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Subject: Re: For Ed and Christophe-- NO CHESS COMPUTER CAN SOLVE THIS!!!

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 01:50:36 11/25/00

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On November 25, 2000 at 02:31:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Can your program solve this queen trap problem.  It may not be possible to solve
>with any of todays programs.
>
>[D]r3k2r/pp2ppbp/1q4p1/2npP3/5P2/2P5/PP4PP/RNBQR2K w
>
>This is an actual position that I got myself into when playing Rebel Century 3.0
>on my PII 333 64 MB RAM at 40/120. The move sequence with me to move is:
>
>1. Be3 Qxb2  2. Bxc5 Qxa1 3. Qa4+ Kf8  4. Qc2!! b6  5. Bd4 Rc8  6. Rd1 e6
>7. Na3 Qxd1  8. Qxd1 and the score is +2.30 in whites' favor.
>
>I found that neither RC3 nor Gambit Tiger would choose the move 1. Be3.
>
>Will any program on faster machines find that first move for white?  After that
>move will any program not select the pawn and then the rook capture?

Analysis by Nimzo 8:

1.a3
  =  (0.11)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.b3
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.b3
  =  (0.15)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.f5
  =  (0.22)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.f5
  =  (0.22)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Na3
  ²  (0.30)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Na3
  ²  (0.30)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Nd2
  ²  (0.43)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Nd2
  ²  (0.43)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Qxd5
  ±  (1.37)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Qxd5
  ±  (1.37)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1.Qxd5 Rd8 2.Qc4
  ±  (0.99)   Depth: 3/14   00:00:00
1.Qxd5
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Qxd5
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Qxd5 Rd8 2.Qc4 Nd3 3.Be3 Qxb2 4.Qa4+ Kf8
  µ  (-1.04)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.b4
  µ  (-1.03)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.b4
  ³  (-0.43)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.b4 Ne4 2.Be3 Qc6 3.Bd4 e6 4.Kg1
  ³  (-0.31)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Na3
  ³  (-0.30)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Na3 Ne4 2.Qa4+ Qc6 3.Qxc6+ bxc6 4.g3
  ³  (-0.28)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Re2
  ³  (-0.27)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Re2 Qa6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Bd2
  =  (-0.02)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:00
1.Re2 Qa6 2.Na3 e6 3.Be3 Ne4
  =  (-0.16)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00
1.Re2 Qa6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Nc2 e6 4.Nd4
  =  (-0.16)   Depth: 7/20   00:00:01
1.Qc2
  =  (-0.15)   Depth: 7/20   00:00:01  297kN
1.Re2 Qa6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Nc2 e6 4.Nd4
  =  (-0.16)   Depth: 7/20   00:00:01  297kN
1.Qe2
  =  (-0.15)   Depth: 7/20   00:00:01  297kN
1.Qe2 Qa6 2.Qxa6 Nxa6 3.Be3 e6 4.g3 h5
  =  (-0.10)   Depth: 7/20   00:00:02  297kN
1.Qe2 e6 2.Be3 Qc6 3.Nd2 Kf8 4.Bxc5+ Qxc5 5.Qd1
  =  (-0.01)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:02  808kN
1.Qe2 e6 2.Be3 Qc6 3.Na3 Kf8 4.Qf3
  =  (-0.07)   Depth: 9/23   00:00:04  1930kN
1.Qc2
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 9/23   00:00:05  2520kN
1.Qc2 Qa6 2.Be3 Rc8 3.Rd1 e6 4.b3 Kf8 5.c4
  =  (-0.06)   Depth: 9/23   00:00:07  3457kN
1.Qc2 Qa6 2.Be3 Rc8 3.Rd1 e6 4.Bxc5 Rxc5 5.Qf2 Rc4 6.Nd2
  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 10/25   00:00:14  6921kN
1.Qe2
  =  (-0.12)   Depth: 10/25   00:00:16  8087kN
1.Qe2 Rc8 2.Be3 a5 3.Na3 e6 4.Nb5 Kf8 5.Nd6 Nd3
  =  (0.07)   Depth: 10/25   00:00:28  13794kN
1.Be3
  =  (0.08)   Depth: 10/25   00:00:34  17628kN
1.Be3 Qc6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Rc1 b5 4.Nc2 e6 5.Nd4 Qc4
  ²  (0.49)   Depth: 10/25   00:01:01  31746kN
1.Be3 Qc6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Bd4 e6 4.c4 Bxe5 5.Rxe4 Bxd4
  ²  (0.43)   Depth: 11/26   00:01:21  42686kN
1.Be3 Qc6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Rc1 Bh6 4.Qb3 e6 5.c4 Kf8 6.Red1
  ²  (0.47)   Depth: 12/28   00:02:26  79799kN
1.Be3 Qc6 2.Na3 Ne4 3.Qb3 e6 4.c4 a5 5.Rad1 a4 6.cxd5
  ²  (0.45)   Depth: 13/29   00:05:46  195742kN

Best wishes...
Mogens



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