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Subject: Re: Ultimate Test Positions (FIXED)

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 12:04:29 03/10/00

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>I'm very sorry about not posting the test positions correctly.  Thank you again
>to Laurence Chen for seeing that.  As I said before, I'm extremely curious if
>any chess programs out there can solve any of the following test positions.
>For those who find these positions familiar, they are indeed from famous games.
>
>Position Number One, White to move: b3
>
>Position Number One, Black to move: Rb4
>
>Position Number One, Black to move: Re6
>
>Position Number One, Black to move: Rc4
>
>1rbq1rk1/p3ppbp/3p2p1/n2P4/1p3B2/6P1/PPPQNPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>1r3rk1/2qnppb1/b2p2pp/p1pP4/P1P5/3B1NP1/2QBPP1P/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
>
>3rq1k1/4rppp/2n3b1/pp2P3/2pP1QB1/P1P1R3/1B4PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
>
>2q2rk1/p1rn1ppp/1p2pn2/8/Q2P4/2P2N2/P2B1PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1

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"DarkThought WCCC'99" locks onto the solution move b3 of the first
position in iteration #12 after roughly 3 min.

00:00:27 12.01 Bh6 Nc4 Qf4 Bxh6 Qxh6 Nxb2 Nd4 Bd7 Rab1 Nc4 =-0.52 #9506904
00:00:47 12.02 Rfb1 Nc4 Qc1 e5 dxe6 fxe6 c3 Qc7 b3 Bd7 >=-0.51! #15669185
00:02:46 12.31 b3 Bxa1 Rxa1 g5 Bxg5 Bf5 >=-0.51! #53920727
00:02:58 12.01 Rfb1 Nc4 Qc1 Bg4 f3 Qb6+ Kh1 Bd7 Bg5 Qf2 =-0.45 #58017768
00:03:25 12.01_b3 Bxa1 Rxa1 g5 Bxg5 Bf5 >=-0.44! #67738465
00:06:58 13.01 b3 Bxa1 Rxa1 Ba6 a3 Bxe2 Qxe2 bxa3 Rxa3 =-0.28 #134968048
00:13:50 14.01 b3 Bxa1 Rxa1 Ba6 a3 Bxe2 Bh6 Re8 axb4 Nxb3 =-0.30 #264407240
00:42:41 15.01 b3 Ba6 a3 Bxe2 Qxe2 Bxa1 Rxa1 bxa3 Rxa3 Qc7 =-0.11 #818967735

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"DarkThought WCCC'99" locks onto the solution move Rb4 of the second
position in iteration #7 after 3 sec.

00:00:03  7.01 Rb4 Bxb4 cxb4 Qb3 Nc5 Qa2 Rc8 Rxb4 axb4 >=-0.09! #1144004
00:00:04  8.01 Rb4 Bxb4 cxb4 Nd2 Rc8 e4 Kh7 Nb3 Bxc4 Bxc4 =-0.11 #1393526
00:00:08  9.01 Rb4 Bxb4 cxb4 e4 Rc8 Kh1 Nb6 Rfc1 Kh7 =-0.02 #2587933
00:00:15 10.01 Rb4 Rfc1 Rc8 Qd1 Kh7 Bxb4 cxb4 Kh1 Rf8 e4 =-0.09 #4853632
00:00:39 11.01 Rb4 Rfc1 Nb6 Bxb4 cxb4 Qb3 Qc5 Nd2 Rc8 e3 =-0.05 #12517125
00:01:15 12.01 Rb4 Rfc1 Rc8 Qd1 Bb7 Bxb4 cxb4 e3 Kh8 Qb3 =-0.09 #24250267
00:03:57 13.01 Rb4 Rfc1 Nb6 Bxb4 cxb4 e3 Rc8 Nd4 Bxd4 exd4 =-0.02 #74930603
00:06:44 14.01 Rb4 Rfc1 Rbb8 Kh1 Nf6 Rxb8 Rxb8 Bxg6 fxg6 Qxg6 =-0.10 #126840781

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For the remaining two positions, "DarkThought" seems to prefer Ne4
and Ra7 resp.

Cheers,

=Ernst=

P.S.
WWW pages of "DarkThought" at URL
http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/dt/.



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