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Subject: Re: An interesting position - what do your programs think of this?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 21:46:00 06/30/99

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On June 30, 1999 at 20:03:45, Will Singleton wrote:

>On June 30, 1999 at 17:43:02, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>
>>Grok finds Rxd5 in 20 seconds, with a score of +1.1  At 30 seconds the score
>>jumps to +3.7.  (Running on a P2-350)
>>
>>--Peter
>
>
>That's an impressive result by Grok.  Are you using the single-reply extension?
>If so, could you run it without it?
>
>Amateur takes 1 min 40 sec, 9 ply, +4.22.  Too long!  Good position for us
>amateurs, but the commercials get these types real quick.
>
>Will


Hi Will,

I don't do the one-reply extension, but Grok is usually pretty aggressive when
going after an uncastled king - that may be part of the trick here.  Here's the
search output, this time on my K6/450.


5   775     0.9s      32000   Rc2 Kf8 Rb2 b5 Rc1
5  1125     2.0s      87518   Rc4 Qf5 Rd4 Nc3 Qf1
5  1125     2.3s     104400   Rc4 Qf5 Rd4 Nc3 Qf1
6   625     3.6s     173347   Rc4 Qf5 Qb2 Qxd3 Rd4 Ra2
6   750     5.4s     259022   Rc1 Kf8 Qf3+ Nf6 Rb1 Ra7 d4
6   750     6.2s     290147   Rc1 Kf8 Qf3+ Nf6 Rb1 Ra7 d4
7   750    11.0s     530697   Rc1 Kf8 Qb2 Ra7 Qd4 Ra8 Ra1 Rxa1 Qxa1
7   935    14.4s     709698   Qf3 Nf4 Rxc6 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxg3+ fxg3 bxc6 Qxc6+ Ke7
7  1185    15.8s     785759   Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Be7 Qf7+ Kd8 Qg8+ Kc7 Qxg7
7  1185    16.9s     848911   Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Be7 Qf7+ Kd8 Qg8+ Kc7 Qxg7
8  3715    23.2s    1305384   Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Be7 Qf7+ Kd8 Rc1 Rxd3 Qg8+ Bf8 Qxf8
8  3715    26.4s    1536543   Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Be7 Qf7+ Kd8 Rc1 Rxd3 Qg8+ Bf8 Qxf8
9  7216   123.3s    8379264   Rxd5 Bxg3 fxg3 cxd5 Qf3 Ke7 <H3>
9  7216   126.1s    8595600   Rxd5 Bxg3 fxg3 cxd5 Qf3 Ke7 <H3>
10 8341   265.6s   18661421   Rxd5 Bxg3 hxg3 Ra1 Rxa1 cxd5 e7 Qc8 d4 b5 <H1>
10 8341   308.0s   21999314   Rxd5 Bxg3 hxg3 Ra1 Rxa1 cxd5 e7 Qc8 d4 b5 <H1>








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