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Subject: Re: ExChess' perspective

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 08:54:17 03/14/00

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On March 13, 2000 at 23:33:48, Mark Ryan wrote:

>On March 13, 2000 at 23:28:30, Mark Ryan wrote:
>
>>On March 13, 2000 at 23:22:53, Mark Ryan wrote:
>>
>>>Kalka versus Ponomariov; Bad Wiessee, Germany, 1999.
>>(Let me see if I can this diagram to show.)
>
>[D]3r3k/2n1p2p/2q1Pb2/1p1p4/2p5/2N4P/1PP1Q1P1/1B2R1K1 b - -
>
>>>
>>>"28...Bc3!  Conclusively incarcerating the white bishop" (Ponomariov, New In
>>>Chess magazine, 1999 Number 8, page 79).  White resigned after another eight
>>>moves; though material remained equal, his bishop was useless.  None of my
>>>programs played 28...Bc3.
>>>
>>>Mark

Like Fortress, Exchess saw Bxc3 right off the bat, but then didn't think it was
such a good idea.

Log file for EXchess v3.11
============================
[snip]
Black-To-Move[1]: analyze
Starting search on position:
3r3k/2n1p2p/2q1Pb2/1p1p4/2p5/2N4P/1PP1Q1P1/1B2R1K1 b - -
Target search time: 36000000
Starting depth: 1
Game stage: 1
  1.   0.35     0        3   1. ... Bxc3
  2.   0.42     0      107   1. ... Bxc3 2. bxc3
  3.   0.56     0     1007   1. ... Bxc3 2. bxc3 Qc5+
  4.   0.40     0     2784   1. ... Bxc3 2. bxc3 Qb6+ 3. Kh1
  4.   0.52     0     5353   1. ... Bd4+ 2. Kh1 Rd6 3. Qd2
  4.   ++       0     7359   1. ... Qc5+
  4.   1.06     1     8500   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Rf1
  5.   1.11     1    12734   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2
  6.   1.06     2    25047   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Nxb2
  7.   1.17     4    74704   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Rf1 Bd4
  8.   1.11     8   140745   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Nxb2 Qxb2 5.
Qe3
  9.   1.18    24   404023   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Rf1 Bd4 5.
Ne3 Ra8
 10.   1.13    53   955551   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Nxb2 Qxb2 5.
Qf3 Qb4 6. Qe2
 11.   1.16   243  4525203   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Nxb2 Qxb2 5.
Qf3 Qb4 6. Qe2 d4
 12.   1.07   619 11553365   1. ... Qc5+ 2. Kh1 Qb4 3. Nd1 Bxb2 4. Nxb2 Qxb2 5.
Qf3 Ra8 6. Qf7 Qc3 7. Rf1
node_count = 34227411 quiescent nodes = 2847564 eval_count = 22751753
hash hits = 4180035 hash moves = 96500 pawn hash hits = 22584056
node_rate = 18602 null cuts = 3345991 exten = 1269840 int_iter = 6
egtb_probes = 0 egtb_hits = 0
Return move from search: Qc5+
Black-To-Move[1]: exit
Black-To-Move[1]: force
Black-To-Move[1]: quit



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