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Subject: Model Game for Testing Programs

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 14:30:42 03/25/00


Hello,

My very good friend IM Zoran Ilic (2400)came to my place today for our regular
Saturday blitz match.  Afterwards we went through some of his games and he
pointed out that the following game could be a very good test for chess
programs.  Please take a look as many of the positions that arise are excellent
tests.  Zoran played this game with typical human visionary depth and I doubt
that any program will be able to follow in his footsteps. (BTW, this evening
Zoran played a short blitz match (4 min + 2 sec inc) against Deep Junior on my
dual board, 2 x PII-400, and lost 3.5 - 1.5)


OK, please start with the following, White to move, 21.e4!!


[D]r3qr1k/pb3pnp/1pp5/3p1p2/7Q/P1N3PB/1P2PP1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 21


then try your program with 22. Nxe4!!:


[D]r3qr1k/pb3pnp/1pp5/3p4/4p2Q/P1N3PB/1P3P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 22


Perhaps you could do the same with the rest of the game, you will surely find it
instructive.


Event "?,?"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "??"]
[White "Ilic Zoran"]
[Black "Meinsohn Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7
8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Rfe1 Ne6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Ng4 Ne6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4
f5 20. Bh3 Ng7 21. e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qb8 24. Qh6 Rd8 25. Bd7
Kg8 26. Qf6 h5 27. Re5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 c5 29. Qe7 1-0


***  Djordje



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