Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 10:43:44 11/08/00
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On November 08, 2000 at 06:11:40, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > Dark Thought-IM Johan van Mil[2406] > 12st AEGON,Round 5 Aprli 22,1997 > 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nd7 > 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Qb6 11.h4 h5 12.Re1 c5 13.Qa4 Nc6 > 14.Bd2 a6 15.Rac1 Qa7 16.Bg5 b5 17.Qc2 c4 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Ra1 Rb7 > 20.Reb1 Qb8 21.b4 a5 22.bxa5 Nxa5 23.Bd1 Bf8 24.a3 Rb6 25.Qb2 Qb7 > 26.Bf4 Be7 27.Bd2 O-O 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.Nxg5 Kg7 30.Qc2 Rh8 31.Qc1 Nb8 > 32.a4 b4 33.Qf4 b3 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Nxf7 Qxf7 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qxb6 Nbd6 > reaching the following position: > [D]7r/5qk1/1Qn1p1p1/n2pP2p/P1pP3P/1pP5/5PP1/RR1B2K1 w > And here Dark Thought played 38.Be2? instead of 38.Qc5 > IM van Mil:"I was deeply impressed how beautifully I was outplayed > by Dark Thought.I was lost but the computer missed one > thing.I had a potential breakthrough which was too far > away for the computer to comprehend.Because of that it > opted for the wrong exchange of pieces." > The obvious questions: How today's chess programs evaluate the position? > Can they find the crucial Queen move? [38.Qc5] > By the way,IM van Mil won the game in 86 moves. JAFM Hi Jose, The version of "DarkThought" that became micro vice-champion at the 16th WMCC in Paderborn, June 1999, locks onto 38. Qc5 in iteration #12 after less than a minute. It scores the position as roughly +1.4 for White. =Ernst=
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