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Subject: Re: How many programs can see the draw in the 2nd game of DB vs Kasparov?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:35:46 02/28/01

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On February 28, 2001 at 18:17:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>
>Can you show the 64 plies?
>
>45... Qe3! 46.Qxd6 Re8! 47.h4? h5! 48.Bf3 Qc1+ 49.Kf2 Qd2+ 50.Be2 Qf4+ 51.Kg1
>Qe3+ 52.Kh2 Qf4+ 53.Kh3 Qxf5+ 54.Kh2 Qf4+ 55.Kg1 Qe3+ 56.Kf1 Qc1+ 57.Kf2 Qf4+
>
>Are these the first 25 plies?
>
>If they are then I am interested in the last 39 plies.
>If they are not what is the wrong move except 47.h4 when after 47.Qd7+ programs
>cannot prove a repetition?
>
>Uri


I really can't...  the version I used to run that test back in 1997 simply
maintained a variable "maxply" which was kept as the deepest ply the search
reached during the run.  No idea what the moves along that deep search looked
like, but I would suspect it was a lot of nonsense checking/sacrificial moves
to drive the search that deep.

The problem with the DB position is that _every_ move is not a check, a
capture, or even a strong threat.  Some are _very_ quiet moves, which makes
the search tend to stop at those points...



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