Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:22:55 04/05/99
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Dann, Thanks for the analysis. That helps to confirm it was actually crafty 16.6 running. Recall that with pondering, crafty in all likelihood would have had more than 7 seconds for the move. Will On April 05, 1999 at 20:47:44, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 05, 1999 at 20:26:13, Will Singleton wrote: >>Anyone know if Cubebox on fics is running an unmodified crafty 16.6? Can't tell >>from the notes. >> >>This was a pretty remarkable game for Amateur. It was getting killed, as usual, >>but then slowly came back to win. I *think* the lesson is that outside passed >>pawns can be very strong. Can a better chessplayer (than me) comment? >> >>The only apparent blunder I can see for Cubebox is move 53. f5. Is that a >>blunder, with Qc4 better? Any could someone with a crafty 16.6 run this >>position to check the output? >> >>8/3pRpk1/2bP1p1p/2P4P/pQ3P2/6P1/1K6/3q4 w - - >Take this analysis with a grain of salt. It is 16.6, but on a machine doing >lots of other things at the same time. > >Qc4 is definitely better, but Crafty does not see it until ply 12 at about 6 >minutes. Crafty likes f5 from 7 seconds out to 3:30, as you can see. If it was >Crafty 16.6, and the move had been made in *less than* 7 seconds, a better >choice would have been made, as both Qc3 and Qc4 seem to be preferable. I would >hesitate to call f5 a blunder, since the penalty is 6 fullmoves away: > >middle-game phase > clearing hash tables > time surplus 0.00 time limit 30:00 (30:00) > depth time score variation (1) >White(1): exit > > 5 0.15 2.01 1. Qc4 Qxh5 2. g4 Qh2+ 3. Re2 Qg3 > 5 0.17 ++ 1. Qc3!! > 5-> 0.22 2.40 1. Qc3 > 6 0.25 -- 1. Qc3 > 6 0.34 1.85 1. Qc3 Qxh5 2. Qc4 Qh2+ 3. Kc1 Qg1+ > 4. Kd2 Qf2+ 5. Kc1 > 6 0.45 1.89 1. Qc4 Qxh5 2. g4 Qh2+ 3. Re2 Qg3 4. > f5 > 6-> 0.72 1.89 1. Qc4 Qxh5 2. g4 Qh2+ 3. Re2 Qg3 4. > f5 > 7 0.82 ++ 1. Qc4!! > 7 1.13 2.43 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qc2 Qd4 > 7-> 1.48 2.43 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qc2 Qd4 > 8 1.78 2.27 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qb5 Qa1+ 5. Kb4 Qd4+ 6. Ka3 > 8-> 2.34 2.27 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qb5 Qa1+ 5. Kb4 Qd4+ 6. Ka3 > 9 2.97 1.91 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qb5 Qa1+ 5. Kb4 Qd4+ 6. Ka5 a3 7. Qxd7 > Qxc5+ > 9 7.21 2.02 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Kh8 4. > Qxf7 Qd4+ 5. Kb1 Be4+ 6. Ka2 Bxf5 > 9-> 8.44 2.02 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Kh8 4. > Qxf7 Qd4+ 5. Kb1 Be4+ 6. Ka2 Bxf5 > 10 18.97 1.96 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Kh8 4. > g4 Bd5 5. Qb4 Bc6 6. Rxf7 > 10-> 33.87 1.96 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Kh8 4. > g4 Bd5 5. Qb4 Bc6 6. Rxf7 > 11 42.04 1.88 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Bd5 4. > Qc3 Bc6 5. Qe3 Qd5 6. Qf2 > 11-> 51.45 1.88 1. f5 Qxh5 2. Qf4 Qd1 3. Qc4 Bd5 4. > Qc3 Bc6 5. Qe3 Qd5 6. Qf2 > 12 1:37 -- 1. f5 > 12 2:38 1.35 1. f5 a3+ 2. Kxa3 Qc1+ 3. Qb2 Qxc5+ > 4. Qb4 Qxf5 5. g4 Qf3+ 6. Kb2 Qf2+ > 7. Kc3 Qf3+ 8. Kd2 Qg2+ 9. Kd3 Qf3+ > 10. Kc2 Qd5 > 12 3:30 1.62 1. Qc3 Qxh5 2. Ka3 Qd1 3. Re8 Kh7 4. > Re1 Qd5 5. Re7 h5 6. Qe3 Bb5 7. Kb4 > <HT> > 12 6:08 1.76 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qc2 Qa1+ 5. Kb4 Qd4+ 6. Kb5 a3 7. Rd2 > Bc6+ 8. Kb6 Qe3 > 12-> 6:30 1.76 1. Qc4 Qd2+ 2. Ka3 Bd5 3. Re2 Qd1 4. > Qc2 Qa1+ 5. Kb4 Qd4+ 6. Kb5 a3 7. Rd2 > Bc6+ 8. Kb6 Qe3 > 13 7:45 1.61 1. Qc4 a3+ 2. Kxa3 Qa1+ 3. Kb3 Qb1+ > 4. Kc3 Qc1+ 5. Kd4 Qd2+ 6. Qd3 Qb4+ > 7. Ke3 Qe1+ 8. Qe2 Qc3+ 9. Kf2 Qxc5+ > 10. Qe3 Qxd6 11. g4 Qd1 12. Kg3
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