Author: Robin Smith
Date: 11:44:10 06/27/00
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On June 27, 2000 at 08:43:49, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >Thorsten posted an interesting position in >http://www.oxford-softworks.com/cgi-bin/forums/mschess/558.html: > >[D]2R5/4k1pp/p3p3/4P1p1/p3N3/q1P4P/2P1P1P1/1K6 w - -; bm e4d6; > >Thorsten's comments: > >"Here how CSTal2.03 plays on my k6-3/400: > >1. d9 8" >2. d12 105" >3. d14 475" >1.17 >4. d14 615" +4.24 e4d6 g7g6 e2e3 h7h6 e3e4 g5g4 h3g4 h6h5 g4h5 g6h5 g2g3 > >1.After 8 seconds for the first time the key-move , than changed into another. > >2.After 105 seconds it has the Nd6 again in depth 12. > >3.After 475 seconds it gets a fail high to >1.17. > >4.After 615 it knows HOW high and says +4.24 with the main-line shown above." > >Aside from CST 2.03, only Genius 6.5 (and older versions, I guess) finds the >right line in less than 5 minutes and fails high. Shredder 4 and SOS pick Nd6, >but with a wrong line and a 0.00 evaluation. Tiger, Fritz, Junior, Hiarcs, >Nimzo, Rebel, AnMon, Crafty, CM6K, don't see that the black queen is trapped and >white can zugzwang black. > >Enrique Very interesting position!! The pieces on both sides are in zugswang, so the pawns decide everything. After 1.Nd6 g6 2.e3 h6 3.e4 I think 3. ... h5 instead of 3. ... g4? is a better defensive try, but afterwards 4.g3! g4 5.h4! (5.hg? hg =) g5 6.hg h4 7.g6 hg 8.g7 g2 9.g8=N+! and mate in two. So programs that can't see underpromotions (Junior5) won't ever solve this one. And the underpromotion occuring on ply 17 in a position where black threatens mate in one doesn't make it easy for ANY program. Congratulations to CSTal! Robin Smith
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