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Subject: Re: A test position for chess programs

Author: Laurence Chen

Date: 16:56:32 04/11/01

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On April 11, 2001 at 19:34:43, James T. Walker wrote:

>On April 11, 2001 at 15:32:49, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>[D]8/p4k2/1p1p1qp1/1P1P4/P5P1/7P/4Q1K1/2b5 b - - 0 1
>>
>>The test is to avoid Qb2
>>
>>Most programs have no problem to avoid Qb2 but I suspect that this mistake is
>>typical for Junior(I have not the latest version and it is interesting to know
>>if Junior can avoid Qb2 and how much time does it need).
>>
>>I played Qb2 in a tournament game today and had to agree to a draw after Qxb2
>>Bxb2 g5.
>>
>>It was my mistake to use only about 1 minute for 39...Qb2 when
>>I had about 6 minutes for moves 39-40.
>>
>>I thought that 39...Qb2 is winning the game.
>>Unfortunately I calculated only the line 39...Qb2 40.Qxb2 Bxb2 41.Kf3
>>
>>Uri
>
>Hello Uri,
>Junior 6 finds Qb2 at 1:13 (d=17) on my Athlon 900 but drops it in favor of Kg7
>(d=17) at 1:46.  It holds Kg7 for over 6 minutes after that.  I don't have Deep
>Junior.
>Jim
Deep Junior on a Dual Pentium III 866MHz, never considers 1.... Qb2 as the PV.
It prefers 1.... Bg5.
Chen,L - Deep Junior 6.0
8/p4k2/1p1p1qp1/1P1P4/P5P1/7P/4Q1K1/2b5 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Junior 6.0:

1. -+ (-2.72): 1...Bg5 2.Qf3 Kg7 3.Qd3 Qb2+ 4.Kg3 Qa1 5.Qc4 Qg1+ 6.Kf3 Qd1+
7.Kf2
2. -+ (-2.72): 1...Kg7 2.Qd3 Qb2+ 3.Kf3 Bg5 4.Kg3 Qa1
3. -+ (-2.72): 1...Qb2 2.Qxb2 Bxb2 3.Kf3 Kf6 4.Kf4 g5+ 5.Ke4 Ba1 6.Kd3 Ke5
4. -+ (-2.62): 1...Bh6 2.Qe1 Qb2+ 3.Kf1 Qh2 4.Qe6+ Kg7
5. -+ (-2.61): 1...Bf4 2.Kf3
6. -+ (-2.61): 1...Kg8 2.a5
7. -+ (-2.57): 1...Ba3 2.h4 Bc5 3.Kg3 Kg7 4.Qe1 Qe5+
8. -+ (-2.57): 1...Bb2 2.Qc4
9. -+ (-2.57): 1...Kf8 2.h4
10. -+ (-2.56): 1...g5 2.Qe4 Bf4
11. -+ (-2.35): 1...Qe5 2.Qxe5 dxe5 3.Kf3 g5 4.Ke4 Kf6 5.Kd3 Ke7 6.Kc2 Bf4 7.Kd3
12. -+ (-2.10): 1...Qg5
13. -+ (-1.79): 1...Qf4 2.Qe6+
14. -+ (-1.62): 1...Qc3 2.Qe6+

(Chen, My Town 11.04.2001)




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