Author: William Bryant
Date: 19:25:31 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 22:13:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 28, 2000 at 22:10:58, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On April 28, 2000 at 21:53:49, William Bryant wrote: >>>On April 28, 2000 at 12:36:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>>I was watching some chess engines play last night, and this position came up: >>>>8/4kp1p/4p3/1b1pP1P1/prpP1P2/5K2/1P1R4/3B4 b - - >>>> >>>>To my abject horror, the side to move did not play c3 >>>> >>>>My question is, did black throw away a win, or are my instincts just wrong >>>>again? >>> >>>Dan, >>> >>>While reading the posts I ran this in the background for a couple of minutes. >>> >>>Screamer, like insomniac, quickly liked a3. >>> >>>William >>>wbryant@ix.netcom.com >>> >>>New Board Position >>>8/4kp1p/4p3/1b1pP1P1/prpP1P2/5K2/1P1R4/3B4 b - - >>>Move 1 B>> >>>The Current Search Time: 900 seconds >>>PLY NODES TIME SCORE PV >>>__________________________________________________ >>> 5/00 4019 0.067 -0.71 Kd7 Ke3 Bc6 Rh2 Ke7 >>> 5/03 6215 0.147 -0.75 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rd3 a3 >>> 6/00 11380 0.254 -0.65 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rd3 a3 Ke3 >>> 7/00 41630 0.788 -0.65 c3 bxc3 Rc4 Rc2 Rc6 Be2 Bxe2+ Kxe2 a3 >>> 7/01 57276 1.087 -0.66 Bc6 Rh2 Bb7 Kg4 Kd7 Bf3 Bc6 >>> 8/00 113079 2.058 -0.66 Bc6 Rh2 Kd8 Kg4 Kd7 Bf3 Rb3 Rc2 >>> 9/00 393027 6.795 -0.67 Bc6 Rh2 Rb6 Kg4 Rb7 Bf3 Rb3 Rc2 a3 >>>10/00 1016140 17.221 -0.76 Bc6 Rh2 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 a4 c3 Rxh7 Bxa4 >>>10/06 1297069 21.580 -1.21 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Bc6 >>>11/00 1666907 27.597 -1.16 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra4 >>>Rh3 >>>12/00 2944800 49.276 -1.21 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra4 >>>Rc2 Ra3 >>>13/00 8209018 137.019 -1.16 a3 bxa3 Rb1 Bc2 Ra1 Bxh7 Rxa3+ Kg4 c3 Rh2 Ra8 >>>Rc2 Rh8 Rh2 >> >>I suppose this probably means I can only see three and a half moves ahead! >> >>Sure seemed good to me at the time though. >>I'm sure I would have played c3 in a real game. > >Another thing I notice is that the eval is steadily dropping. I felt fairly >sure I would win. > >-- Dann "will never be a GM" Corbit. >;-) Dan, Do not dispair, As a chess programming hobbiest, I can do good given enough late hours and quite kids, but as a chess player, I'm still hoping to break 1100 some day. For example, the Novag Jasper gives me a good game. Seriously, I have though of hanging up the keyboard and spending a little more time at the chessboard to improve _my_ skill so I can then improve my program. William wbryant@ix.netcom.com
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