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Subject: Re: Is Bd6 correct ? What programs plays it ?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 21:57:08 01/15/02

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On January 15, 2002 at 22:33:14, Benny Antonsson wrote:

>On January 15, 2002 at 22:10:11, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On January 15, 2002 at 21:09:29, Benny Antonsson wrote:
>>
>>>I was confused when I saw Alarm 0.89 play Bd6 in this position:
>>>[D]r1bqk1nr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/1b1NP3/2P5/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
>>>It seemes to cramp the black position? Is Be3 the problem after Bc5? Is Be7
>>>playable? What other programs play Bd6?
>>
>>Am I correct in thinking that the last two moves were:
>>
>>5...Bb4
>>6.c3
>>
>>If this is the case, then the problem comes more from the fact that 5...Bb4 was
>>played, rather than 5...Bg7. Why else would g6 have been played?
>>
>>If you take back those two (theoretical) moves from the above position, there
>>are many games I have found that have that position in them, and in every game
>>Bg7 was played.
>>
>>jm
>
>Yes... you are right... here is the start of the game:
>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4
>
>Here I checked Alarms openingbook:
>
> Size of openingbook: 305.463 positions
> Number of lines in this position: 1
> ECO: [C60 Ruy Lopez: fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Move   n       %       Win     Draw    Loss    White   Black   TPR     Prob
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Bg7    2       25.00%  0       1       1       2000    2000    1833    0.00%
>
>The first problem is that there were to few games played with this position in
>the pgn-file I used to create the openging book... and the second problem is why
>Alarm isn't playing the obvious Bg7 when it starts thinking... neither Crafty or
>ChessMaster does, and I assume these programs also have knowledge about the
>fianchettoed bishop ?

Pepito chooses Bg7 within 2.14 seconds:

Son correctas: Bg7


    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 8  | *R |    | *B | *Q | *K | *B | *N | *R |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 7  | *P | *P | *P | *P |    | *P |    | *P |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 6  |    |    | *N |    |    |    | *P |    |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 5  |    |  B |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 4  |    |    |    |  N |  P |    |    |    |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 3  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 2  |  P |  P |  P |    |    |  P |  P |  P |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 1  |  R |  N |  B |  Q |  K |    |    |  R |
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
      a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

 5   -24    96    21901  Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Bc1-g5 Bb4xc3 b2xc3 O-O
 5   -24   100    34248  Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Bc1-g5 Bb4xc3 b2xc3 O-O
 6   -25   107    53811  Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Bc1-g5 Bb4xc3 b2xc3 h6 Nd4xc6
b7xc6
 6   -25   121   100262  Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Bc1-g5 Bb4xc3 b2xc3 h6 Nd4xc6
b7xc6
 7   -30   145   179927  Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Bc1-g5 h6 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bg5xf6
Qd8xf6
 7   -29   214   412754  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 d7xc6 Qd1xd8 Ke8xd8 Bb5-c4 Kd8-e8 O-O
Ng8-e7 Nb1-c3 Bg7xc3 b2xc3
 7   -29   221   435379  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 d7xc6 Qd1xd8 Ke8xd8 Bb5-c4 Kd8-e8 O-O
Ng8-e7 Nb1-c3 Bg7xc3 b2xc3
 8   -26   327   808125  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Qd1-f3 Qd8-f6 Qf3xf6
Ng8xf6 Nb1-c3
 8   -26   423  1130727  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Qd1-f3 Qd8-f6 Qf3xf6
Ng8xf6 Nb1-c3
 9   -33   537  1552105  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Qd1-f3 Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3
O-O O-O
 9   -33   909  2883366  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Qd1-f3 Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3
O-O O-O
10   -24  1372  4624922  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Nb1-c3 Rb8-b4 Bc4-d3
Ng8-e7 O-O O-O
10   -24  1769  6040239  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-c4 Ra8-b8 Nb1-c3 Rb8-b4 Bc4-d3
Ng8-e7 O-O O-O
11   -29  2678  9497000  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-d3 Ng8-e7 O-O O-O c3 d6 Nb1-d2
Ra8-b8 Nd2-f3
11   -29  4961 17682885  Bf8-g7 Nd4xc6 b7xc6 Bb5-d3 Ng8-e7 O-O O-O c3 d6 Nb1-d2
Ra8-b8 Nd2-f3
12   -29 10190 37012233  Bf8-g7 Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Nf6-g4 Qd1xg4 Nc6xd4 Bb5-d3
d6 Qg4-d1 O-O O-O
12   -29 16517 60157463  Bf8-g7 Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Nf6-g4 Qd1xg4 Nc6xd4 Bb5-d3
d6 Qg4-d1 O-O O-O



Amy requires 21 seconds:

White(1): test \bg7.epd
Problem 1:
best move is Bg7
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      8 |*R*|   |*B*|*Q*|*K*|*B*|*N*|*R*|
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      7 |*P*|*P*|*P*|*P*|   |*P*|   |*P*|   Hashkey: 67e1dabc
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      6 |   |   |*N*|   |   |   |*P*|   |
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      5 |   | B |   |   |   |   |   |   |   Black (38000, 31000)  PNBRQ
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      4 |   |   |   | N | P |   |   |   |   White (38000, 31000)  PNBRQ
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      2 | P | P | P |   |   | P | P | P |   Index: 63
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      1 | R | N | B | Q | K |   |   | R |   MateThreat: 0 0
        +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
          a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
TC: 40 moves in 144000 secs
TL: 3150/12600
GamePhase: Opening
It    Time   Score  principal Variation
 6     1.0  -0.272  1. .. Nf6 2. Bg5 Be7 3. Bxc6 dxc6 4. Nc3
         6    -27     101   93921 1. .. Nf6 2. Bg5 Be7 3. Bxc6 dxc6 4. Nc3
 7     1.5  -0.192  1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Ng4 4. O-O Nxe3
         7    -19     157  209624 1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Ng4 4. O-O Nxe3
 7     1.9  -0.192  1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Ng4 4. O-O Nxe3
         7    -19     196  298744 1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Ng4 4. O-O Nxe3
 8     2.7  -0.320  1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Qe7 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Bxc5
         8    -32     270  461765 1. .. Nf6 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Be3 Qe7 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5
. Bxc5
 8     4.6     +++  1. .. Bb4+
         8      0     466  879923 1. .. Bb4+!
 8     5.3  -0.304  1. .. Bb4+ 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bc4
                    Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ke8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. e5
         8    -30     538 1037696 1. .. Bb4+ 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. Qxd8+ Kxd
8 5. Bc4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ke8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. e5
 8     6.8  -0.304  1. .. Bb4+ 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bc4
                    Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ke8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. e5
         8    -30     688 1363468 1. .. Bb4+ 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. Qxd8+ Kxd
8 5. Bc4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ke8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. e5
 9    14.4  -0.464  1. .. Bb4+ 2. c3 Bd6 3. O-O Nf6 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nd2 Be5 6.
                    N2f3
         9    -46    1441 3083540 1. .. Bb4+ 2. c3 Bd6 3. O-O Nf6 4. Bg5 O-O 5.
Nd2 Be5 6. N2f3
 9    15.7     +++  1. .. Nf6
         9      0    1577 3383844 1. .. Nf6!
 9    18.7  -0.368  1. .. Nf6 2. O-O Bc5 3. Nb3 Bd6 4. Nc3 Be5 5. Bg5 O-O
         9    -36    1874 4084595 1. .. Nf6 2. O-O Bc5 3. Nb3 Bd6 4. Nc3 Be5 5.
Bg5 O-O
 9    20.9     +++  1. .. Bg7
         9      0    2098 4611617 1. .. Bg7!
 9    23.4  -0.208  1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nd2
                    Be6 6. O-O Bd4 7. Rd1
         9    -20    2345 5234400 1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Ne
7 5. Nd2 Be6 6. O-O Bd4 7. Rd1
 9    25.2  -0.208  1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nd2
                    Be6 6. O-O Bd4 7. Rd1
         9    -20    2522 5630723 1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Ne
7 5. Nd2 Be6 6. O-O Bd4 7. Rd1
10    35.0  -0.272  1. .. Bg7 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Qe7 4. Bf4 d6 5. Qd3 a6 6.
                    Bxc6+ bxc6
        10    -27    3500 7915514 1. .. Bg7 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Qe7 4. Bf4 d6 5.
Qd3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6
10    49.0  -0.272  1. .. Bg7 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Qe7 4. Bf4 d6 5. Qd3 a6 6.
                    Bxc6+ bxc6
        10    -27    490911027121 1. .. Bg7 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Qe7 4. Bf4 d6 5.
Qd3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6
11    1:07  -0.240  1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. O-O
                    Ke7 6. Na3 c5 7. Bg5+ Nf6 8. e5 Rhd8
        11    -24    679215563677 1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Bg
4 5. O-O Ke7 6. Na3 c5 7. Bg5+ Nf6 8. e5 Rhd8
11    1:41  -0.240  1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. O-O
                    Ke7 6. Na3 c5 7. Bg5+ Nf6 8. e5 Rhd8
        11    -24   1015123157657 1. .. Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Bg
4 5. O-O Ke7 6. Na3 c5 7. Bg5+ Nf6 8. e5 Rhd8


Crafty picks Bg7 instantly and never wavers:
Crafty v18.13

White(1): hash 300M
hash table memory = 192M bytes.
White(1): st 999
search time set to 999.00.
White(1): epdpfga \bg7.epd bg7.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                5     0.28   0.86   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8
                                    4. Bd3 Ne7 5. O-O
                5->   0.31   0.86   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8
                                    4. Bd3 Ne7 5. O-O
                6     0.45   0.97   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nf6 3. O-O Nxd4 4.
                                    Qxd4 O-O
                6->   0.82   0.97   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nf6 3. O-O Nxd4 4.
                                    Qxd4 O-O
                7     1.27   0.82   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bc4 Qe7
                                    4. O-O Qb4 5. Nd2 Bxb2 6. Bxb2 Qxb2
                7->   1.75   0.82   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bc4 Qe7
                                    4. O-O Qb4 5. Nd2 Bxb2 6. Bxb2 Qxb2
                8     4.07   0.78   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nf6 4.
                                    Nxc6 dxc6 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 Bg4
                8->   5.77   0.78   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nf6 4.
                                    Nxc6 dxc6 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 Bg4
                9     9.04   0.80   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nf6 3. O-O O-O 4.
                                    Nc3 Qe7 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
                9->  14.57   0.80   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nf6 3. O-O O-O 4.
                                    Nc3 Qe7 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
               10    26.16   0.70   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nge7 3. Nc3 O-O 4.
                                    O-O a5 5. f3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 d6 7. Bxg7
                                    Kxg7
               10->  40.35   0.70   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nge7 3. Nc3 O-O 4.
                                    O-O a5 5. f3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 d6 7. Bxg7
                                    Kxg7
               11    59.07   0.67   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nge7 3. Nc3 O-O 4.
                                    O-O a5 5. f3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4
                                    Bxc3 8. bxc3
               11->   1:39   0.67   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Nge7 3. Nc3 O-O 4.
                                    O-O a5 5. f3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4
                                    Bxc3 8. bxc3
               12     2:51   0.65   1. ... Bg7 2. Be3 Qe7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
                                    O-O O-O 5. f3 a5 6. Bc4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4
                                    d6

Comet takes 9.25 seconds:
Comet Version B.37
Copyright (C) 1998-2001, Ulrich Tuerke,  27.07.2001




initializing table base
found 66 uncompressed and 154 compressed new TBs
found 5-piece TBs in e:\programme\winboard\nalimov
using 14019 KB for Compression
using 8192 KB for TB cache


Hash Table Sizes:
        Transposition Table: 30720K
        EGTB Probe Cache: 1024K
        Evaluation Cache: 1024K

Chess
post
level 40 2400 2400
setboard r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
go
kibitz Comet-B.37 says hello
 6    -45    75    159386   g8f6?  b1c3  f8c5  c1e3  h8g8  d4c6  d7c6  d1d8
e8d8
 6    -34   100    206963   f8g7  c1e3  c6d4  e3d4  g7d4  d1d4  g8f6
 6    -32   175    352998   f8b4  c2c3  b4d6  c1e3  g8f6  f2f3  a7a6
 6    -31   212    434365   d8h4  b1c3  f8b4  e1g1  c6a5  c1e3  b4c3  b2c3  h4f2
 6    -31   250    500291   d8h4  b1c3  f8b4  e1g1  c6a5  c1e3  b4c3  b2c3  h4f2
 7    -18   375    799485   d8h4!  b1c3  f8b4  e1g1  g8f6  a2a4  b4c3  b2c3
f6e4  d4c6  b7c6  b5c6
 7    -11   412    895783   d8h4  b1c3  f8b4  b5c6  d7c6  d1f3  b4c3  b2c3  g8f6
 7    -11   500   1056197   d8h4  b1c3  f8b4  b5c6  d7c6  d1f3  b4c3  b2c3  g8f6
 8    -25   575   1210055   d8h4?  b1c3  f8b4  e1g1  c6d4  d1d4  h4h2  g1h2
g8f6
 8    -16   925   2014046   f8g7  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  a8b8  b1c3  g8f6
 8    -16  1137   2475015   f8g7  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  a8b8  b1c3  g8f6
 9    -30  1237   2673840   f8g7?  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  e7e4  e2e4
g8e7
 9    -31  5075  11039210   f8g7  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  a8b8  c2c3
 9    -31  7137  16174338   f8g7  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  a8b8  c2c3
10    -32  9275  21262570   f8g7  d4c6  b7c6  b5c4  d8e7  d1e2  f7f5  f2f3  f5e4
 f3e4  e7h4  g2g3  h4h3

ExChess takes 55 seconds, and switches to something novel, Qe7:

Starting search on position:
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
Target search time: 99900
Starting depth: 1
Game stage: 0
  1.  -0.45     0    88750   1. ... Nf6
  2.  -0.60     0    88837   1. ... Nf6 2. Nc3
  3.  -0.66     0    89105   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3
  3.  -0.62     0    89439   1. ... Nxd4 2. Qxd4 Nf6 3. O-O
  4.  -0.55     0    90147   1. ... Nxd4 2. Qxd4 Nf6 3. Nc3
  4.  -0.53     0    92019   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bg5 Bb4+
5. c3 cxb5 6. cxb4
  5.  -0.60     0    94733   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nc3
  6.  -0.48     0   120149   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4
  6.  -0.38     0   166730   1. ... Bb4+ 2. c3 Bd6 3. O-O Qh4 4. f4 Nf6
  7.  -0.49     0   282419   1. ... Bb4+ 2. c3 Bd6 3. Qc2 Nxd4 4. cxd4 Qh4 5. g3
Qd8
  7.  -0.34     2   722552   1. ... Qh4 2. Qd3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Be3 O-O
  8.   --
  8.  -0.66     3  1298018   1. ... Qh4 2. O-O Nxd4 3. Qxd4 Bd6 4. g3 Qf6 5. Be3
  8.  -0.63     4  1452288   1. ... Nxd4 2. Qxd4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nd5 O-O 5.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 6. Bd3
  8.   ++       5  1815142   1. ... Nf6
  8.  -0.53     5  1988130   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2
Qd7
  9.  -0.44    11  3681706   1. ... Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. O-O
O-O 6. Bg5
 10.  -0.47    25  8482210   1. ... Nf6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Bg5 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 Ne5 5.
O-O a6 6. Ba4 O-O
 10.  -0.43    43 15062239   1. ... Nge7 2. Nxc6 Nxc6 3. O-O Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5.
Nf3 Qe8 6. Re1 d6
 10.  -0.36    55 19389717   1. ... Bg7 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 O-O 4. O-O d6 5. Bg5
Bg4 6. Re1
 11.  -0.41    74 26236534   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5.
Nc3
 12.  -0.34   151 53365883   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Be2 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5.
Nd2 d5 6. Re1 Rb8 7. Rb1 Bb7
 13.  -0.37   283 99583026   1. ... Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Be2 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5.
Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. Bd3
 13.  -0.36   707 244330518   1. ... Qe7 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nde2 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qc5 5.
Be3 Qh5 6. Nf4 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Nb4 8. Rd2 O-O

GLC takes 45 seconds to stick with it:
>epd 180 \bg7.epd
 Line 001: Test [Bg7]...
>
 Game stage: Opening
 Current eval: -0.95
 Ply  Time   Score   Nodes  Principal Variation
  3   0.05  -0.328    5365  Nge7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bc4
  4   0.07  -0.583   11622  Bb4+ 2. c3 Bc5 3. Nb3 Be7
  4   0.09  -0.460   17116  Nf6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nxc6 dxc6
  4   0.12  -0.460   25550  Nf6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nxc6 dxc6
  5   0.16  -0.627   41108  Nf6 2. Bg5 Bb4+ 3. c3 Be7 4. Nxc6 dxc6
  5   0.22  -0.600   64997  Nge7 2. O-O Bg7 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. Bd3
  5   0.27  -0.456   93430  Bg7 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Bd3 Bh6 4. Bxh6 Nxh6
  5   0.37  -0.437  133348  Qh4 2. Qd3 Ne5 3. Qe3 Ne7
  5   0.40  -0.437  145666  Qh4 2. Qd3 Ne5 3. Qe3 Ne7
  6   0.48  -0.466  180721  Qh4 2. Qd3 Ne5 3. Qe2 Bc5 4. g3
  6   0.60  -0.359  253619  Bg7 2. Ne2 Nge7 3. O-O O-O 4. Na3
  6   0.82  -0.183  363165  Nf6 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Be6 5. O-O
                              Bd6
  6   0.98  -0.183  423459  Nf6 2. Nxc6 dxc6 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bd3 Be6 5. O-O
                              Bd6
  7   1.49  -0.344  659685  Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. c3 Ba5
  7   2.19  -0.344  976507  Nf6 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. c3 Ba5
  8   4.20  -0.395 1923682  Nf6 2. O-O Bc5 3. Nb3 Nxe4 4. Nxc5 Nxc5 5. Re1+ Ne7
                              6. Bg5
  8   5.91  -0.302 2774795  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Rb8 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3
                              Qf6 6. Bd2 Ne7
  8   6.48  -0.302 3036356  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Rb8 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3
                              Qf6 6. Bd2 Ne7
  9   8.21  -0.472 3863375  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. O-O {ht}
  9  15.21  -0.412 6924587  Nf6 2. Nc3 Bd6 3. Bh6 Qe7 4. Bg7 Rg8 5. Bxf6 Qxf6
                              6. Nde2
  9  22.87  -0.412  10472k  Nf6 2. Nc3 Bd6 3. Bh6 Qe7 4. Bg7 Rg8 5. Bxf6 Qxf6
                              6. Nde2
 10  40.67  -0.599  18385k  Nf6 2. O-O Bc5 3. Nxc6 bxc6 4. Bd3 Qe7 5. Qe2 O-O
                              6. Bh6 Re8
 10  45.30  -0.323  20735k  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc3 Rb8
                              6. Qe2 Bxc3 7. bxc3
 10  59.75  -0.323  27565k  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc3 Rb8
                              6. Qe2 Bxc3 7. bxc3
 11   1:09  -0.396  32097k  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc3 Bxc3
                              6. bxc3 Bb7 7. Bh6 Re8
 11   2:15  -0.396  63112k  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc3 Bxc3
                              6. bxc3 Bb7 7. Bh6 Re8
 12   2:38  -0.303  74959k  Bg7 2. Nxc6 bxc6 3. Bd3 Ne7 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6.
                              Bg5 Rb8 7. Qc1 Bxc3 8. bxc3
 local:  t=3:00  nps=474275.8  n=85388140 (17.9% / 82.1%)  fh=89.0%
 total:  t=3:00  nps=474275.8  n=85388140  draws=5493
 trans:  probes=15313546  hits=2005579 (13.10%)  draft=1126057 (7.35%)
 tcuts:  exact=584 (0.00%)  upper=494950 (3.23%)  lower=251889 (1.64%)
 tstor:  exact=1168 (0.02%)  upper=4786330 (70.14%)  lower=2036657 (29.84%)
 ext:  check=2446109  recap=402460  ppush=8699  1rep=153326  thrt=0
 q-moves:  gen=57691523  tested=30404945  made/un=12745084  max-dep=12
 max eval diff:  part-1=2.761  part-2=2.673

Nejmet 1.2 seconds:
White: setboard r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
Black: go
Black: Thinking ...
  1   -60       0        3  c6d4
  1   -54       1       29  f7f6
  1   -53       1       47  g8f6
  1   -50       2       86  f8b4
  1   -50       3       99  f8b4
  2   -50       3      206  f8b4 b1c3
  2   -50       4      383  f8b4 b1c3
  3   -47       5     1383  f8b4 c2c3 c6d4
  3   -43       5     1655  c6d4 d1d4 g8f6
  3   -43       6     2227  c6d4 d1d4 g8f6
  4   -64       7     3071  c6d4 d1d4 d8f6 c1e3
  4   -55      10     9472  f8b4 c2c3 b4c5 d4c6
  4   -55      12    12225  f8b4 c2c3 b4c5 d4c6
  5   -80      14    17079  f8b4:-- c2c3 b4c5 d4c6
  5   -89      22    37155  f8b4 c2c3 b4c5 d4b3 d8e7
  5   -79      22    39121  c6d4:++
  5   -79      22    39121  c6d4
  6   -56      26    49446  c6d4 d1d4 d8f6 c1e3 f8g7 c2c3
  6   -54      52   143278  f8h6:++
  6   -51      59   173839  f8h6 b1a3 h6c1 a1c1 f7f6 d4c6
  6   -51      65   193105  f8h6 b1a3 h6c1 a1c1 f7f6 d4c6
  7   -72      80   245158  f8h6 d4c6 b7c6 c1h6 g8h6 b5c4 a8b8
  7   -46      86   270433  c6d4 d1d4 d8f6 d4f6 g8f6 c1f4 f8b4
  7   -37     130   440383  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5d3 a8b8 b1c3 g7c3
  7   -37     137   467572  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5d3 a8b8 b1c3 g7c3
  8   -51     180   646028  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 b1c3
  8   -51     281   990880  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 b1c3
  9   -26     384  1423361  f8g7:++
  9   -27     388  1438929  f8g7:--
  9   -27     388  1438929  f8g7
 10   -34     651  2648509  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 b1c3 d7d6
                            f2f4
 10   -34    1007  4005960  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 b1c3 d7d6
                            f2f4
 11   -25    1527  6247020  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 d1f3 d7d6
                            b1c3 c8d7
 11   -25    2106  8516171  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 g8e7 e1g1 e8g8 d1f3 d7d6
                            b1c3 c8d7
 12   -28    3309 13704912  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5e2 d7d6 e1g1 g8e7 b1c3 e8g8
                            f2f4 g7c3 b2c3
 12   -28    5117 20887057  f8g7 d4c6 b7c6 b5e2 d7d6 e1g1 g8e7 b1c3 e8g8
                            f2f4 g7c3 b2c3

Quark takes 8 seconds:
testsuite \bg7 999
position 1
 4    -85       4      11347  f8b4?
 4   -117       7      17636  f8b4 c2c3 b4f8 e1g1 g8f6
 4    -36       7      17715  c6d4!
 4    -95       7      18304  c6d4 d1d4 f7f6 d4d1
 4    -94       8      22748  f8g7!
 4    -93       9      25434  f8g7 c2c3 g8f6 c1g5
 4    -91      10      29527  f8e7!
 4    -90      11      31068  f8e7 c1e3 c6d4 e3d4
 4    -84      12      33757  g8f6!
 4    -66      12      34763  g8f6 b5c6 d7c6 b1c3
 4    -66      13      35901  g8f6 b5c6 d7c6 b1c3
 5    -65      17      50458  g8f6 c1g5 f8e7 d4c6 d7c6
 5    -65      21      65738  g8f6 c1g5 f8e7 d4c6 d7c6
 6    -60      29      93327  g8f6 b1c3 c6d4 d1d4 c7c6 c1g5
 6    -60      38     127479  g8f6 b1c3 c6d4 d1d4 c7c6 c1g5
 7    -76      75     256887  g8f6 c1g5 f8b4 c2c3 b4e7 f2f3 f6g4 g5e7
 7    -75      89     309280  f8g7!
 7    -64     102     355266  f8g7 c2c3 c6d4 c3d4 c7c5 b1c3 c5d4
 7    -64     145     514779  f8g7 c2c3 c6d4 c3d4 c7c5 b1c3 c5d4
 8    -68     282    1037278  f8g7 c1e3 g8e7 b1c3 d7d6 e1g1 c8d7 f2f4
 8    -67     342    1264939  g8f6!
 8    -67     373    1382198  g8f6 b1c3 f8b4 c1g5 b4c3 b2c3 c6e5 d4e6 f7e6
 8    -67     539    2039922  g8f6 b1c3 f8b4 c1g5 b4c3 b2c3 c6e5 d4e6 f7e6
 9    -75     716    2730113  g8f6 b1c3 a7a6 d4c6 b7c6 b5c4 f8b4 c1d2 e8g8
 9    -74     808    3161001  f8g7!
 9    -70     978    3766976  f8g7 c1e3 g8h6 b1c3 e8g8 d1d2 h6g4 e3g5 f7f6
 9    -70    1476    5698210  f8g7 c1e3 g8h6 b1c3 e8g8 d1d2 h6g4 e3g5 f7f6
10    -72    2313    9037708  f8g7 c1e3 a7a6 b5c6 d7c6 b1c3 c8e6 a2a4 g8e7 d1d3
10    -72    3558   14020932  f8g7 c1e3 a7a6 b5c6 d7c6 b1c3 c8e6 a2a4 g8e7 d1d3
11    -65    5112   20687764  f8g7 c1e3 c6d4 e3d4 g7d4 d1d4 d8f6 e4e5 f6b6 d4b4
g8e7


45.6 seconds for The Crazy Bishop:

version 0046.01.
Copyright 1997-2000 by Remi Coulom. All Rights Reserved.
Permission is granted to freely use and distribute this program,
provided that no charge is made for it and it is distributed unmodified
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Windows autoplayer based on work by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen & Ch. Donninger
Compressed EGTB code by Eugene Nalimov and Andrew Kadatch
(@n)EngineControl>post
Unknown command: post
type '?' for help
(@n)EngineControl>xboard

feature ping=1
feature setboard=1
feature myname="The Crazy Bishop, version 0046.01"
feature variants="nocastle"
feature done=0
post
level 40 2400 2400
setboard r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
go
             3. -37 0 1529 Bb4+ c3 Bd6
             3. -36 0 1789 Nxd4
             3. -24 0 2121 Nxd4 Qxd4 Nf6
             4. -26 1 6997 Nxd4 Qxd4 f6 Be3 Bg7
            4. -25 3 16084 Bg7
            4. -26 3 16312 Nxd4
            4. -25 4 19354 Nf6
            4. -26 4 19538 Nxd4
            4. -25 5 23923 Ne5
            4. -26 5 24023 Nxd4
            5. -28 7 31629 Nxd4 Qxd4 f6 Be3 Bg7 Nc3
           5. -27 10 47705 Qf6
           5. -25 11 56981 Qf6 Nxc6 dxc6 Bc4 Bg7 Nc3
           5. -24 15 73124 Qh4
           5. -20 17 85205 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3
          6. -18 31 158753 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3 Be6
          7. -12 94 482875 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3 Bg4 Qd2
        8. -16 228 1169891 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3 Be6
        9. -12 742 3850630 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3 Nf6 Nc3 Bg4
     10. -16 2392 12706599 Qh4 O-O Bg7 Nxc6 dxc6 Bd3 Bg4 f3 Be6 Nc3 Bxc3
     10. -15 4560 24653837 Bg7
     10. -14 5381 29283621 Bg7 Nxc6 bxc6 Be2 Ne7 Nc3 O-O
    11. -11 10357 57115123 Bg7 Nxc6 bxc6 Be2 d6 Nc3 Rb8


1.1 seconds for Yace:
white ( 1): epd \bg7.epd
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - bm Bg7;
Stored 8 learned positions into hash table
solution  Bg7!
usetime = 998.00, mintime = 998.00 maxtime = 998.00 tl 998.00 ml 0
         5   0.001  -0.60  1t  1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 {0}
        13   0.001  -0.46  1t+ 1...Bb4+ 2.c3 {0}
        36   0.002  -0.46  1t  1...Bb4+ 2.c3 {0}
        54   0.002  -0.30  1t  1...Nf6 2.Nxc6 dxc6 3.Qxd8+ Kxd8 {0}
        73   0.002  -0.25  1t  1...Nge7 {0}
       101   0.002  -0.25  1.  1...Nge7 {0}
       111   0.003  -0.84  2-- 1...Nge7 2.O-O {0}
       161   0.003  -0.84  2t  1...Nge7 2.O-O {0}
       209   0.003  -0.83  2t+ 1...Nf6 2.O-O {0}
       284   0.004  -0.67  2t  1...Nf6 2.O-O Nxe4 3.Nxc6 bxc6 4.Bxc6 {0}
       453   0.005  -0.66  2t+ 1...Bb4+ 2.Bd2 Bxd2+ 3.Ke2 {350}
       749   0.006  -0.33  2t  1...Bb4+ 2.c3 Bc5 {0}
      1167   0.008  -0.33  2.  1...Bb4+ 2.c3 Bc5 {0}
      1807   0.012  -0.61  3t  1...Bb4+ 2.c3 Nxd4 3.Qxd4 {0}
      2083   0.013  -0.60  3t+ 1...Nxd4 2.O-O {340}
      2363   0.015  -0.58  3t  1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6 3.Be3 {0}
      3067   0.018  -0.52  3t+ 1...Bc5 2.c3 Nxd4 3.cxd4 {0}
      3581   0.020  -0.41  3t  1...Bc5 2.Be3 Qf6 {0}
      4527   0.024  -0.40  3t+ 1...Bg7 2.c3
      4795   0.025  -0.36  3t  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 dxc6 3.Qxd8+ Kxd8 {0}
      5308   0.027  -0.33  3t+ 1...Qf6 2.Nxc6 dxc6 {0}
      5406   0.028  -0.33  3t  1...Qf6 2.Nxc6 dxc6 {0}
      5941   0.030  -0.30  3t+ 1...Qh4 2.Ne2
      6568   0.032  -0.28  3t  1...Qh4 2.Nc3 Bb4 {0}
      6693   0.033  -0.28  3.  1...Qh4 2.Nc3 Bb4 {0}
      9986   0.045  -0.69  4-- 1...Qh4 2.O-O Bc5 3.Be3 Qxe4 4.Nxc6 dxc6
                               5.Bxc6+ {0}
     11732   0.051  -0.71  4t  1...Qh4 2.O-O Bg7 3.Nxc6 {-340}
     12877   0.055  -0.70  4t+ 1...Qf6 2.Nc3
     14306   0.060  -0.59  4t  1...Qf6 2.Bxc6 dxc6 3.O-O Ne7 {10}
     15530   0.064  -0.58  4t+ 1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 dxc6 3.Qxd8+ Kxd8 4.Bg5+ Ne7
                               5.g3 {0}
     19688   0.079  -0.44  4t  1...Bg7 2.Be3 a6 3.Nxc6 {-340}
     21694   0.086  -0.43  4t+ 1...Bc5 2.c3 a6 3.Nd2 {0}
     23241   0.092  -0.42  4t  1...Bc5 2.Be3 Nxd4 3.Bxd4 {0}
     29372   0.114  -0.42  4.  1...Bc5 2.Be3 Nxd4 3.Bxd4 {0}
     41848   0.150  -0.51  5t  1...Bc5 2.Nb3 Bb6 3.O-O Nge7 {0}
     43940   0.155  -0.50  5t+ 1...Bg7 2.Nc3 Nxd4 3.O-O {340}
     56015   0.191  -0.21  5t  1...Bg7 2.Be3 Nge7 3.O-O O-OH {0}
     76807   0.250  -0.21  5.  1...Bg7 2.Be3 Nge7 3.O-O O-O {0}
    116838   0.361  -0.43  6t  1...Bg7 2.Be3 Nge7 3.O-O O-O 4.Nc3 {0}
    174905   0.515  -0.42  6t+ 1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6 3.Qxf6 Nxf6 4.Bf4
    190569   0.560  -0.36  6t  1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6 3.e5 Qf5 4.c4 Ne7H {0}
    283892   0.854  -0.36  6.  1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6 3.e5 Qf5 4.c4 Ne7 {0}
    318476   0.945  -0.76  7-- 1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6 3.e5 Ne7 4.exf6 c6 {-1001}
    347864   1.011  -0.76  7t  1...Nxd4 2.Qxd4 Qf6H 3.e5H Qe7H 4.Nc3H Qb4H
                               5.Qd5H {0}
    385177   1.118  -0.75  7t+ 1...Bg7 2.Be3 Nge7 3.Ne6 dxe6 4.Nc3 {340}
    535201   1.546  -0.27  7t  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Be2 Rb8 4.c3 d5 5.Nd2 {0}
    816356   2.356  -0.27  7.  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Be2 Rb8 4.c3 d5 5.Nd2 {0}
   1528818   4.479  -0.25  8t  1...Bg7 2.Be3 a6 3.Be2 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bf3
                               Qa5+ 6.Nc3 {0}
   2217577   6.478  -0.25  8.  1...Bg7 2.Be3 a6 3.Be2 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bf3
                               Qa5+ 6.Nc3 {0}
   4399939  12.740  -0.42  9t  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Bd3 Ne7 4.O-O O-O 5.Nc3
                               Rb8 6.Qg4 {0}
   9544088  28.076  -0.42  9.  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Bd3 Ne7 4.O-O O-O 5.Nc3
                               Rb8 6.Qg4 {0}
  12729237  36.603  -0.26 10t  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Be2 Qh4 4.Qd3 Ne7 5.Nc3
                               O-O 6.O-O Be5 {0}
  23161303  1:06.7  -0.26 10.  1...Bg7 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Be2 Qh4 4.Qd3 Ne7 5.Nc3
                               O-O 6.O-O Be5 {0}

Phalanx 5.6 seconds:
[ white, 1 ]
book
book off
[ white, 1 ]
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -

r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
    -> increment adds 1440 s to soft time limit
    -> soft time limit 3154.28 s
    -> hard time limit 41599.9 s
  5    -77    56    67008  Bf8-g7  Bc1-e3  Qd8-f6  Bb5xc6  Pd7xc6
  5 ->   0:00.97   121048   2 turns
  6   -102   128   167119  Bf8-g7  Bc1-e3  Qd8-e7  Nb1-c3
  6   -101   155   205265  Ng8-f6  Bc1-g5  Bf8-e7  Nb1-c3
  6    -97   178   234570  Bf8-b4  Pc2-c3  Bb4-e7  Qd1-e2  Be7-f6
  6 ->   0:03.03   399695   2 turns
  7   -121   386   518028  Bf8-b4  Pc2-c3  Bb4-c5  O-O  Ng8-f6  Bc1-g5
                           Ph7-h6
  7   -116   414   565763  Ng8-f6  !
  7    -91   528   738877  Ng8-f6  O-O  Bf8-c5
  7    -86   560   793138  Bf8-g7  !
  7    -73   656   947295  Bf8-g7  Nd4xc6  Pb7xc6  Bb5-c4  Ra8-b8  Qd1-f3
                           Qd8-f6  Qf3-e2
  7 ->   0:09.10  1349366   2 turns
  8    -75  1571  2470391  Bf8-g7  Nd4-e2  Ng8-e7  O-O  O-O  Nb1-c3
  8 ->   0:22.82  3601437   0 turns
  9    -68  3604  5945567  Bf8-g7  Bc1-e3  Qd8-e7  Nb1-c3  Ng8-f6  Pf2-f3
                           Qe7-b4
  9 ->   0:57.33  9455284   0 turns
 10    -77  9689 16212052  Bf8-g7  Bc1-e3  Ng8-e7  O-O  O-O  Nb1-c3
                           Pd7-d6  Pf2-f4  Bc8-d7


ChessMaster 8000 takes 9 seconds:
Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/5	0.48	18558		1...Qf6 2. Nf3 a6 3. Be2 Bb4+ 4.
					Nc3 Nge7
0:00	2/6	0.46	76271		1...Bc5 2. Nb3 Bb6 3. O-O a6 4.
					Be2 Nf6
0:02	3/7	0.54	202814		1...Bc5 2. Nb3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4.
					O-O a6 5. Bd3 Nf6
0:04	3/8	0.63	499782		1...Bc5 2. Nb3 Bb6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
					Bh6 a6 5. Bg7
0:06	3/8	0.59	800610		1...Qf6 2. Nf3 a6 3. Be2 Bc5 4.
					Nc3 Nge7 5. Bg5
0:09	3/8	0.44	1097804		1...Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nge7 4.
					O-O O-O 5. Nc3 d6
0:14	4/9	0.59	1711166		1...Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nge7 4.
					Nc3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nf3
0:42	4/10	0.35	5149092		1...Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nge7 4.
					Nc3 O-O 5. Nxc6 Nxc6 6. O-O d6
1:48	5/11	0.43	14347156	1...Bg7 2. Be3 a6 3. Be2 Nge7 4.
					Nc3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7.
					Nf3

Chess Tiger finds it immediately:
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n3p1/1B6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - ce 0; acd 12; acs 1;
pv Bg7 Be3 a6 Be2 d6 Nxc6 bxc6 Bd4 Nf6 e5 dxe5 Bxe5 Qe7 Bd4;|!1



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