Author: Slater Wold
Date: 16:30:38 07/23/02
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On July 23, 2002 at 19:18:15, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>On July 23, 2002 at 18:32:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>A few years ago, Komputer Korner had a "correspondence kup" match with Crafty,
>>chessmaster and some other programs, playing a correspondence tournament. In
>>that match, Crafty found a wild sacrifice to play against Chessmaster, I think
>>it was Nf6. After searching for 24 hours or whatever the time limit was, Crafty
>>saw a draw score. And it saw a draw score for the next couple of moves.
>>
>>Right after Crafty played that move, Hsu sent me an email saying "brilliant
>>move". I told him Crafty only saw a draw. He said "let it keep searching...
>>DB Jr saw +2.5 very quickly." Sure enough, a few moves later Crafty realized
>>it was not just drawing, it was winning easily.
>>
>>I will try to find the game. If anybody has it, perhaps _that_ position will
>>be a good one to see how long it takes today's programs to find the move and
>>find it is winning, compared to DB1 back in 1996...
>>
>>I will see what I can find...
>>
>>I think the event was called "the komputer kup korrespondence tournament" or
>>something similar...
>
>I think this is the position:
>
>[D]r1b1r1k1/1q3ppp/ppn5/2bNp3/P4B2/5Q1P/BP3PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 19
>
>The gamescore:
>
>[Event "1997 Korrespondence Kup"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1997"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Crafty"]
>[Black "CM5000"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
>Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ba2 b6 15. e5
>Ndxe5 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bd5
>Bd7 22. Ra3 Bxh6 23. Qxf6 Re6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+
>Kf8 28. Qxh7 Nd4 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe5 Nf5 31. Rc3 Rc8 1-0
>
>
>Pierre
White(1): setboard r1b1r1k1/1q3ppp/ppn5/2bNp3/P4B2/5Q1P/BP3PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 19
White(1): go
clearing hash tables
time surplus 0.00 time limit 10:00 (10:00)
nss depth time score variation (1)
starting thread 1
5-> 0.10 -0.48 1. Bg3 e4 2. Qh5 Bd4 3. Rd2
6 0.14 -0.57 1. Bg3 Bd4 2. Nc3 e4 3. Nxe4 Bxb2
6 0.33 -0.28 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. Qg5 h6 4.
Nf6+ Kh8
(2) 6-> 0.33 -0.28 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. Qg5 h6 4.
Nf6+ Kh8
7 0.61 -0.31 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. axb5 axb5
4. Qg5 h6 5. Nf6+ Kh8
7-> 0.85 -0.31 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. axb5 axb5
4. Qg5 h6 5. Nf6+ Kh8
8 1.21 -0.30 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. Qg3 Re6 4.
Bb3 bxa4 5. Rxa4 Rd6
(4) 8-> 2.46 -0.30 1. Be3 Bxe3 2. Qxe3 b5 3. Qg3 Re6 4.
Bb3 bxa4 5. Rxa4 Rd6
(3) 9 4.69 -0.33 1. Be3 Be6 2. Bxc5 bxc5 3. Rd2 Rab8
4. Qg3 Red8 5. Nf6+ Kh8 6. Rxd8+ Nxd8
7. Bxe6 Nxe6
(2) 9-> 14.68 -0.33 1. Be3 Be6 2. Bxc5 bxc5 3. Rd2 Rab8
4. Qg3 Red8 5. Nf6+ Kh8 6. Rxd8+ Nxd8
7. Bxe6 Nxe6
10 20.10 -0.47 1. Be3 Be6 2. Rac1 Bxe3 3. Qxe3 Rac8
4. Qf3 Red8 5. Bb3 Bxd5 6. Bxd5 h6
10 50.66 -0.29 1. Bh6 Re6 2. Be3 Bd4 3. Bc4 Bd7 4.
Rd2 Rc8 5. Rad1 Rd6
(4) 10-> 1:18 -0.29 1. Bh6 Re6 2. Be3 Bd4 3. Bc4 Bd7 4.
Rd2 Rc8 5. Rad1 Rd6
(3) 11 1:26 -0.30 1. Bh6 Re6 2. Be3 Bd4 3. Bc4 Bd7 4.
Qe4 Bxe3 5. fxe3 Na5 6. Nf6+ Rxf6 7.
Qxb7 Nxb7 8. Rxd7
11 2:19 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Be6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(4) 11-> 2:21 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Be6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(3) 12 2:30 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Re6 5. Bxe6 Bxe6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(4) 12-> 3:28 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Re6 5. Bxe6 Bxe6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(3) 13 3:58 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Re6 5. Bxe6 Bxe6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(4) 13-> 8:14 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Re6 5. Bxe6 Bxe6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
(3) 14 9:34 0.00 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6 Bf8 3. Bd5 Bd7
4. Qxf6 Re6 5. Bxe6 Bxe6 6. Qg5+ Kh8
7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kh8
time=10:00 cpu=399% mat=-1 n=956133098 fh=94% nps=1593k
ext-> chk=62903983 cap=1490344 pp=74372 1rep=3781303 mate=159361
predicted=0 nodes=956133098 evals=114688813
endgame tablebase-> probes done=0 successful=0
SMP-> split=1531 stop=230 data=10/32 cpu=39:56 elap=10:00
White(1): Nf6+
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