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Subject: Re: This position is so easy for humans and too diffcult for computers

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 15:25:19 01/14/01

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On January 14, 2001 at 16:56:45, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>In the following game played today in my club and lost by me it is so easy to
>see that 32.Rd6xc6! wins in a few moves.Blacks a-pawn will lost very soon and
>the white b-pawn queens.
>The two playing humans have sawn 32.Rd6xc6! moves before.We almost calculated it
>in move 30.Good players should play it in a blitzgame.
>So where is the problem for computers?
>
>[Event "Verbandsklasse"]
>[Site "Gelsenkirchen Horst Emscher"]
>[Date "2001.01.14"]
>[Round "6"]
>[White "Dömges"]
>[Black "Lagershausen"]
>[ECO "C46"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4
>6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. Bg5+ Be7
>11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. Bc4 Ke8 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bb3 c5 15. Bd5
>Nxd5 16. Rxd5 b6 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Rd6 Bxg2 19. Rhd1 Bc6
>20. Bf6 Rg8 21. f4 b4 22. h4 h5 23. b3 Rb8 24. Kb2 Ra8
>25. c3 bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Rb8 27. a4 Ra8 28. Kc4 Rc8 29. R1d2
>Ra8 30. a5 bxa5 31. Kxc5 Rb8 32. Rxc6 dxc6 33. Kxc6 Kf8
>34. Rd5 g5 35. fxg5 Rg6 36. Rxa5 Kg8 37. Ra7 Rxf6+ 38. gxf6
>Rxb3 39. Kd6 Rb6+ 40. Kd5 Rb4 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 Rb5+
>43. Ke4 Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. Kf5 Rb4 46. Rh8# 1-0

A quick test show that at least Crafty, Gandalf and Nimzo finds the move that
you suggest.

Mogens.



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