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Subject: Re: Topalov-Shirov

Author: Eelco de Groot

Date: 00:56:10 02/15/01

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On February 14, 2001 at 01:39:23, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On February 13, 2001 at 20:43:07, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>No i am just showing that this isn't tough compared to the others and i think
>>there should be a new suite with problems not solved under 1hour but some
>>positions are solve in 30minutes with one program and 5 with another....
>
>I think it would be really neat if someone created a new set of positions to
>perhaps replace the Nolot ones.  It's known that a couple of the Nolot solutions
>are at least slightly dubious (#9 being foremost, #3 and #6 might also be, and
>it can be argued that the solution to #8 may not be the "best" move).  Also
>nowadays, at least #11 is too easy for computers to be in a suite of "unsolvable
>by computer" problems.
>
>Maybe if I have the time I'll look for some positions where the solution is
>really the best move, provide/find analysis for them, and make sure they're
>really hard for computers.
>
>One position that comes to mind already is Shirov's 47. ...Bh3!! against
>Topalov, Linares 1998:
>(I hope the diagram is correct.)
>[D]8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - -
>
>Computers find this extremely difficult, at the least. :)

Are you sure this is the correct position, Jeremiah? Q5T personality for Rebel
Century 2.0, only 512Kb transposition tables and 5 more engines in background,
me typing and connecting to Internet:


00:00  07.01  3.27  1..Be4
00:02  08.02  3.23  1..Kd6 2.Bxf6 Kc5 3.Kf2 a3 4.Ke3 Be4 5.g4
00:03  09.00  3.25  1..Kd6 2.Kf2 Kc5 3.Bxf6 Kc4 4.Bb2+ Kb3 5.Bd4 Kc4
00:04  09.02  3.59  1..Bh3 2.g3 a3 3.Kf2 Bf5 4.Kf3 Be4+ 5.Ke3 Kd6
00:06  10.00  3.58  1..Bh3 2.g3 Kd6 3.Bd4 a3 4.Kf2 Bf5 5.h5 gxh5
00:11  11.00  2.93  1..Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 a3 4.Ke3 Ke6 5.h5 gxh5 6.Kf4
00:18  11.01  3.49  1..Kd6 2.Bd4 Be4 3.g4 Bf3
00:37  12.00  3.57  1..Kd6 2.Bd4 Be4 3.g4 f5 4.gxf5
00:41  12.01  3.61  1..Bh3 2.Bb2 Kf5 3.g3 Ke4 4.Kf2 Bd7
01:02  13.00  2.91  1..Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 a3 4.Ke3 Ke6 5.h5
01:35  13.01  3.42  1..Kd6 2.Bd4 Bd7 3.Kf2 f5 4.Ke3
03:05  14.00  3.61  1..Kd6 2.Bd4 Be4 3.g4 Bf3
03:09  14.01  3.61  1..Bh3
03:17  14.01  3.93  1..Bh3 2.Kh2 Bxg2 3.Kxg2 f5 4.Kf3 Kd6 5.Kf4+ Kc5
04:07  15.00  4.07  1..Bh3 2.Kh2 Bxg2 3.Kxg2 Kf5 4.Bb4 Ke4 5.Bc5+
13:31  16.00  4.25  1..Bh3 2.gxh3 Kf5 3.Kf2 Ke4 4.Bb2

The Nolot position No.11 it has a lot more problems with finding the best move!




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