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Subject: Re: How well does your favorite program do?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 02:01:10 05/22/99

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On May 22, 1999 at 04:14:26, Paulo Soares wrote:

>On May 21, 1999 at 21:40:57, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>First, the (famous) game.
>>
>>Glucksberg - Najdorf, Warsaw 1935.
>>
>>1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ng5
>>Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Ng4 11.f4 Qe8 12.g3 Qh5 13.Kg2 Bg1 14.Nxg1 Qh2+ 15.Kf3 e5 16.dxe5
>>Ndxe5+ 17.fxe5 Nxe5+ 18.Kf4 Ng6+ 19.Kf3 f4 20.exf4 Bg4+ 21.Kxg4 Ne5+ 22.fxe5 h5#
>>
>>Now for the questions:
>>
>>How long does it take for programs to...
>>
>>1) decide to play 15...e5!
>>
>>2) assess 15...e5! as about +4 for Black (roughly the score if White had played
>>21.Ke3 and dropped his queen.  The interpolation of 16.cxd5 cxd5 doesn't
>>substantially change matters.)
>>
>>3) decide to play 13...Bg1! (it's better than ...Bxg3)
>>
>>4) assess 13...Bg1! as about +2 for Black (up two pawns).
>>
>>Dave
>
>Dave,
>
>PII-300, HT=60Mb, Rebel10.0c
>
>1. 25  sec.
>2. 873 sec.  3.38
>
>Paulo Soares

Very interesting!  I have Dual PII-300, HT=48Mb, Crafty 16.6

1. 0.5 sec
2. >15 min

Dave



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