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Subject: Re: The Most Difficult Tactical Combination Ever Shocking Computer Analysis

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 21:34:47 11/30/01

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On November 30, 2001 at 22:50:14, Jon Dart wrote:

>Phalanx is good.
>
>Here is another nice move it found in a recent game (blitz, 40moves/10 min):
>
>[D] r4rk1/pp1nqppp/2b1p3/6N1/4N3/6Q1/PPP2PPP/1K1RR3 w - -
>
>Rxd7!

The latest (unreleased) Pepito finds it in 84 seconds:
Pepito> go
 5   -21    49    14623  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ta8-d8 f3 b6
 5   -21    62    63597  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ta8-d8 f3 b6
 6   -17    65    74915  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cg5xf7 Ag2-c6 Cf7-g5
 6   -17    84   149931  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cg5xf7 Ag2-c6 Cf7-g5
 7   -27    91   175222  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cg5xf7 Ag2-c6 Cf7-g5 e5
 7   -21   209   610239  Ce4-d6 Ta8-d8 Cd6xf7 Tf8xf7 Te1xe6 De7-f8 Cg5xf7 Df8xf7
 7   -21   246   745511  Ce4-d6 Ta8-d8 Cd6xf7 Tf8xf7 Te1xe6 De7-f8 Cg5xf7 Df8xf7
 8   -27   300   941554  Ce4-d6 Ta8-d8 f3 Cd7-f6 Dg3-e5 Cf6-d5 Cg5-e4 b6
 8   -21   311   985935  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cg5xf7 Ag2-c6 Cf7-g5 e5
Cg5-e4
 8   -21   541  1869838  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cg5xf7 Ag2-c6 Cf7-g5 e5
Cg5-e4
 9   -27   566  1984560  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cd6xf7 Ag2-c6 Te1xe6 Tf8xf7
Te6xc6 Tf7xf2
 9   -13   898  3317233  Ce4-d6 h6 Cg5-f3 De7-f6 Cf3-d4 Ac6-d5 f3 Ta8-d8 Dg3-f2
 9   -13  1171  4418993  Ce4-d6 h6 Cg5-f3 De7-f6 Cf3-d4 Ac6-d5 f3 Ta8-d8 Dg3-f2
10   -25  2274  8983759  Ce4-d6 Cd7-c5 Dg3-e5 b6 De5-f5 e6xf5 Te1xe7 f6 Cg5-f3
Ac6xf3 g2xf3 Tf8-d8
10   -21  2363  9408533  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cd6xf7 Cd7-b6 Cf7-d6 Ag2-d5
f4 Ta8-d8 Cg5-e4
10   -21  3859 15558812  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cd6xf7 Cd7-b6 Cf7-d6 Ag2-d5
f4 Ta8-d8 Cg5-e4
11   -28  3986 16162890  Dg3-d6 De7xd6 Ce4xd6 Ac6xg2 Cd6xf7 Cd7-b6 Cf7-e5 Ag2-d5
Ce5-d3 Ta8-e8 f4 Cb6-c4
11   -23  7129 28757088  Ce4-d6 Cd7-b6 Cd6-f5 De7-f6 Cf5-d4 Ac6-d5 Cg5-e4 Ad5xe4
Te1xe4 Ta8-d8 Dg3-f4 Df6xf4 Te4xf4
11     0  8393 33768841  Td1xd7 Ac6xd7 Cg5xh7 Rg8xh7 Ce4-g5 Rh7-h6 Dg3-h4 Rh6-g6
Dh4-h7 Rg6-f6 Cg5-e4 Rf6-e5 Ce4-f6 Re5xf6 Dh7-h4 g5 Dh4-h6 Rf6-f5 Dh6-h7 Rf5-f6
Dh7-h6
11     0  8600 34597445  Td1xd7 Ac6xd7 Cg5xh7 Rg8xh7 Ce4-g5 Rh7-h6 Dg3-h4 Rh6-g6
Dh4-h7 Rg6-f6 Cg5-e4 Rf6-e5 Ce4-f6 Re5xf6 Dh7-h4 g5 Dh4-h6 Rf6-f5 Dh6-h7 Rf5-f6
Dh7-h6
12     0  8998 36081469  Td1xd7 Ac6xd7 Cg5xh7 Rg8xh7 Ce4-g5 Rh7-h6 Dg3-h4 Rh6-g6
Dh4-h7 Rg6-f6 Cg5-e4 Rf6-e5 Ce4-f6 Re5xf6 Dh7-h4 g5 Dh4-h6 Rf6-f5 Dh6-h7 Rf5-f6
Dh7-h6
12     0 10604 42416359  Td1xd7 Ac6xd7 Cg5xh7 Rg8xh7 Ce4-g5 Rh7-h6 Dg3-h4 Rh6-g6
Dh4-h7 Rg6-f6 Cg5-e4 Rf6-e5 Ce4-f6 Re5xf6 Dh7-h4 g5 Dh4-h6 Rf6-f5 Dh6-h7 Rf5-f6
Dh7-h6
13    33 11164 44565608  Td1xd7 !!

Yace in 22 seconds:
white ( 1): go
usetime = 998.00, mintime = 998.00 maxtime = 998.00 tl 998.00 ml 0
        25   0.016  -1.52  1t  1.Rxd7 Qxd7 {-170}
        85   0.016   0.44  1t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 {-10}
       110   0.017   0.56  1t  1.Qc7 {-10}
       178   0.017   0.56  1.  1.Qc7 {-10}
       413   0.018   0.38  2t  1.Qc7 Rfd8 {-10}
       448   0.018   0.41  2t+ 1.Qd6 Rac8 {-10}
       483   0.019   0.44  2t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6H {-10}
      1144   0.021   0.45  2t+ 1.Qh4 a6 {-10}
      1232   0.021   0.47  2t  1.Qh4 h6 {-10}
      2146   0.025   0.47  2.  1.Qh4 h6 {-10}
      2764   0.027   0.21  3t  1.Qh4 h6 2.Nf3 Qxh4 3.Nxh4 {-10}
      3185   0.029   0.23  3t+ 1.Qd6 Rac8
      3628   0.030   0.44  3t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 {-10}
      6006   0.036   0.44  3.  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 {-10}
      7415   0.040   0.34  4t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 Rad8 3.f4 {-10}
     30273   0.100   0.34  4.  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 Rad8 3.f4 {-10}
     34488   0.111   0.18  5t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 Rad8 3.f4 b6 {-10}
     36872   0.118   0.19  5t+ 1.Qh4 h6 2.Nf3 Ne5
     38955   0.122   0.21  5t  1.Qh4 h6 2.Nf3 Qxh4 3.Nxh4 {-10}
     72345   0.194   0.22  5t+ 1.Qd3 Rfd8 2.Qd4 Ne5 3.Qxe5 Rxd1+ 4.Rxd1 Bxe4
                               {-10}
     80868   0.224   0.26  5t  1.Qd3 Rfd8 2.Qd6 Qxd6 3.Nxd6 {-10}
     86840   0.243   0.27  5t+ 1.Qe3 h6 2.Nf3 Ne5
     91183   0.256   0.32  5t  1.Qe3 h6 2.Nf3 Rfd8 3.Nd4 {-10}
    188761   0.512   0.32  5.  1.Qe3 h6 2.Nf3 Rfd8 3.Nd4 {-10}
    260194   0.731   0.18  6t  1.Qe3 Rad8 2.f4 h6 3.Nf3 b6 {-10}
    286078   0.789   0.19  6t+ 1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 Bf3 3.gxf3 b6 {340}
    295538   0.818   0.19  6t  1.Qd6 Qxd6 2.Nxd6 Bxg2H 3.Nxe6H fxe6H 4.Rxe6H
                               {HT} {-270}
    549966   1.429   0.20  6t+ 1.Nd6 b6 2.Qf4 Qxg5 3.Qxg5 Bxg2 {571}
    653771   1.740   0.29  6t  1.Nd6 e5 2.f4 h6 3.Nge4 Rfd8 {-10}
    915884   2.410   0.29  6.  1.Nd6 e5 2.f4 h6 3.Nge4 Rfd8 {-10}
   1154169   3.008   0.32  7t  1.Nd6 Rad8 2.Ndxf7 Rxf7 3.Rxe6 Qf8 4.Nxf7H
                               Qxf7H {-30}
   2218945   5.270   0.32  7.  1.Nd6 Rad8 2.Ndxf7 Rxf7 3.Rxe6 Qf8 4.Nxf7 Qxf7
                               {-30}
   2709319   6.548   0.26  8t  1.Nd6 Rad8 2.Ndxf7 Rxf7 3.Nxe6 Rc8 4.Ng5 Qf6
                               5.Nxf7 Qxf7 {-30}
   6349110  14.869   0.26  8.  1.Nd6 Rad8 2.Ndxf7 Rxf7 3.Nxe6 Rc8 4.Ng5 Qf6
                               5.Nxf7 Qxf7 {-30}
   7661940  17.857   0.26  9t  1.Nd6 Rad8 2.Ndxf7 Rxf7 3.Nxe6 Rc8 4.Ng5 Qf6
                               5.Nxf7 Qxf7 {-30}
   9504277  21.818   0.27  9t+ 1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 Kxh7 3.Ng5+ Kh6 4.Qh4+ Kg6
                               5.Qh7+ Kf6 6.Ne4+ Ke5 7.Nc3+ Kf4 8.Nd5+ exd5
                               9.Rxe7 Rfe8 10.Rxe8 Bxe8 {231}
   9607870  22.092   0.66  9++ 1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 Kxh7 3.Ng5+ Kh6 4.Qh4+ Kg6
                               5.Qh7+ Kf6 6.Ne4+ Ke5 7.Nc3+ Kf4 8.Nd5+ exd5
                               9.Rxe7 Rfe8 10.Rxe8 Bxe8 {231}
  10780392  24.424   1.24  9t  1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 f6 3.Nxf8 Rxf8 4.Qc7 Qb4
                               5.c3 Qb5 6.Rd1 {70}
  12623925  27.907   1.24  9.  1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 f6 3.Nxf8 Rxf8 4.Qc7 Qb4
                               5.c3 Qb5 6.Rd1 {70}
  15743469  34.086   1.17 10t  1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 f6 3.Nxf8 Qxf8 4.f3 Rc8
                               5.Nd6 Rb8 6.Rd1 e5 {70}
  21045490  44.639   1.17 10.  1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 f6 3.Nxf8 Qxf8 4.f3 Rc8
                               5.Nd6 Rb8 6.Rd1 e5 {70}
  30085785  1:02.4   1.22 11t  1.Rxd7 Bxd7 2.Nxh7 f6 3.Nxf8 Qxf8 4.f4 Rc8
                               5.Rd1 Rc7 6.Qg6 Qf7 7.Qg4 {70}

Beowulf takes 126 seconds:
[1]W > go
[1]W >
Current Position = 0.34
Number of Possible Moves = 48

  6     37     120     131136   e4d6 d7c5 g3e5 b7b6 g5e4 c5e4
  7     41     524     617696   e4d6 b7b6 g5e4 f7f5 e4c3 d7c5 h2h3
  8     24    1491    1783206   e4d6 d7c5 e1e5 b7b6 d6f5 e7b7 g3h4 h7h6
  9     29    4733    5895441   e4d6 d7c5 f2f3 h7h6 g5h3 e7f6 d6e4 f6f5 h3f2
 10     24   12063   14995224   e4d6 d7c5 f2f3 h7h6 g5e4 c6e4 f3e4 e7g5 g3g5
h6g5
 10     58!  12592   15783398   d1d7 c6d7 g5h7 f8b8 h7f6 g8f8 e4g5 e7b4 f6d7
f8e8 e1e4 b4c3
 10    120   13080   16553139   d1d7 c6d7 g5h7 f7f6 h7f8 g8f8 e4d6 d7c6 e1d1
e7d8

Crafty took 1:26:
White(1): go
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6     0.34  -0.38   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 a5
         6    -38      34 115009  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 a5
                6     0.49  -0.33   1. Qh4 h6 2. Nf3 Qxh4 3. Nxh4 Rad8
                                    4. c3 a6
         6    -33      49 189463  1. Qh4 h6 2. Nf3 Qxh4 3. Nxh4 Rad8 4. c3 a6
                6     0.62  -0.21   1. Nd6 Rad8 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 a5
         6    -21      62 249029  1. Nd6 Rad8 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 a5
                6->   1.00  -0.21   1. Nd6 Rad8 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 a5
         6    -21     100 432785  1. Nd6 Rad8 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 a5
                7     1.24  -0.11   1. Nd6 h6 2. Nge4 a6 3. c3 Rad8 4.
                                    Qf4 Bxe4+ 5. Rxe4
         7    -11     124 564265  1. Nd6 h6 2. Nge4 a6 3. c3 Rad8 4. Qf4 Bxe4+
5. Rxe4
                7->   1.99  -0.11   1. Nd6 h6 2. Nge4 a6 3. c3 Rad8 4.
                                    Qf4 Bxe4+ 5. Rxe4
         7    -11     199 991036  1. Nd6 h6 2. Nge4 a6 3. c3 Rad8 4. Qf4 Bxe4+
5. Rxe4
                8     3.20  -0.14   1. Nd6 a5 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 h6 4. Nge4
                                    Qd8
         8    -14     320 1536051  1. Nd6 a5 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd6 h6 4. Nge4 Qd8
                8     3.89  -0.07   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qd3 h6 3. Nh7 Re8 4.
                                    Nd6 Nc5
         8     -7     389 1904131  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qd3 h6 3. Nh7 Re8 4. Nd6 Nc5
                8->   5.13  -0.07   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qd3 h6 3. Nh7 Re8 4.
                                    Nd6 Nc5
         8     -7     513 2625274  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qd3 h6 3. Nh7 Re8 4. Nd6 Nc5
                9     6.87  -0.11   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Nd6
                                    Bxf3 5. Qxf3 b4
         9    -11     687 3533667  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Nd6 Bxf3 5.
Qxf3 b4
                9->  11.65  -0.11   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Nd6
                                    Bxf3 5. Qxf3 b4
         9    -11    1165 6350283  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Nd6 Bxf3 5.
Qxf3 b4
               10    13.42  -0.32   1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 a5 4. Ne5
                                    Qc7 5. Ng6 e5
        10    -32    1342 7321952  1. Qd6 Qd8 2. Qf4 h6 3. Nf3 a5 4. Ne5 Qc7 5.
Ng6 e5
               10    29.36  -0.28   1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd4 Rad8 4.
                                    Nxc6 bxc6 5. Ne4 Qf5 6. Nd6
        10    -28    2936 15108586  1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd4 Rad8 4. Nxc6
bxc6 5. Ne4 Qf5 6. Nd6
               10->  50.22  -0.28   1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd4 Rad8 4.
                                    Nxc6 bxc6 5. Ne4 Qf5 6. Nd6
        10    -28    5022 27238621  1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf5 Qf6 3. Nd4 Rad8 4. Nxc6
bxc6 5. Ne4 Qf5 6. Nd6
               11     1:03  -0.25   1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf3 Rad8 3. Nd4 Nb6 4.
                                    N4f5 Qf6 5. Nd4 a5 6. c3
        11    -25    6311 34245937  1. Nd6 h6 2. Nf3 Rad8 3. Nd4 Nb6 4. N4f5 Qf6
5. Nd4 a5 6. c3
               11     1:26   0.00   1. Rxd7 Bxd7 2. Nxh7 Kxh7 3. Ng5+ Kh6
                                    4. Qh4+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kf6 6. Ne4+ Ke5
                                    7. Nf6+ Kxf6 8. Qh4+ g5 9. Qh6+ Kf5
                                    10. Qh7+ Kf6 11. Qh6+
        11      0    8694 48705093  1. Rxd7 Bxd7 2. Nxh7 Kxh7 3. Ng5+ Kh6 4.
Qh4+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kf6 6. Ne4+ Ke5 7. Nf6+ Kxf6 8. Qh4+ g5 9. Qh6
+ Kf5 10. Qh7+ Kf6 11. Qh6+
               11->   1:29   0.00   1. Rxd7 Bxd7 2. Nxh7 Kxh7 3. Ng5+ Kh6
                                    4. Qh4+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kf6 6. Ne4+ Ke5
                                    7. Nf6+ Kxf6 8. Qh4+ g5 9. Qh6+ Kf5
                                    10. Qh7+ Kf6 11. Qh6+
        11      0    8963 50202480  1. Rxd7 Bxd7 2. Nxh7 Kxh7 3. Ng5+ Kh6 4.
Qh4+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kf6 6. Ne4+ Ke5 7. Nf6+ Kxf6 8. Qh4+ g5 9. Qh6
+ Kf5 10. Qh7+ Kf6 11. Qh6+
               12     1:34     ++   1. Rxd7!!
        12     40    9441 52925754  1. Rxd7!!
               12     1:45   1/48*  1. Rxd7




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