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Subject: [REBEL results] 3 Tactical positions showing the superiority of CM 8000

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 00:18:09 12/15/01

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On December 14, 2001 at 15:08:27, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

Position-1: 1...Rxf2 (0:18)
Position-2: 1.Rh8+  (29:35)
Position-3: 1.Nxd5  (16:41)

Rebel Century 4, A1400/200Mb

Nice positions BTW.

Ed

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00:00:05  9.00  0.95   1..Rd7 2.Qe3 Rf7 3.Ngh5 Nd6 4.Rbd1
                       Ng4 5.Qg3 Bc8 6.Nxg7  (3)

00:00:11 10.00  0.98   1..Rd7 2.Qe3 Rf7 3.Ngh5 Rf5 4.Qh3
                       Rg5 5.Ng3 Qb6 6.Rbd1  (8)

00:00:18 10.07  0.98   1..Rxf2
00:00:21 10.07  1.86   1..Rxf2 2.Kxf2 Nd3 3.Nxd3 Qxg2 4.Ke3
                       Nd6 5.Nb4  (18)

00:01:03 11.00  2.83   1..Rxf2 2.Re2 Rxe2 3.Ngxe2 Qb6 4.Nd4
00:01:17 12.00  2.83   1..Rxf2 2.Re2 Rxe2 3.Ngxe2 Qb6 4.Nd4
00:01:55 13.00  2.83   1..Rxf2 2.Re2 Rxe2 3.Ngxe2 Qb6 4.Nd4
00:04:13 14.00  2.96   1..Rxf2 2.Re2 Rxe2 3.Ngxe2 Qb6 4.Nd4
00:10:42 15.00  2.90   1..Rxf2 2.Re2 Rxe2 3.Ngxe2 Qb6

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00:03:29 12.00  0.13   1.Kb1 Qb6 2.Nfd2 Qe6 3.Nf6 Bxf6
                       4.gxf6 Qxf6 5.Bxf5  (129)

00:06:02 13.00  0.11   1.Kb1 Qb6 2.Nfd2 Qe6 3.f4
00:10:15 13.05  0.23   1.Nfd2 Ne6 2.Nf6 Bxf6 3.Bxf5
00:15:26 14.00  0.00   1.Nfd2 Ne6 2.Nf6 Bxf6 3.Bxf5 Bg7
                       4.Qh3 Kf8 5.Bxe6 Rxe6 6.Qa3 Kg8
                       7.Qh3  (714)

00:21:50 14.01  0.14   1.Kb1 Ne6 2.Nf6 Bxf6 3.gxf6 Qxf6
                       4.Rh8 Qxh8 5.Rxh8 Kxh8 6.Bxf5 gxf5
                       7.Qh3 Kg7 8.Qg3 Kf8 9.Qxe5 d3 10.cxd3
                       Rc6 11.Qa5  (926)

00:29:35 14.36  0.14   1.Rh8+
00:37:54 14.36  0.14   1.Rh8+
00:38:27 14.36  2.36   1.Rh8+ Bxh8 2.Rxh8 Kxh8 3.Qh1 Kg8
                       4.Nf6 Qxf6 5.gxf6 Rc6 6.Bxf5 Rxf6
                       7.Be4 b6 8.Ng5 Rxf2 9.Qh6  (2274)

00:40:24 15.00  2.44   1.Rh8+ Bxh8 2.Rxh8 Kxh8 3.Qh1 Kg8
                       4.Nf6 Qxf6 5.gxf6 Rc6 6.Bxf5  (2308)

00:45:02 16.00  2.44   1.Rh8+ Bxh8 2.Rxh8 Kxh8 3.Qh1 Kg8
                       4.Nf6 Qxf6 5.gxf6 Rc6 6.Bxf5 Rxf6
                       7.Be4  (2687)

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0:01:34 12.00  0.15   1.Bb1 b5 2.Qh5 g6 3.Qh6 Ncxe5 4.Ne4
                       f6 5.Nc5  (76)

00:03:20 13.00  0.04   1.Bb1 b5 2.Qh5 g6 3.Qh6 Ncxe5 4.a4
                       b4 5.Ne2 Qd8  (149)

00:03:53 13.01  0.04   1.Qh5 g6 2.Qh6 Ndxe5 3.Ne2 Qd8 4.Nd4
                       Nxd3 5.Rxd3 Rc8  (200)

00:08:59 13.26  0.16   1.Bc2 b5 2.Qh5 g6
00:12:03 14.00  0.10   1.Bc2 b5 2.a4 b4 3.Ne4 Ncxe5
00:16:41 14.23  0.10   1.Nxd5
00:32:54 14.23  1.03   1.Nxd5 exd5 2.e6 Nde5 3.Rxc6 Bxc6
                       4.e7 g6 5.exf8 Kxf8 6.Qc2 Bd7 7.Qc3  (1001)



>It is Strange for me that the Fritz family has a reputation of being a
>tactical wizard while in fact my own research shows that the program
>is tactically inferior to many other programs .Here is 3 positions and
>a Comparison between Fritz6 and chessmaster 8000.The first position is from the
>game Beliavsky vs Smirin (1989)
>[D]4n1k1/1bp3b1/p1q4p/1p2n3/5N2/2P3N1/PP1r1PP1/1RQ1R1K1 b
>here Beliavsky played 28...Rxf2!! The game ended 29.Kxf2 Nd3+ 30.Nxd3 Qxg2+
>31.Ke3 Nd6 32.Rf1 Nc4+ 33.Kf4 Qd5 34.Kg4 Bc8+ 35.Kh4 Qd8+ 36.Kh5 Qe8+
>37.Kh4 Qe7+ 38.Kh5 Ne3 0-1
>The position was tested on a 500 Mhz Computer .CM8000 finds 28...Rxf2!! in
>53 seconds .While Fritz6 needs 1 Hour and 6 minutes to find 28...Rxf2!!
>The second position is from the game Richter vs Abramavicius (1930)
>[D]2rqrnk1/pp3pb1/6p1/4pbP1/3pN2R/3B1N2/PPP2P2/2K2Q1R w
>Here Richter played 19.Rh8+!! and won.
>The position was tested on a 500 Mhz Computer .CM 8000 finds 19.Rh8+!!
>in 3minutes and 22 seconds.Fritz 6does not find the solution here even
>after 24 hours.
>The third position is from the game Kaidonov vs Donaldson
>[D]rq3rk1/1b1n1ppp/ppn1p3/3pP3/5B2/2NBP2P/PP2QPP1/2RR2K1 w
>The position was tested on a 700 Mhz Computer.
>CM8000 finds 16.Nxd5!! in 2 hours and 21 minutes .While Fritz6 does not
>see it even after 24 hours.
>Please indicate the results of your program for these positions.



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