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Subject: Re: interesting example of a successful attack

Author: William Bryant

Date: 16:31:16 01/08/01

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On January 07, 2001 at 23:08:45, Jon Dart wrote:

>Here is an interesting example of a successful attack by a human
>against a computer:
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2001.01.07"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "realpravo"]
>[Black "Arasan 6.0"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "A08"]
>[WhiteElo "2164"]
>[BlackElo "2561"]
>[TimeControl "300+8"]
>
>1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O
>Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nf1 Qb8 13. h4
>Nf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. Bh3 a5 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. Ng3 a4 18. h5 Ng8 19. h6
>Nxh6 20. d4 Ng8 21. Be3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qc7 23. Kg2 a3 24. b3 Rfc8
>25. Rac1 Ba6 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. f4 Bf8 29. f5 Bb4 30. Qf2
>Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Rc7 32. f6 Nb4 33. Ne2 Nd3 34. Qh4 Nxe1+ 35. Kg3 h6
>36. Ne4 g5 37. Bxg5 Nf3 38. Kxf3 dxe4+ 39. Kg2 Kh7
>40. Bxh6 Nxf6 41. Bg5+ Nh5 1-0 {ArasanX resigns}
>
>The crucial position seems to be at Black's move 40:
>
>r5nk/2rq1p2/bp2pP1p/4P1B1/3Pp1PQ/pP5B/P3N1K1/8 b - -
>
>Here any move but Qb5 leads to a fairly quick mate. Qb5 appears
>to hold, although Black is still worse and may go under
>eventually.
>
>The interesting thing here is that Black is way up material:
>any computer would probably prefer Black in the moves
>leading up to this one.
>
>Arasan takes a long time to find the Qb5 defense, and even longer
>to have the score go negative:
>
>ply 9.  Kh7     11 seconds.     score:   5.02   2181239 nodes.
>ply 9.  Kh7     11 seconds.     score:   5.02   2181239 nodes.
>ply 10. Kh7     15 seconds.     score:   5.02   3106545 nodes.
>ply 10. Qc6     25 seconds.     score: -156.03  6032366 nodes.
>ply 10. Qb5     239 seconds.    score:   0.39   70340167 nodes.
>ply 10. Qb5     241 seconds.    score:   0.39   70815106 nodes.
>ply 11. Qb5     273 seconds.    score:   0.39   77059646 nodes.
>ply 12. Qb5     280 seconds.    score:   1.02   78577842 nodes.
>ply 12. Qb5     335 seconds.    score:   1.02   89195295 nodes.
>ply 13. Qb5     456 seconds.    score:   1.02   112609559 nodes.
>ply 13. Qb5     600 seconds.    score:  -0.23   141594783 nodes.
>235987 nodes/second.
>28414464 regular nodes, 113180319 quiescence nodes.
>27712078 searches of hash table, 6431604 successful (23 percent).
>500000 hash entries inserted, 1738345 entries replaced, 19925639 inserts failed.
>
>search: Qb5     600 seconds.    score: -0.23    141594783 nodes.        ++
>correct
>Qb5 Bxh6

Screamer finds this a little faster.

New Board Position
r5nk/2rq1p2/bp2pP1p/4P1B1/3Pp1PQ/pP5B/P3N1K1/8 b - -
Move 1 B>>
The Current Search Time: 180 seconds
Trying Book Move
PLY          NODES       TIME      SCORE  PV
______________________________________________________________
 5/00        15448       0.337        --
 5/00        17060       0.407    -10.51  Rc2 Bxh6 Rxe2+ Kg1 Nxh6 Qxh6+ Kg8
 5/01        20091       0.494    -10.61  Bxe2 Bxh6 Bf3+ Kg1 Nxh6 Qxh6+ Kg8
 6/00        37185       0.873        --
 6/00       135510       3.458   +327.57  Bxe2 Bxh6 Bf3+ Kg3 Kh7 Bg7+ Nh6 Qxh6+
Kg8 Qh8#
 6/01       137715       3.524        ++  Qb5
 6/01       174497       4.305     -8.90  Qb5 Ng3 Rc2+ Kg1 Rxa2 Bxh6 Bb7
 7/00       296230       6.768        --
 7/00       369281       8.469     -1.95  Qb5 Bxh6 Qxe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Qxe1 Nxh6 Qxe4
Rc1+ Kh2
 7/05       507878      11.776        ++  Kh7
 7/05       595142      13.440     -7.53  Kh7 Bxh6 Nxh6 g5 Kg8 gxh6 Bxe2 h7+ Kh8
Qxe4
 8/00       797693      17.731        --
 8/00      1061875      24.027   +327.57  Kh7 Bxh6 Nxf6 exf6 Rc5 Bg7+ Rh5 Qxh5+
Kg8 Qh8#
 8/01      1075429      24.366        ++  Qb5
 8/01      1187114      26.787     -1.59  Qb5 Bxh6 Qxe2+ Kh1 Qe1+ Qxe1 Nxh6 Qe3
Ng8 Qxe4
 9/00      2728231      62.050        --
 9/00      3831855      86.884     -0.66  Qb5 Bxh6 Qxe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Qxe1 Nxh6 Qe3
Ng8 Bg2 Rc2 Qh3+ Nh6 Qxh6
10/00      6567933     149.701        --
10/00      8593922     189.547     +1.28  Qb5 Bxh6 Qxe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Qxe1 Nxh6 Qe3
Nf5 gxf5 Rg8+ Kh1 Rgc8 Qxe4

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com





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