Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:26:59 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 07:22:57, Amir Ban wrote: >On April 28, 2002 at 23:21:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 28, 2002 at 16:53:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>[D]r4k2/1p2q2p/1Q2bp1P/rP2p1p1/P2pP3/2bP2P1/3N1PBK/R1R5 b - - 0 29 >>> >>>Avoid mode : Bxa1 >>> >>>27 seconds to fail low for Sjeng, 57 to find a new move. I do >>>not know if it is really better though. >> >> >> >>I lose Bxa1 almost immediately: >> >> 8 1.74 -2.80 1. ... Bxa1 2. Rc7 Qd8 3. Qxb7 Qe8 >> 4. Rxh7 Qh5+ 5. Kg1 Qd1+ 6. Nf1 Rxa4 >> 8 2.77 -3.05 1. ... R5a7 2. Rab1 Ba5 3. Qc5 Qxc5 >> 4. Rxc5 Bxd2 5. Rc2 Bc3 >> 8-> 4.20 -3.05 1. ... R5a7 2. Rab1 Ba5 3. Qc5 Qxc5 >> 4. Rxc5 Bxd2 5. Rc2 Bc3 >> 9 6.52 -2.87 1. ... R5a7 2. a5 Bxa5 3. Rxa5 Rxa5 >> 4. Rc7 Rxb5 5. Rxe7 Rxb6 6. Rxh7 >> 9-> 9.59 -2.87 1. ... R5a7 2. a5 Bxa5 3. Rxa5 Rxa5 >> 4. Rc7 Rxb5 5. Rxe7 Rxb6 6. Rxh7 >> 10 12.89 -2.70 1. ... R5a7 2. Nf3 g4 3. Nh4 Bxa1 4. >> Rc7 Bd7 5. Nf5 Qf7 6. Qd6+ Ke8 >> 10 27.15 -2.78 1. ... g4 2. Rab1 Ba2 3. Rc2 Bxb1 4. >> Nxb1 Rxa4 5. Nxc3 dxc3 6. Rxc3 Ra2 >> (3) 10-> 30.08 -2.78 1. ... g4 2. Rab1 Ba2 3. Rc2 Bxb1 4. >> Nxb1 Rxa4 5. Nxc3 dxc3 6. Rxc3 Ra2 >> >> (2) 11 38.17 -2.52 1. ... g4 2. Rc2 Bxa1 3. Rc7 Qd8 4. >> Qxe6 Qxc7 5. Qxf6+ Qf7 6. Qh8+ Ke7 >> 7. Qxe5+ Kf8 8. Qh8+ Ke7 >> (4) 11-> 1:28 -2.52 1. ... g4 2. Rc2 Bxa1 3. Rc7 Qd8 4. >> Qxe6 Qxc7 5. Qxf6+ Qf7 6. Qh8+ Ke7 >> 7. Qxe5+ Kf8 8. Qh8+ Ke7 >> (3) 12 1:37 -2.41 1. ... g4 2. Rc2 Bxa1 3. Rc7 Qd8 4. >> Qxe6 Qxc7 5. Qxf6+ Qf7 6. Qh8+ Ke7 >> 7. Qxe5+ Kd7 8. Nc4 Rxa4 >> > >The last 3 PV's are actually drawn (4. Nc4 etc.). > >There's too much emphasis given here to tactics. When you start by evaluating >the base position as -2 or worse, your search engine will be working overtime to >prove that you are wrong. > >Amir I think that _most_ of these positions are more about evaluation and less about search, personally. IE here my program is simply going to play Bc3 until I get hardware that is dozens of times faster than the quad 700 I normally use. There are such machines, but I don't use 'em. And even if I did, there will be positions that machine misses too... hence "looking for knowledge..."
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