Author: Slater Wold
Date: 11:49:37 03/31/04
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On March 31, 2004 at 12:49:04, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On March 31, 2004 at 06:31:28, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>I just completed a 100-game blitz match between Gothmog 0.4.7 and Crafty 19.9 >>(yes, I know it is not the most recent version). In one of the games, the >>following position arised: >> >>[D]r2qr3/4bpkp/p2p2pN/1p1P4/2pNP3/1b5P/1P1Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - >> >>Here, Gothmog surprised me (and Crafty) by playing the knight sac Nxf7!?. It >>plays this after only 7 plies and 1 second, almost certainly as a speculative >>sac, but still keeps it with a +1 score after 20 minutes and 16 plies. In >>the game, Gothmog quickly got a winning attack after 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Ne6 Qc8 >>26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Re3. >> >>Which other engines like Nxf7? Is the sac correct? > >IsiChess MMX (Athlon XP2.7+ 256 MB Hash) likes Nxf7 too, after 7 seconds with >slight minus then draw score. 40 seconds to get the first plus (+0.17). >After two minutes +0.54: > >1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Ne6 Qb6 3.Qh6 Rc8 4.Qxh7+ Ke8 5.Qxg6+ Kd7 6.Qf5 Rg8 7.e5 Ke8 So...when can I expect a nice, Gerd optimized, 64-bit IsiChess? :)
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