Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 12:52:42 01/02/02
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On January 01, 2002 at 18:48:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>But the amazing move is this one:
>[D]1R6/k3rp1p/1p6/pP4p1/1P6/4qPB1/6PK/3R4 w - - bm Rdd8; am bxa5; c0 "WOW!";
>
>Absolutely incredible that Sjeng found Rdd8, since the vastly inferior bxa5
>looks so good to programs. Now, bxa5 is a good enough move to probably win
>eventually. But Rdd8 is a positive death blow!
>
>Which programs (after a good, long, think) choose Rdd8 over bxa5?
>
>You have really done something wonderful here.
Mmm. Chezzz 1.0 alpha sticks to Rdd8 from day one, and there's nothing wonderful
about Chezzz 1.0 alpha...
WHITE(1): go
I'm thinking...
time nodes depth score pv
00:00:00.21 57kn 06/11/13 +2.735 1. Rdd8 Re5 2. bxa5 bxa5
3. b6+ Ka6 4. Bxe5
00:00:00.22 57kn 06/11/13 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.41 103kn 07/11/15 +2.403 1. Rdd8!
00:00:00.41 103kn 07/11/15 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.58 159kn 08/15/19 +2.565 1. Rdd8 Re5 2. Ra8+ Kb7
3. Rdb8+ Kc7 4. Rc8+ Kd7
5. Rd8+ Ke6 6. Re8+ Kd7
7. Rad8+ Kc7 8. Bxe5+
00:00:00.70 206kn 08/15/19 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.89 305kn 09/17/19 +2.275 1. Rdd8 Re5 2. Ra8+ Kb7
3. Rdb8+ Kc7 4. Re8 f6
5. Rac8+ Kb7 6. Rb8+ Kc7
7. Rxe5
00:00:01.13 415kn 09/17/19 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:01.53 612kn 10/18/21 +2.385 1. Rdd8 Re5 2. Ra8+ Kb7
3. Rdb8+ Kc7 4. bxa5 bxa5
5. Rc8+ Kd7 6. Rd8+ Kc7
7. Rab8 a4 8. Bxe5+
00:00:01.82 757kn 10/18/21 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:04.81 2305kn 11/20/25 9/34 1. Rc8
Time used: 00:00:05.00
nps: 481567 nodes: 2407839 Q-nodes: 817057 (33%)
move order: 89%
hash probes: 587961 hash hits: 170277 (28%) hash usage: 76%
hash collision: 0
pawn hash probes: 1819878 pawn hash hits: 1808720 (99%)
1. Rdd8
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