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Subject: Re: A very difficult tactical position solved by chessmaster 8000(Test)

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 14:11:08 05/17/02

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On May 17, 2002 at 15:58:53, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

>The following position happened in the game GM Cifuentes vs IM Zvjaginsev
>(1995)
>[D]3rr1k1/1b1q1p1p/p2b1npB/2pP4/1p2n3/4N1P1/PPQ1NPBP/R2R2K1 b
>here the GM resigned after 24...Nxf2!! 25.Kxf2 Rxe3!! 26.Bxe3 Ng4+ 27.Kf3 Nxh2+
>28.Kf2 Ng4+ 29.Kf3 Qe6! 30.Bf4 Re8! 31.Qc4 Qe3! 32.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxg4 Bc8!
>34.Kg5 h6+! 35.Kxh6 Re5!
>There are many alternative defences all of which fail .On a 700 MHz PC
>it takes CM8000 3 minutes and one second to see the two peice sacrafice.
>Time:3:01      Depth :10   Score :0.34     Positions:13571609
>Moves:Nxf2 Kxf2 Rxe3 Bxe3 Ng4+ Kf3 Nxh2+ Kf2 Ng4+ Kf3 Qe6 Bf4 Bxd5+
>Really CM considers this at ply 8 then changes its mind to Ng4 at ply9 and
>finally finds 24...Nxf2!! at ply 10 at 3:01 and stickes to it.
>Many programs have a hard time finding this for example my program Hiarcs 3
>(from 1994) does not see this after even a very long think.My guess is that
>the chessbase programs wont do good in this position.Please indicate your
>result.

My program Warp gets this one in 8 seconds (PIII/1ghz).
I'm guessing its more of a positional king-safety problem than a tactical one.

cheers,
Peter



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