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Subject: Re: Unbelieveable good move by Fritz5

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 08:34:28 05/21/98

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On May 21, 1998 at 08:21:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 21, 1998 at 07:01:18, Georg Langrath wrote:
>
>>6k1/8/p3r2p/1p1pPpp1/1n1pP3/1Pq4P/PR4PB/3QN1K1 b
>>
>>This epd-file represents a position between Spassky-Tal 1959. Spassky
>>took the rook 1 Dxb2, and who hadn t. But this is wrong. Even if you
>>play white with a weaker chessprogram against black with a stronger one,
>>white wins after that move.. The best move is 1 dxe4. On the opposite,
>>here a weaker black program always wins over a stronger black program
>>after that move.
>>
>>I wrote about the position in PLY (SSDF) about eight years ago. Even the
>>strongest chessprograms didn t find the right move in those days. Not
>>even in analyze for a week or so. Does you program find it? Rebel9 find
>>it in analyze, but not in 3 minutes on my computer (Pentium 133).
>>
>>But Fritz 5 find the right move in about 10 seconds, and doesn t change
>>its mind then! Nearly unbelievable.
>>
>>I have tested Fritz5 on the selfgoing update, and now I have ordered it.
>>Perhaps Chessbase shouldn t be in a such hurry to put it away, when they
>>found that it was possible to make it selfgoing. (You have to put two
>>files to it from Cblight only).
>>
>>Not only I had buyed it after testing it, I think.
>>
>>Georg
>
>
>This seems easy for today's programs, if they have the right kind of
>evaluation:
>
>              depth   time  score   variation (1)
>starting thread 1
>starting thread 2
>starting thread 3
>                1     0.01   0.09   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5
>                1->   0.01   0.09   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5
>                2     0.01   0.09   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5
>                2->   0.01   0.09   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5
>                3     0.02  -0.08   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6
>                3->   0.02  -0.08   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6
>                4     0.03     ++   1. ... Qxb2!!
>                4     0.03   0.89   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qg4 Qxa2
>                4->   0.04   0.89   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qg4 Qxa2
>                5     0.04   0.89   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qg4 Qxa2
>                5->   0.09   0.89   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qg4 Qxa2
>                6     0.10     --   1. ... Qxb2
>                6     0.12   0.64   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. e6 Qxa2
>                                    4. e7 Rc8
>                6->   0.15   0.64   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. e6 Qxa2
>                                    4. e7 Rc8
>                7     0.22   0.78   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qh5 Kf8
>                                    4. e6 Qxa2
>                7->   0.31   0.78   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Rc6 3. Qh5 Kf8
>                                    4. e6 Qxa2
>                8     0.37     --   1. ... Qxb2
>                8     0.58   0.13   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Re7 3. a4 Rf7 4.
>                                    g4 bxa4 5. bxa4 d3
>                8->   1.42   0.13   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Re7 3. a4 Rf7 4.
>                                    g4 bxa4 5. bxa4 d3
>                9     1.61   0.19   1. ... Qxb2 2. exf5 Re7 3. a4 Rf7 4.
>                                    g4 Qc3 5. e6 Rf6
>                9     3.33   0.29   1. ... dxe4 2. Qd2 Qxd2 3. Rxd2 d3
>                                    4. a3 Nc6 5. Kf2 Kf7 6. Ke3 Nxe5
>                9->   4.00   0.29   1. ... dxe4 2. Qd2 Qxd2 3. Rxd2 d3
>                                    4. a3 Nc6 5. Kf2 Kf7 6. Ke3 Nxe5
>               10     6.01   0.21   1. ... dxe4 2. Rd2 d3 3. Kh1 Re7 4.
>                                    a3 e3 5. Nf3 e2 6. Qe1 Nd5
>               10->   8.68   0.21   1. ... dxe4 2. Rd2 d3 3. Kh1 Re7 4.
>                                    a3 e3 5. Nf3 e2 6. Qe1 Nd5
>               11    13.83   0.42   1. ... dxe4 2. Rd2 d3 3. h4 Re7 4.
>                                    hxg5 e3 5. Rxd3 Nxd3 6. Nxd3 hxg5
>               11->  19.32   0.42   1. ... dxe4 2. Rd2 d3 3. h4 Re7 4.
>                                    hxg5 e3 5. Rxd3 Nxd3 6. Nxd3 hxg5
>               12    37.43   0.40   1. ... dxe4 2. Qd2 Qxd2 3. Rxd2 d3
>                                    4. a3 Nc6 5. Nxd3 exd3 6. Rxd3 Nxe5
>                                    7. Bxe5 Rxe5 8. Rd7
>               12->  59.54   0.40   1. ... dxe4 2. Qd2 Qxd2 3. Rxd2 d3
>                                    4. a3 Nc6 5. Nxd3 exd3 6. Rxd3 Nxe5
>                                    7. Bxe5 Rxe5 8. Rd7

I'm always wondering when I see your output.

1. My Crafty (15.8) gives imidiatly Qxb2 by book (book on). So the book
   (wall.pgn) has an error?
2. With book=off my Crafty version finds dxe4 on ply 10 after 18.52 sec.

Anyway, Crafty is a great analysis tool. I like it.

Kind regards
B. Bauer



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