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Subject: Compelling EPD position from Thorsten Czub

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:12:00 04/25/00


Most programs seem to fail horribly at this one.
Phalanx 22 (however) does remarkably well.  Any thoughts?
[D]1q1rr3/5pk1/1pb3pp/p2p3n/P1PPn1PN/1B2P2P/1PQ1N3/2R1R1K1 b - -

E:\PROGRA~2\winboard\Phalanx>phalanx -o- -s+ -t32000
tellics set 1 Phalanx XXII
primary book ./pbook.phalanx, 48749 bytes
secondary book ./sbook.phalanx, 4831506 bytes
learning file ./learn.phalanx, 262144 bytes
[ white, 1 ]
level 40 2400
level: 40 moves in 2400:00, increment 0 seconds
[ white, 1 ]
1q1rr3/5pk1/1pb3pp/p2p3n/P1PPn1PN/1B2P2P/1PQ1N3/2R1R1K1 b - -

1q1rr3/5pk1/1pb3pp/p2p3n/P1PPn1PN/1B2P2P/1PQ1N3/2R1R1K1 b - -
    -> soft time limit 1714.28 s
    -> hard time limit 31999.9 s
  4    -83    56    18276  Nh5-f6  Re1-f1  Rd8-c8  Pg4-g5  Ne4xg5  Pc4xd5
                           Ng5xh3  Kg1-h1
  4 ->   0:00.76    26392   1 turn
  5    -90   134    56224  Nh5-f6  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Nf6xd5  Qc2-d3
                           Nd5-b4  Qd3-c4
  5    -89   186    79998  Nh5-g3  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Ng3xe2  Qc2xe2
                           Rd8xd5  Kg1-h1
  5 ->   0:02.58   112543   1 turn
  6    -71   353   152902  Nh5-g3  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Ng3xe2  Qc2xe2
                           Rd8xd5  Qe2-f3  Qb8-d6
  6 ->   0:04.83   222117   0 turns
  7    -93   826   375076  Nh5-g3  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Ng3xe2  Qc2xe2
                           Rd8xd5  Qe2-f3  Pb6-b5  Re1-f1
  7    -89  1505   675716  Nh5-f6  Ne2-f4  Bc6-d7
  7    -84  2175   953743  Ne4-g5  !
  7    -77  2688  1196923  Ne4-g5  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Rd8xd5  Qc2-d3
                           Nh5-f6  Kg1-g2  Nf6-e4  Ne2-f4
  7 ->   0:31.73  1493003   2 turns
  8    -70  5917  2622078  Ne4-g5  Pc4xd5  Bc6xd5  Bb3xd5  Rd8xd5  Qc2-b3
                           Nh5-f6  Rc1-c6  Ng5xh3
  8 ->   1:38.00  4357987   0 turns
  9    -10 16440  7071667  Ne4-g5  !!
  9    -10 17992  7757431  Ne4-g5  Pc4xd5
  9 ->   4:37.24 12187212   0 turns
 10     -3 50858 21187800  Ne4-g5  Pc4xd5  Ng5xh3  Kg1-g2  Re8xe3  Pd5xc6
                           Rd8xd4  Nh4-f3  Nh5-f4  Ne2xf4
 10 ->  14:18.82 35549300   0 turns
 11     43 159668 64348558  Ne4-g5  Pc4xd5  Ng5xh3  Kg1-g2  Re8xe3  Pd5xc6
                           Rd8xd4  Pc6-c7  Rd4xg4  Kg2-h2  Qb8-c8  Ne2-f4



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