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Subject: Re: Endgame Position for your GM candidate programs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:14:49 01/15/01

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On January 15, 2001 at 04:17:27, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

>
>If there is a program that can understand this position and delayed
>Bxd4 at a reasonable time (endgame stage-probably not more than 30 sec) then I
>will believe it as a GM candidate :-))
>
>The immediate Bxd4 is a draw, Black's king would just occupy a8, b8, c8, etc.
>
>[D]8/p7/P7/2k5/1p1n4/4B3/1K4B1/8 w - - 0 1
>
>
>Regards,
>Dinan


I don't think this means a thing, but it takes Crafty exactly 1
second to realize that Bxd4 is no good...

Here is the output:

                9->   0.72   3.55   1. Bxd4+ Kxd4 2. Kb3 Kc5 3. Bf1 Kb6
                                    4. Bd3 Kc6 5. Kxb4 Kb6 6. Bc4
               10     0.77   3.48   1. Bxd4+ Kxd4 2. Kb3 Kc5 3. Bf1 Kb6
                                    4. Be2 Kc6 5. Bd3 Kb6 6. Kxb4 <HT>
               10     1.12   3.55   1. Bf1 Kd5 2. Bd3 Kc5 3. Be2 <HT>
         (4)   10->   1.30   3.55   1. Bf1 Kd5 2. Bd3 Kc5 3. Be2 <HT>
         (3)   11     1.37   3.55   1. Bf1 Kd5 2. Bd3 Kc5 3. Be2 <HT>
               11     1.85   3.63   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Be6 Kc5
               11->   2.26   3.63   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Be6 Kc5
               12     2.75   3.70   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Be6 Kc5 7. Bf4
         (2)   12->   4.27   3.70   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Be6 Kc5 7. Bf4
               13     5.80   3.69   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Bxb4 Nxb4 7.
                                    Kxb4 Kd3 8. Bd5
         (3)   13->   9.78   3.69   1. Be4 Kc4 2. Bg6 Kd5 3. Bf7+ Ke4 4.
                                    Bd2 Nc6 5. Kb3 Kd4 6. Bxb4 Nxb4 7.
                                    Kxb4 Kd3 8. Bd5


I don't think that means it is a GM however...



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