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Subject: Re: Interesting test position

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 11:20:41 01/19/98

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On January 19, 1998 at 00:05:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Here's an interesting test position.  This happened in a game on ICC
>tonite between Crafty and a human player (actually Halcion running
>Crafty if you try to find the game.)
>
>In this position, Bxe7 seems pretty natural, tactically.  See if your
>program can find out in time that it is bad.  This was a blitz game
>and Crafty didn't.  Bxe7 fails to Nc4, although Crafty sees the entire
>line almost instantly, there is a tiny flaw at the end that makes this
>fall apart completely.
>
>here's the fen:
>
>2r3k/ppq1ppbp/3nb1p1/4p1B1/6P1/1NP2P2/PP1Q3P/K2R3R w - -
>
>to avoid losing this game, you'd have to play this in 10 seconds or
>so, as it was a 5 0 game I believe...  I certainly can't do it...

I can't avoid playing Bxe7 within 3 minutes, let alone 5-10 seconds.

white
. . r . . . k .
p p q . p p b p
. . . n b . p .
. . . . p . B .
. . . . . . P .
. N P . . P . .
P P . Q . . . P
K . . R . . . R

Phase = Middlegame, Target search time = 180 sec, Root score = 82
 5&    0.8    103     21456      Bxe7 Qxe7 Qxd6 Qxd6 Rxd6 Bxb3 axb3 Bh6
 5.    1.6    103     37293      Bxe7 Qxe7 Qxd6 Qxd6 Rxd6 Bxb3 axb3 Bh6
 6&    3.5     79     79060      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
Rg1
                                 f4
 6.    6.8     79    129070      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
Rg1
                                 f4
 7&   10.8     76    203224      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
h3
                                 f4 Bh4
 7.   20.1     76    370954      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
h3
                                 f4 Bh4
 8&   32.1     69    602307      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
g5
                                 Bd5 Rf1 Ne3
 8.   65.3     69   1239913      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
g5
                                 Bd5 Rf1 Ne3
 9.  180.0     69   3336179      Bxe7 Nc4 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 f5
g5
                                 Bd5 Rf1 Ne3

My move is : Bxe7
Time = 180.0 Rate=18533 Nodes=[2213602/1122577/3336179]
Eval=1668137 RptCnt=230 NullCut=113523
Extensions: Check=62570 Recapture=41841 Pawn=950 PassedPawn=0
            OneMove=0 Threat=0 DeepSearch=0 Mate=0
Material=[3100/2900] Worst=[-641/-371]
Hash: Success=5% Collision=60%
Hash Counts: ReadHits=135078, ReadProbes=2354232, WriteColl=273885,
WriteTries=452288
Pawn Hash: Success=96% Collision=57%
Pawn Counts: ReadHits=3230582, ReadProbes=3336274, WriteColl=60440,
WriteTries=105692



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