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Subject: Re: A test position for chess programs - please not default for CM!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 12:39:07 12/16/00

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On December 16, 2000 at 14:39:40, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 16, 2000 at 13:40:41, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2000 at 13:18:25, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On December 16, 2000 at 12:45:33, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 16, 2000 at 11:18:04, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 16, 2000 at 11:00:12, Andreas St. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On December 16, 2000 at 10:11:31, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>[D]4rrk1/5ppp/p2b4/1p1Q1b2/3P4/2P3Pq/PP1B1P1P/RN2R1K1 b - - 0 1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The problem is to find Bf4
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I tried 2 programs Chessmaster6000(ss=10) and Gambittiger and both of them found
>>>>>>>Bf4 in less than an hour on my pIII450
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Chessmaster6000 needed 18 minutes and 31 seconds when Gambittiger needed more
>>>>>>>time but less than an hour(I do not remember the exact time).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is there a program that is better than the old program chessmaster6000 in
>>>>>>>finding Bf4?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am interested in the results of Deep Fritz and Chessmaster8000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>again i see as always default settings in Chessmaster 6000/7000 arent very good.
>>>>>
>>>>>ss=10 is not the default setting for chessmaster(ss=6 is the default).
>>>>>
>>>>>I know that tests did not prove significant difference between
>>>>>chessmaster6000(ss=10) and other personalities.
>>>>>
>>>>>It is possible that chessmaster6555 is better at test positions(I do not know)
>>>>>but there is no clear evidence which personality is better in games.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>I am sure I am missing something. Bf4 looks like a horrible positional
>>>>blunder (1..Bxf4). What is the point of Bf4?
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>>
>>>You missed the fact that black is the side to move and not white.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I don't think it's a convincing test position. The programs I tried evaluate Bf4
>>0.1 or 0.2 better than next best. Gambit Tiger says -0.30 for Bf4 and -0.48 for
>>Rd8. Century 3 also shows tiny differences.
>>
>>What's the complete line? After Bf4 RxR RxR Qg2 black looks better to me, but so
>>it did from the start position.
>>
>>Enrique
>
>I do not have a winning line for black after Bf4 RxR RxR Qg2
>
>I posted this position as test position because of the fact that yoav dothan
>posted a correspondence game when this position happened and he claimed that
>even modern chess programs cannot predict this move.
>
>He claimed that it demonstrates the advantage of humans relative to computers.
>
>I do not agree with him and it was proved that at least 2 programs found Bf4.
>
>The game that was published from the correspondence olympiad in 1960 proves the
>advantage of computers relative to humans because white probably could not find
>the best defence after 18...Bf4 and prefered 19.Qg2 that is the second best move
>based on chess programs.
>
>
>19.Qg2 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Bc1 21.Qxh3 Bxh3 22.Nd2 Bxb2 23.Rb1(I think that 23.Rd1 is
>better) Bxc3 24.Nb3 Rc8 25.f3?(25.Bxc3 or 25.Rc1 were better) Bf5 26.Rc1 Bxd4+
>27.Bf2 Rxc1+ 28.Nxc1 Bb2 0-1 was the human-human game that was published in the
>chess newspaper in Israel.
>
>
>
>I think that I can give better hard test positions based on my games.
>Here is one that could happen in my correspondence game.
>
>The target is to find Bh8
>
>[D]rqr3k1/pp1bppbp/2np1npB/8/2BNP1P1/2N2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R b - - 0 1
>
>The alternatives are bad.
>
>14...Nxd4 15.Bxg7 is winning for white and white has also a clear advantage
>after 14...Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxd4 16.Qg5(for example 16...Bh8 17.Rxd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6
>exd6 19.Qh4)
>
>I remember that Gandalf needed a long time to find 14...Bh8(more than an hour on
>my PIII450 if my memory is correct).
>
>Uri

rqr3k1/pp1bppbp/2np1npB/8/2BNP1P1/2N2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Fritz T29c:

1...Bxh6--
  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 1/5   00:00:00
1...Bxh6--
  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 1/5   00:00:00
1...Nxd4!
  =  (-0.19)   Depth: 1/9   00:00:00
1...Nxd4! 2.Qxd4
  ³  (-0.63)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1...Nxe4!
  ³  (-0.66)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1...Nxe4! 2.Nxc6
  µ  (-1.38)   Depth: 1/11   00:00:00
1...Nxe4--
  µ  (-1.03)   Depth: 2/15   00:00:00
1...Nxe4-- 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7
  µ  (-1.00)   Depth: 2/15   00:00:00  1kN
1...Nxe4 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Nxc6
  µ  (-1.00)   Depth: 3/20   00:00:00  8kN
1...Nxe4 2.Nxc6 Nxd2 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 4/12   00:00:00  13kN
1...Nxe4 2.Nxc6 Nxd2 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nxb8
  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 5/22   00:00:00  34kN
1...Nxe4--
  ³  (-0.63)   Depth: 6/25   00:00:00  162kN
1...Nxe4-- 2.Qf4 d5 3.Nxc6 Qxf4+ 4.Bxf4 Bxc6
  ³  (-0.44)   Depth: 6/25   00:00:00  267kN
1...Nxe4 2.Qf4 d5 3.Nxc6 Qxf4+ 4.Bxf4 Bxc6 5.Nxd5
  ³  (-0.44)   Depth: 7/27   00:00:00  510kN
1...Nxe4 2.Qf4 d5 3.Nxc6 Rxc6 4.Nxd5 Qxf4+ 5.Bxf4 Re8 6.Bd3
  ³  (-0.41)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:00  970kN
1...Nxd4!
  ³  (-0.44)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:01  1319kN
1...Nxd4! 2.Qxd4 Bh8 3.Qd3 Qc7 4.Bd5 Bc6 5.Bxc6
  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 8/28   00:00:01  1409kN
1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Bxh6+ 3.Rxh6 b5 4.Bb3 b4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qc7 7.Qd3
  ³  (-0.44)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:01  1974kN
1...Nxe4!
  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 9/29   00:00:02  2982kN
1...Nxe4 2.Nxe4 Bxd4 3.Bf4 b5 4.Bd5 Qb6 5.Qh2 h6 6.Qxh6
  ³  (-0.28)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:04  6367kN
1...Nxd4!
  ³  (-0.31)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:05  7273kN
1...Nxd4--
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11/30   00:00:09  13606kN
1...Nxd4-- 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.Qh6+ Kg8 4.Rxd4 Bc6 5.g5 Nh5 6.f4 e5 7.fxe5
  =  (0.22)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:11  15593kN
1...Nxe4!
  =  (0.19)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:13  19088kN
1...Nxe4! 2.Nxe4 Bxd4 3.Bf4 b5 4.Bd5 Bg7 5.Ng5 e6 6.Be4 e5 7.Qxd6
  ³  (-0.34)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:16  23157kN
1...Nxe4--
  =  (-0.03)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:21  29863kN
1...Nxe4-- 2.Nxe4 Bxd4 3.Qh2 b5 4.Bd5 Be5 5.Bf4 Bxf4+ 6.Qxf4 Be6 7.Qh6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:27  37698kN
1...Bh8!
  =  (0.12)   Depth: 12/38   00:01:03  81951kN
1...Bh8! 2.Nxc6 Rxc6 3.Bb3 Be6 4.Bxe6 fxe6 5.e5 Ne8 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.Qh2
  =  (0.06)   Depth: 12/38   00:01:10  91148kN
1...Bh8 2.Nxc6 Bxc6 3.Bg5 Qc7 4.Bxf6 Bxf6 5.Qh6 e6 6.Rd3 b5 7.Bb3
  ²  (0.31)   Depth: 13/39   00:02:00  153991kN

(Irazoqui, Cadaqués 16.12.2000)



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