Author: Howard Exner
Date: 21:06:02 12/17/97
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On December 17, 1997 at 19:59:55, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>I am calling Fritz 5 the Program of the Year.
>
>Of the year 1997 ??
>
>Ok -
>
>[Event "Program of the year 1997 fight"]
>[Site "2 x k6/200, 40/120"]
>[Date "1997.12.18"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "CSystem Tal white"]
>[Black "fritz5 9182KB hash"]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nf5 {first
>computed move}7. Ne5 {first computed move} Nd7 8. c4
>dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. g4 Nh6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Rd8 14. Nc3
>cxd4
>15. exd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20.
>Bxb7
>Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Bd5 Rxb2 23. g5 Ng8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bxa7
Tal would have played Bf4 here, imprisoning the Knight and Bishop for
life.
I'm curious if any program would play this move, Bf4. Will computers
ever
consider this type of move that restricts the opponent so severly?
> Bxe5
>26. Bd4
>Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re1 Rc2 29. Re3 h6 30. h4 e5 31. a4 Kf8 32. a5
>Kf7 33.
>Rf3+ Kg7 34. Re3 e4 35. Na4 Rc4 36. Nb6 Rb4 37. Kf2 hxg5 {Fritz5
>evaluated -0.03 here !! 12 Plies search ! Very clever !} 38. hxg5 Rb5
>{fritz5 says +0.16 for white and 12 plies search.} 39. Ra3 {Fritz5 is
>NOW seeing the mess and gives +1,75 for white. I have no clue why a
>program that searches 12 or even more
>plies in the 37. move has a problem in the 39. move ! Looks like it's
>SEARCH is very selective or - guided wrong. } e3+ {fritz5 says +1.75 for
>white and 13th ply} 40. Ke2 {and Fritz5 takes much of it's time - 738
>seconds - to think about this move,...a little too late} Rxg5 {fr5 says
>+2.75 for white, 14 ply} 41. a6 Rg2+ {fr5 +2.59/13 ply} 42.Kd3 e2 43.
>Kd2 Nf6 {fr5 +2.91/12} 44. a7 *
Nice win by CSTal. The curse of the "passed pawn theme" strikes again.
>
>And the rest of the game when further moves are played out.
>I used the version chris announced to download today.
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