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Subject: Re: TestPosition

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:18:55 11/13/01

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On November 13, 2001 at 12:00:47, Michel Langeveld wrote:

>How long does your program need to see that Nxf1 is deadly lost:
>
>[D] 2r3k1/1b3p2/p4q2/2bp1NpQ/Pr6/3BP2P/3n1PPB/1R3RK1 b - - 0 30


Should take crafty this long:

                9    13.25  -1.53   1. ... Nxf1 2. Rxb4 Bxb4 3. Be5 Ng3
                                    4. Nh6+ Kf8 5. Bxg3 Rc1+ <HT>
                9->  14.45  -1.53   1. ... Nxf1 2. Rxb4 Bxb4 3. Be5 Ng3
                                    4. Nh6+ Kf8 5. Bxg3 Rc1+ <HT>
               10    16.55     --   1. ... Nxf1
               10    37.19  -0.47   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Bg1+ 6. Kxg1 Qxe5
                                    7. Ne7+ Kg7 8. Nxc8 Bxc8
               10->  43.73  -0.47   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Bg1+ 6. Kxg1 Qxe5
                                    7. Ne7+ Kg7 8. Nxc8 Bxc8
               11    44.67     --   1. ... Nxf1
               11    57.23   3.07   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Rc1 6. Ne7+ Kf8
                                    7. Ng6+ fxg6 8. Qh6+ Ke7 9. Bxf6+ Kxf6
                                    10. Bxg6


IE it fails low at 44 seconds, at 57 seconds it sees white is winning...

quad 700



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