Author: William Bryant
Date: 08:07:50 11/12/00
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On November 12, 2000 at 07:20:12, Charlie GOLD wrote:
> The following position came from the game Viktor Korchnoi VS. Johann Hjartarson
>played at Reykjavik, Iceland-1988. Viktor went Qxg6+ which lost. A much better
>move is Nxd4 which will lead to a win or a draw for white. Can your chess
>program find this move when set at 40moves/2hours time limit? CHARLIE
>
> [D]3r2k1/2r5/pq2p1p1/1p2p2p/P1P1Q1nP/1P1N1RPK/3R4/8/ w - -
Screamer, current build (bugs and all):
Normal mode:
avoids Qxg6+ in 5.501 seconds
finds Nxe5 in 90.807 seconds
+0.06 Nxe5 Rxd2 Qxg6+ Rg7 Qe8+ Kh7 Qxh5+ Nh6
Using more aggressive settings:
avoids Qxg6+ in 3.050 seconds
finds Nxe5 in 29.863 seconds
+0.06 Nxe5 Rxd2 Qxg6+ Rg7 Qe8+ Kh7 Qxh5+ Nh6
William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com
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