Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:51:42 08/11/02
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On August 11, 2002 at 12:26:17, Mike S. wrote: >8m+3s P3/700_MHz Blitzmatch 2002 > > 123456789012 >1 Pharaon 2.61 0½110½01½½½1 6.5/12 >2 Aristarch 4.4 1½001½10½½½0 5.5/12 > >(64 MB hash each, 4-piece tbs., no pondering) > >http://members.surfeu.at/mscheidl/Aristarch-Pharaon.zip (PGN + CBF) > >From the first game, where Black had the bishop pair and a passer against rook + >knight (the last move was 43...Bh2-c7?): > >Aristarch 4.4 - Pharaon 2.61 [C80] >[D]8/2b5/R3b3/2pk1p2/1pNp2Pp/1P3P1P/4K3/8 w - - 0 44 >44.g5 +1.63/9 1s - This pawn can't be stopped without loosing a bishop (and the >game). > >I had read it before, but forgot: There's a big book available for download >separately, for Aristarch. So it played the match with the two small bookfiles >only, which are included in the main zip archive. But except the following >example from game no. 4, no severe opening problems were visible in the match: > >Pharaon 2.61 - Aristarch 4.4 [B40] >1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6? first calculated move 5.d5 Na5 6.d6 a6 7.e5 >Ng8 -1.11 >[D]r1bqkbnr/1p1p1ppp/p2Pp3/n1p1P3/8/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 8 > >Another observation in the same game was the following underpromotion blunder. >Meanwhile I've been pointed to Aristarch's for_experts.txt, which mentiones that >it doesn't underpromote. Here, the problem is that the opponent underpromotes, >which A. couldn't expect: > >[D]r3r3/4Pk1p/pppB2p1/2pp4/2P3n1/2R5/PP3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 24 >24...Rad8?? 25.exd8N+, and there's no time for Rxe1#. > >Here's a nice example of Aristarch's skills: > >Aristarch 4.4 - Pharaon 2.61 [E04] >[D]r2bk1r1/1p3ppp/p1b1p3/Bp6/4P3/5BP1/PP3P1P/2RR2K1 w q - 0 19 >19.Rxc6! Bxa5 [19...bxc6 20.e5 Bxa5 (20...Ke7?? 21.Bb4+ c5 22.Bxc5+ Ke8 23.Bc6 >Mate!) 21.Bxc6+ returns exchange + pawn] 20.Rcd6, followed by Rd7 etc. 19.Rxc6 is easy to find(movei finds it at depth 7 after 2 seconds on p850) After 19...Bxa5 the move 20.Rcd6(if it is the only move to win) is a bigger problem and movei prefers 20.e5 with evaluation of 0.15 pawns for white at depth 13. Uri
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