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Subject: Re: a test position from hiarcs-tiger

Author: Joe Pechie

Date: 18:31:42 09/26/00

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On September 26, 2000 at 20:05:24, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On September 26, 2000 at 16:51:33, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>[D]3r3k/p7/1p6/2p2Q1p/2P1R3/2P5/P2KP3/6q1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Hiarcs played Kc2 and had to resign some moves later because the queen cannot be
>>saved[the game continued Kc2 Qd1+ Kb2 Rd2+ Ka3 Qc1+ Ka4 b5+ cxb5 Qc2+ Ka5 Qxc3+
>>and white resigned because of the line Ka6 Rd6+ Kb7 Qg7+ Kb8(forced because Kc8
>>is leading to mate) Rd8+].
>>
>>How much time do programs need to avoid this tactical error?(some program like
>>hiarcs can play Rd4 after a short time but later change their mind to Kc2 so the
>>right test is to give them at least some minutes)
>>
>>Uri
>
Rebel Century found Rd4 very quick and stuck with it. I only have a 166 mhz
system so the depth hit was only 9.0 after 4:24.

1.*

00:00:00  1.02  -10.84   1.Qd7 Rxd7+ 2.Kc2
00:00:00  1.16  -2.77   1.Kc2 Qd1+ 2.Kb2 Rd2+ 3.Ka3 Qc1+
                       4.Kb3  (0)

00:00:01  2.00  -3.51   1.Kc2 Qd1+ 2.Kb2 Rd2+ 3.Ka3 Qc1+
                       4.Ka4  (0)

00:00:01  2.01  -3.51   1.Rd4
00:00:01  2.01  -1.10   1.Rd4 Rxd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxd4+ 3.Ke1 Qxc4
                       4.Qxh5+  (1)

00:00:02  3.00  -1.10   1.Rd4 Rxd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxd4+ 3.Ke1 Qxc4
                       4.Qxh5+ Kg7  (1)

00:00:02  4.00  -1.02   1.Rd4 Rxd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxd4+ 3.Ke1 Qxc4
                       4.Qxh5+ Kg7 5.Qg5+ Kf7 6.Qf5+ Ke7  (2)

00:00:04  5.00  -1.09   1.Rd4 Rxd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxd4+ 3.Ke1 Qxc4
                       4.Qxh5+ Kg7 5.Qg5+ Kf7 6.Qf5+ Ke8+
                       7.Qc8 Ke7  (2)

00:00:10  6.00  -1.15   1.Rd4 cxd4 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qe7+ Kg6+
                       4.Qxd8 Qe3 5.Kd1 dxc3  (4)

00:00:16  7.00  -1.17   1.Rd4 cxd4 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qxd8 Qe3+
                       4.Kd1 dxc3 5.a3  (11)

00:00:30  8.00  -1.22   1.Rd4 cxd4 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qxd8 Qe3+
                       4.Kd1 dxc3 5.Qd6 Qf2  (17)

00:04:24  9.00  -0.73   1.Rd4 Rxd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxd4+ 3.Ke1 Qh4+
                       4.Kd2 Kg7 5.Qd7+ Kf8  (213)



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