Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 07:20:14 10/20/04
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On October 20, 2004 at 06:51:55, ludicrous wrote: [d]r2qkb1r/1p1n1p1p/p3p3/3pPN2/8/4p3/PPP1B2P/RN1Q1RK1 w q - >>Does any other engine even consider Nc3? Does Nc3 even win? It looks unclear at best to me. Gothmog 1.0 beta 11 finally plays 1. Nc3 after 3:44 (on a Pentium IV 2.4 GHz), but the score is only +0.09. In the early plies, Gothmog prefers to sacrifice the knight with 1. Kh1 (which may transpose to 1. Nc3; the PV starts with 1. Kh1 Qb6 2. Nc3), and later switches to 1. Bh5 before finally settling on 1. Nc3. Glaurung 0.1.4 doesn't play 1. Nc3 at all, even after 10 minutes. >Also it considers Gelfand's speculative Nxf7! Score is 0.40 for White after a >minute's thought, 1500 kN/s [d]r1bqr1k1/1p2bppp/8/p1nnN3/2p2B2/6P1/PP3PBP/R2QR1K1 w - - This one seems easier. Gothmog plays Nxf7 instantly, while Glaurung needs 2 seconds. The score is not convincing, though. Gothmog has +0.22 after 2 minutes and 15 plies, while Glaurung has +0.45 after 1 minute and 14 plies. Tord
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