Author: Dan Newman
Date: 00:36:59 03/27/00
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On March 25, 2000 at 15:02:50, James Robertson wrote:
>Yesterday Insomniac played a game against CSTal(C). Who knows what engine it was
>using (it wasn't LG, as the notes said). During one of the games, Insomniac
>reached this position with black and played ... Nc4. At the time I suspected
>Bxh3 might be better, and confirmed this after the game.
>
>r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/3b4/3pn3/3N3q/2P1B2P/PP2BPP1/R2Q1RK1 b - - bm Bxh3;
>
>1. ... Bxh3 2. gxh3? Qxh3 3. Bf4 {Re1? Nd3!} Nf3+ 4. Nxf3 Bxf4 5. Qxd5 Re6 6.
>Qxe6 Qxe6 and black wins.
>
>Unfortunately, this position completely stumped Insomniac. What do other
>programs think?
>
>James
Hmm. It stumps Shrike too. It holds Nc4 for a long time and finally fails
high on Bxh3 in the 14 ply search after almost 2 hours. After which it
takes another hour+ to get the PV... (score 1.78) I wonder what others are
doing to get this one so fast?
-Dan.
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