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Subject: Re: Testposition - Tactics

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:23:21 07/11/01

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On July 11, 2001 at 12:52:30, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]r5nr/pp3kpp/2pb4/3pn1P1/8/2N1B2B/PPP2P1P/2KRR3 w - - 0 20
>
> IM Berg,Emanuel 2496 - GM Akesson,Ralf 2481
>
>
> This is a position from today's 10th round in the SWE-ch. 19 year old
> Berg is a very gifted tactician. Here he chose 20.Nxd5!, got an advantage
> and won the game vs his more experienced opponent. It was from a e5-pushed
> Caro-Kann.
>
> Test: How long before your program finds and chooses 20.Nxd5!
>
> The whole game below.
>
>
>[Event "SM"]
>[Site "SWE"]
>[Date "2001.07.11"]
>[Round "10"]
>[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
>[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "B12"]
>[WhiteElo "2496"]
>[BlackElo "2481"]
>[PlyCount "61"]
>[EventDate "2001.07.11"]
>
>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 Bf7 8. Qe2
>fxe5 9. Qxe5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qf6 11. g5 Qxd4 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bh3
>Qe5+ 15. Be3 Qxe6 16. Bxe6 Bd6 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Bh3 Ne5 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Nxd5
>cxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Bc5 Nc4 23. Rd4 b6 24. Be6+ Kg6 25. Bxc4 bxc5 26. Re6+
>Kxg5 27. Rdxd6 Nf6 28. Rc6 Rd7 29. Rxc5+ Kh4 30. Re3 Ng4 31. Re4 1-0

Crafty also does not find it after 999 seconds:

EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
unable to open book file [e:\crafty\release/books.bin].
hash table memory = 192M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 80M bytes.
EGTB cache memory = 32M 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.
5 piece tablebase files found
19045kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables

Crafty v18.10

White(1): st 999
search time set to 999.00.
White(1): epdpfga rough.epd rough.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1   ID: CCC Sune Larsson, 7/11/2001 @12:52:30
middle-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6     0.22   0.39   1. Re2 Nc4 2. Bg4 h5 3. gxh6 Nxe3 4.
                                    Rxe3 Nxh6
                6->   0.56   0.39   1. Re2 Nc4 2. Bg4 h5 3. gxh6 Nxe3 4.
                                    Rxe3 Nxh6
                7     0.73   0.14   1. Re2 Nc4 2. Bd4 Bf4+ 3. Kb1 Bxg5
                                    4. Be6+ Kg6 5. Rg1
                7     1.02   0.36   1. Bg2 Ne7 2. Ne4 dxe4 3. Rxd6 Nf5
                                    4. Rd2 Nxe3 5. Rxe3
                7     1.26   0.41   1. Ne4 Be7 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    Kb1 Nhg4
                7->   1.88   0.41   1. Ne4 Be7 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    Kb1 Nhg4
                8     2.35   0.23   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    Bf4 Nhg4 5. Bg2
                8     5.43   0.31   1. Bc5 Bxc5 2. Rxe5 Bd6 3. Rf5+ Kg6
                                    4. Re1 Bxh2 5. Re6+ Kh5
                8->   5.57   0.31   1. Bc5 Bxc5 2. Rxe5 Bd6 3. Rf5+ Kg6
                                    4. Re1 Bxh2 5. Re6+ Kh5
                9     5.95   0.08   1. Bc5 Bxc5 2. Rxe5 Re8 3. Rxe8 Kxe8
                                    4. Re1+ Ne7 5. f4 Rf8 6. Ne2
                9     8.15   0.23   1. Bg2 Ne7 2. Ne4 Bb4 3. Nd2 Nc4 4.
                                    c3 Nxe3 5. Rxe3 Bd6
                9     9.25   0.28   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 hxg5 4.
                                    fxe5 Rxh3 5. Rf1+ Kg6
                9->  14.84   0.28   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 hxg5 4.
                                    fxe5 Rxh3 5. Rf1+ Kg6
               10    16.45   0.43   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 hxg5 4.
                                    fxe5 Rxh3 5. e6+ Kg6 6. c3
               10->  30.27   0.43   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 hxg5 4.
                                    fxe5 Rxh3 5. e6+ Kg6 6. c3
               11    34.91   0.27   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    f4 Neg4 5. c3 Rhe8 6. Bd4 Rxe1 7. Rxe1
               11->   1:30   0.27   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    f4 Neg4 5. c3 Rhe8 6. Bd4 Rxe1 7. Rxe1
               12     1:46   0.22   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    f4 Neg4 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nc4 Bc7 7. Bxg4
                                    Nxg4
               12->   4:07   0.22   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. gxh6 Nxh6 4.
                                    f4 Neg4 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nc4 Bc7 7. Bxg4
                                    Nxg4
               13     4:46   0.21   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 Bxd2+ 4.
                                    Bxd2 hxg5 5. fxe5 Rxh3 6. Bxg5 Ke6
                                    7. Re2 Rf3 8. b4
               13->  11:52   0.21   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 Bxd2+ 4.
                                    Bxd2 hxg5 5. fxe5 Rxh3 6. Bxg5 Ke6
                                    7. Re2 Rf3 8. b4
               14    14:15   0.22   1. Ne4 Bb4 2. Nd2 h6 3. f4 hxg5 4.
                                    fxe5 Rxh3 5. Bxg5 Rxh2 6. e6+ Kf8 7.
                                    Rf1+ Nf6 8. Nb3 Be7
              time=16:39  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=595259309  fh=94%  nps=595k
              ext-> chk=29511247 cap=1195812 pp=127192 1rep=998299 mate=20776
              predicted=0  nodes=595259309  evals=115769865
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
White(1):



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