Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:55:09 12/17/00
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On December 17, 2000 at 14:08:33, Peter Berger wrote: >[D]r5k1/1pqn3p/r4b2/p2p4/8/RP6/RP1BBPP1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1 > >In this position Black seems to be in serious trouble that calls for drastic >measures . The difficulty is that the key move ..Qh2 ( with idea of ..Rxe3 after >..Re8 Be3 and the chess on h1 ) doesn't reach perpetual . Still it offers by far >the best fighting chances as White's rooks are (temporary?) out of game and >black gets ample compensation for the exchange . The usual question : how long >does your(?) program need to find ..Qh2 and which program can find this at all ? > >Btw , Fritz6a can . That it even went on to win this game is another surprising >part of the story .. :-) The most recent Dos Version of Comet running on Windows ME (ME stands for "me thinks I need a better OS") given 15 minutes to make 1 move on that position, found Qh2 in just over a minute, and stuck with that move. Personally, I couldn't have made that move, I probably would have moved Rook a6 to the King file myself. Pete Comet-B.27 Sun Dec 17 16:31:51 2000 depth score sec nodes pv 1. -1.16 0 1143 a6a7 2. -1.98 0 1664 a6a7 d2e3 3. -1.77 0 8640 a6e6 a3a5 a8e8 4. -1.68 0 17029 a6e6 a3a5 a8a5 a2a5 4. -1.68 0 29505 a6e6 a3a5 a8a5 a2a5 5. -1.18 0 107913 a6e6 a3a5 a8a5 a2a5 c7h2 a5a8 g8f7 5. -1.18 0 137535 a6e6 a3a5 a8a5 a2a5 c7h2 a5a8 g8f7 6? -1.32 1 182297 a6e6 d2e3 e6e8 6? -1.59 2 432648 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 g4f5 g8g7 d2e3 f6b2 6? -1.86 3 563290 a6e6 e2g4 b7b6 g4e6 g8g7 6. -1.90 3 741770 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 g4f5 d7c5 d1h5 6. -1.90 4 812170 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 g4f5 d7c5 d1h5 7. -1.94 5 1078127 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 g4f3 d5d4 f3d5 g8h8 7. -1.94 8 1714961 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 g4f3 d5d4 f3d5 g8h8 8. -1.89 13 2930481 a6e6 e2g4 e6e8 d1f3 c7h2 f3d5 g8h8 8. -1.89 24 5087101 a6e6 e2g4 e6e8 d1f3 c7h2 f3d5 g8h8 9. -1.97 35 7637968 a6e6 e2g4 e6a6 d2c3 d5d4 c3a5 c7c5 9! -1.76 70 17432710 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 h1g2 a6d3 d7e5 9. -1.69 79 19599584 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 h1g2 a6b5 g2g4 9. -1.69 106 25902606 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 h1g2 a6b5 g2g4 10. -1.69 150 39540913 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 10. -1.69 283 75218331 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 11. -1.79 573 182141411 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 a8e8 d2e3 e8e3 11. -1.79 900 280218496 c7h2 e2a6 h2h1 f1e2 a8e8 d2e3 e8e3 ==> My Move: c7h2 in 15:03
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