Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:57:16 03/27/02
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On March 27, 2002 at 03:27:23, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 27, 2002 at 01:05:41, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On March 26, 2002 at 23:38:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On March 26, 2002 at 22:35:12, Art Basham wrote: >>> >>>>See if you can guess what is the best first move here for white..! >>>>White can mate in about 10 or 12 moves...(I think..). >>>> >>>>[D]2r1r1k1/pb4p1/1p6/8/Pn2N2P/1q5P/4Q2K/R1B3R1 w - - >>> >>>That's a good one. I'm pretty sure that the obvious knight check wins, but the >>>better move is a heck of a lot prettier. >> >>Yes, why go for material when one has mate!;) 1.Rxg7!! > >The reason that humans may prefer material is that >it is practically better to go for material that you are sure about >and not for mate that you are not sure about. > >Uri I am sure that I wouuld play Nf6+ in a tournament but my program is better than me at least in that position Here is the output of it: The numbers are depth,score,time(in 0.01 seconds), nodes in that order. 1 88 3 106 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 c8e8 2 88 4 345 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 c8e8 2 88 4 601 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 c8e8 3 423 5 2149 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b4d3 3 423 7 5184 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b4d3 4 428 12 11307 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b4c2 g1f1 f8g8 4 428 18 21559 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b4c2 g1f1 f8g8 5 328 59 86940 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b7a6 g1f1 f8g8 f1f3 b3a4 5 328 100 153865 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 b7a6 g1f1 f8g8 f1f3 b3a4 6 386 254 394210 e4f6 g8f8 f6e8 c8c3 g1f1 f8g8 e8f6 g7f6 e2e8 g8g7 e8e7 g7g8 e7b7 c3h3 6 387 756 1192331 g1g7 6 403 1321 2089423 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 b2e5 g7f8 e5d6 f8f7 e2h5 f7e6 h5e5 e6f7 e5e7 f7g8 e7b7 6 403 1321 2089423 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 b2e5 g7f8 e5d6 f8f7 e2h5 f7e6 h5e5 e6f7 e5e7 f7g8 e7b7 7 408 4481 7163850 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 b2e5 g7f7 e2f2 f7e8 e4d6 e8d7 d6b7 c8c2 a1d1 d7e8 7 408 5663 9065666 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 b2e5 g7f7 e2f2 f7e8 e4d6 e8d7 d6b7 c8c2 a1d1 d7e8 8 443 50819 82146479 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 e2g4 g7h7 g4d7 h7h6 b2e5 c8c2 e4d2 b3g8 e5f4 h6h5 d7b7 8 443 58885 94898355 g1g7 g8g7 c1b2 e8e5 e2g4 g7h7 g4d7 h7h6 b2e5 c8c2 e4d2 b3g8 e5f4 h6h5 d7b7 Uri
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