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Subject: Re: test positions for chess programs(with diagrams)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:57:53 11/13/00

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On November 13, 2000 at 05:43:33, Ratko V Tomic wrote:

>> I do not post diagrams because I read that Jari has problem to
>> read posts with diagrams
>
>As if this will somehow make him see the diagrams now. In fact it makes now
>everyone waste their time to see the diagram (or skip the post if they don't
>have time to waste), whether their browser is set-up/installed correctly or not.
>
>Hopefully this "rationale" won't catch on since CCC diagram feature was a great
>improvement. The more rational solution is, if your browser can't read plain
>HTML with standard graphics, to set-up or reinstal/change the browser, not to
>banish the graphics from the internet. For all we know he may have a virus on
>his machine or something else had damaged his browser or OS, since there is
>nothing unusual about the CCC graphics that almost any web site using graphics
>doesn't have.

[D]3r3k/1Q4p1/2n2b1p/PN1q1p2/P2P4/2B1R2P/5P2/6K1 b - - 0 1

Target to see that black is winning(I think that no program can see it)

[D]3r3k/1Q4p1/2n4p/PN3q2/P2P1p2/2B3bP/5PK1/5R2 b - - 0 1

Target to see Rf8

Here is some results of chess programs on my pIII450.
Fritz5,32(85 seconds)
Gambittiger(3:08.2)
Fritz5(16 bit) (9:55)
Rebeltiger (11:54.2)
Crafty17.11(28:49)


The games of Nemeth against Fritz6 give more test positions for chess programs.

[D]r1nqk2r/2p1b1p1/3p3n/1N1Ppp2/P3P1p1/5N2/1PB2PP1/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1

Target to find Nh2

Fritz6a blundered and played 16.Ng5 when 16.Nh2 is probably winning.

Fritz5.32 needs only 94 seconds on p200 to find 16.Nh2 and could find 16.Nh2 in
game in 60 on p200 but it seems that Fritz6a is worse in this position.

16.Ng5 is losing the game after 16...Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Nxc7+ Kf7 19.Nxa8
f4(Even here programs have problems to see that white is losing and may need a
very long time only to see a draw score,I was too lazy to prove that white is
losing but I could see by analysis that Junior's idea after more than an hour
Ra3 is not a draw).

[D]rnb2rk1/pp3pp1/2pb4/3ppPP1/4PNQ1/3P2P1/PqP3B1/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 1

Target to avoid Qxa1

Here are some more interesting positions that I believe that Fritz blundered but
I did not analyze them:

[D]r1bqk2r/pp1pppbp/6pn/1Np1P3/4NP2/8/PPPP2PP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1
Fritz6a played a6 that is probably losing against Nbd6+.

[D]r2qk2r/pp4pn/2nb4/4pp1p/6b1/2NP1N1P/PPP1BPP1/R1BQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
Fritz6a played hxg4 that is probably a losing move.

[D]rnbq1rk1/p3bpp1/5n1p/2p1p1B1/2PpPP1P/P6N/1P1N2P1/2RQKB1R b K f3 0 1
This position is from tournament time control game(120/40) and Fritz6a played
12...hxg5 that is probably a losing move


Uri





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