Qxd4
Rf5+ Ke1 Qg3+ Ke2 Bxg2 Qe3+ Qxe3+ Kxe3 Bxf1 Rxf1 Rxf1 Rxf1 Rxa7
10     184     5306        20465212      Bxf3 Qxf6 Bxg2 Bxg2 Rf5+ Qxf5 gxf5 Re1
Qf4+ Bf3 Kf7 Kg2 Qd6 Kf2

Koundinya



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