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Subject: Re: Hard for humans,easy for computers? ==> Zaitsev vs Bonch-Osmolovski,1970

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:02:53 02/08/01

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On February 08, 2001 at 15:56:28, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>             Zaitsev vs Bonch-Osmolovski (USSR,1970)
>    [D]2b1r2r/ppq1nk2/3Rn1pp/1Pp1Pp2/2B5/2B2N2/P2Q1PPP/3R2K1 w
>     1.Bxe6+ Bxe6 2.Rxe6 Kxe6 3.Qxe6! 1-0
>       Source: "The Penguin Book of Chess Positions",1973
>                C.H.O'D.Alexander [page 163]
>       The author writes: "As so often,the difficulty in finding 3.Qxh6!
>                          lies in one's automatic rejection mechanism ---
>                          one just doesn't consider it; it is particularly
>                          hard to see such moves at the end of a combination."

Crafty finds it in less than 7 seconds on my machine.

EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [e:\crafty\release/bookc.bin].
hash table memory = 96M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 10M bytes.
EGTB cache memory = 64M bytes.
draw score set to    0.00 pawns.
choose from book moves randomly (using weights.)
choose from 5 best moves.
book learning enabled
result learning enabled
position learning enabled
threshold set to 9 pawns.
6 piece tablebase files found
20899kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables

Crafty v18.2

White(1): st 999
search time set to 999.00.
White(1): epdpfga jafm3.epd jafm3.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
middle-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6     0.26   2.08   1. Qe3 Ng8 2. R1d5 b6 3. Rc6 Qe7
                6     0.41   2.13   1. Ba5 b6 2. Bc3 Ng8 3. Qf4 Kg7
                6->   0.44   2.13   1. Ba5 b6 2. Bc3 Ng8 3. Qf4 Kg7
                7     0.48   2.20   1. Ba5 b6 2. Bc3 Ng8 3. Rc6 Qe7 4.
                                    Qf4
                7->   0.87   2.20   1. Ba5 b6 2. Bc3 Ng8 3. Rc6 Qe7 4.
                                    Qf4
                8     0.99   1.93   1. Ba5 b6 2. Bc3 Ng8 3. Rc6 Qe7 4.
                                    Qf4 Kg7
                8     1.52   2.08   1. Qf4 Ng8 2. Nh4 Kg7 3. Qg3 Qf7 4.
                                    f4 b6
                8     3.01   2.23   1. Ne1 Ng8 2. Nd3 g5 3. f3 Kg7 4. Qe3
                                    Qe7
                8->   3.04   2.23   1. Ne1 Ng8 2. Nd3 g5 3. f3 Kg7 4. Qe3
                                    Qe7
                9     4.20   2.37   1. Ne1 Ng8 2. Nd3 g5 3. Qe3 Kg7 4.
                                    Qf3 Nd4 5. Qh5
                9     5.36   2.49   1. Qf4 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Rxd8 Qxd8
                                    4. Qxh6 Qd1+ 5. Be1 Kg8
                9     6.46     ++   1. Bxe6+!!
                9     7.43   3.55   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qg5 Rhf8 5. Rd6+ Qxd6 6. exd6
                                    Rf5 7. d7 Kxd7
                9->   8.55   3.55   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qg5 Rhf8 5. Rd6+ Qxd6 6. exd6
                                    Rf5 7. d7 Kxd7
               10    10.07     --   1. Bxe6+
               10    12.68   3.21   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qxf4 Nf5 5. Ng5+ Ke7 6. Qc4 Nh6
                                    7. Qe6+ Kf8 8. Qxg6
               10->  17.51   3.21   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qxf4 Nf5 5. Ng5+ Ke7 6. Qc4 Nh6
                                    7. Qe6+ Kf8 8. Qxg6
               11    23.75   3.32   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qxf4 Nf5 5. Ng5+ Ke7 6. Qc4 Kf8
                                    7. Ne6+ Rxe6 8. Qxe6 Kg7
               11->  37.53   3.32   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qxf4 Nf5 5. Ng5+ Ke7 6. Qc4 Kf8
                                    7. Ne6+ Rxe6 8. Qxe6 Kg7
               12    39.05     ++   1. Bxe6+!!
               12     1:02   6.01   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qg5 Ref8 5. Rd6+ Kf7 6. e6+ Ke8
                                    7. Rd7 Qxd7 8. exd7+ Kxd7 9. Qg4+ Kc7
                                    10. Bxh8
               12->   1:12   6.01   1. Bxe6+ Bxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6 3. Qxh6
                                    f4 4. Qg5 Ref8 5. Rd6+ Kf7 6. e6+ Ke8
                                    7. Rd7 Qxd7 8. exd7+ Kxd7 9. Qg4+ Kc7
                                    10. Bxh8



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