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Subject: Re: Shredder blind?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:02:46 08/13/01

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On August 13, 2001 at 03:26:28, Harald Faber wrote:

>Following position:
>
>[D]1rb4r/2p3k1/3b4/4pp2/P1P1P1p1/1N1N2Pq/1PQ3R1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
>
>The last white move was Nc5-b3 and Shredder 5.32 felt fine with +0.2 at a search
>depth of 10-11 and awaits f5-f4. But Shredder changes its mind very fast after
>the next black obvious move. Is Shredder blind? Or are the other programs blind
>too? Would a different move than Nc5-b3 have saved the white position?


Rebel Tiger II on Athlon 1200 takes under 9 seconds to find ...Rxb3:

00:00:00.8	2.30	8	148217	f4 Nf2 Qh5 gxf4 exf4 e5 Bf5 Qc3

00:00:00.6	3.02	8	156797	f4 Nf2 Qh5 gxf4 exf4 Qd1 Qh4 c5 f3 cxd6 fxg2 dxc7

00:00:00.9	2.62	9	266107	f4 Nf2 Qh5 gxf4 exf4 Qd1 Qh4 c5 Be7 Qd5

00:00:02.1	3.14	10	784926	f4 Nf2 Qh5 gxf4 exf4 Qd1 Qh4 c5 f3 cxd6 fxg2 Qd4+ Kf8

00:00:03.0	3.30	10	1089942	fxe4 Nf2 Qh6 c5 Be7 Qxe4 Rxb3 Qxe5+ Bf6 Qxc7+ Kg6

00:00:04.3	2.52	11	1599973	fxe4 Nf2 Qh6 c5 Be7 Na5 e3 Qe4 exf2+ Rxf2 Bf6 Ref1
Rf8

00:00:07.6	3.14	11	2458005	f4 Nf2 Qh5 gxf4 exf4 Qd1

00:00:08.9	4.10	11	2865137	Rxb3 Qxb3 fxe4 Nf2 Bc5 Kf1 Rf8 Re2 e3 Rxe3 Qh1+ Rg1
Rxf2+ Kxf2 Qf3+ Ke1 Bxe3

00:00:09.6	4.04	12	3500194	Rxb3 Qxb3 fxe4 Nf2 Bc5 Kf1 Rf8 Re2 e3 Rxe3 Qh1+ Rg1
Rxf2+ Kxf2 Qf3+ Ke1 Bxe3

00:00:13.5	4.04	13	4887407	Rxb3 Qxb3 fxe4 Nf2 Bc5 Kf1 Rf8 Re2 e3 Rxe3 Qh1+ Rg1
Rxf2+ Kxf2 Qf3+ Ke1 Bxe3

00:00:30.7	4.94	14	11115563	Rxb3

00:00:45.8	4.94	15	16847605	Rxb3

00:01:02.6	5.74	15	23088086	Rxb3 Qxb3 fxe4 Nf2 Bc5 Re3 Qh6 Qc3 Bd4 Qe1 Bxe3 Kf1
Be6 b3 Rb8 Qc3




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