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Subject: Re: A Very Difficult Test Position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:17:35 04/23/01

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On April 23, 2001 at 12:34:52, Oreopoulos Kostas wrote:

>This is form a game Kasparov Karpov New York match
>
>[D]r2q1b1k/1b4p1/p2pr2p/3n4/Pnp1N1N1/6RP/1B3PP1/1B1QR1K1 b - - 147 1
>
>The position has multiple tactical motives but i think none of the PC programs
>can evaluate correctly the position.
>
>Karpov's move 25...Qe8? is a losing move due to 26.Nh6 c3 27.Nf5 cb2 28.Qg4
>25...Nf4 loses to Nef6!
>
>The only move to hold is 25...Nd3! but witch program can evaluate that this is a
>saving move indeed.
>
>I tried Gambit Tiger 2.0 for about half an hour and it just gave Qe8 as the best
>variation. The computer saw the Nh6 move but failed to see that after c3 Nf5 is
>decive..
>
>Any luck with other programs ??
>
>Oreopoulos Kostas

Well, CM8000 certainly could move Qe8, depending on the time control. But, since
this is a very complex position, it kept changing its mind, but finally found a
new PV in Qd7 after 7 minutes on a PIII-600:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	-0.92	8203		1...Qe8 2. Qd4 Rc8 3. Ne3 Nxe3
					4. Rexe3
0:01	2/5	-0.88	39790		1...Qe8 2. Qd2 Nd3 3. Bxd3 cxd3
					4. Rf3
0:02	2/6	-0.58	88628		1...Qe8 2. Qd4 Rc8 3. Nxh6 Nf6
					4. f3 Nxe4 5. fxe4 Rxh6 6. Rxg7
0:03	2/6	-0.72	170725		1...Qe7 2. Qd4 Rc8 3. Ne3 Nxe3
					4. Qxe3 Qf7
0:13	3/7	-1.08	699803		1...Qe7 2. Qc1 c3 3. Ba3 a5 4.
					Rf3 Qe8
0:28	3/8	-0.37	1555949		1...Qe7 2. Nxh6 Rxh6 3. Ng5 Qc7
					4. Bg6 c3 5. Nf7+ Qxf7 6. Bxf7
					cxb2 7. Rb3
1:00	3/8	-0.66	3487853		1...Nf4 2. Nef6 Qe7 3. Rxe6 Qxe6
					4. Nxh6 Bxg2 5. Qd2
2:12	4/9	0.00	7925540		1...Nf4 2. Nef6 Rxe1+ 3. Qxe1 Nbd3
					4. Nxh6 Qxf6 5. Bxf6 Nxe1 6. Nf7+
					Kg8 7. Nh6+ Kh8
2:31	4/9	-0.18	9164978		1...Qe7 2. Nxh6 Rxh6 3. Ng5 Qc7
					4. Bg6 Nd3 5. Nf7+ Qxf7 6. Bxf7
					Nxb2 7. Qd4
2:59	4/9	-0.36	11092203	1...Qe8 2. Qd4 c3 3. Bxc3 Nxc3
					4. Qxb4 Nxe4 5. Qxb7 Nxg3 6. Rxe6
					Qxe6 7. Qxa8 Qe1+ 8. Kh2
7:01	4/9	-0.47	25421955	1...Qd7 2. Ne3 Nxe3 3. Rgxe3 Nd5
					4. R3e2 Nf4 5. Re3 Rae8 6. Nc5
					Rxe3 7. Rxe3
10:36	4/10	-0.46	38663411	1...Qd7 2. Ne3 Nd3 3. Bxd3 cxd3
					4. Nxd5 Bxd5 5. Qxd3 Qb7 6. Rge3
					Rc8 7. Ba1

But, in tournament time controls, depending on the processor, I think CM8000
could end up playing any of Qe8, Qe7, Qd7 and Nf4 (but not Nd3).

jm



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