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Subject: Re: AMAZING Q3 PERSONALITY OF REBEL CENTURY!!!

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 13:16:17 09/15/02

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On September 14, 2002 at 11:45:11, emerson tan wrote:

>Amazing Q3 personality of Rebel Century!!!
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>Its amazing!! Q3 got the key moves of the following games, which most commercial
>programs cannot find even if they run for days.
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>[D] r1bq1rk1/1p3ppp/p1pp2n1/3N3Q/B1PPR2b/8/PP3PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 0 14
>14. Rxh4!!           Anand – Ivanchuk      Las Palmas      1996
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>[D] 2r1k1r1/3bbp2/1p1ppp1q/pP6/P1P1P2p/3Q3P/3NNPP1/5RRK w - - 0 23
>23. c5!!                Ivanchuk – Kasparov  Linares           1991
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>[D] 2kr3r/ppp1qpp1/2p5/2b2b1p/2P1pPn1/1P2P1PP/PBQPB3/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 12
>12.  …   h4!!        Larsen  - Spassky           Belgrade     1970
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>First thing you have to start with is increasing th mobilety but then?
>[D] r1b2rk1/pp1n2pp/1qn1pb2/3p4/3P1P2/3B1NK1/PP2N1PP/R1BQR3 b - - 0 14
>14.  … e5!!           Reshevsky – Vaganian  Skopje        1976
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>[D] 2r2rk1/pp3pp1/4bb1p/q2p1P1Q/3P4/2N5/PP4PP/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 1
>17 …  Rxc3!!       Pillsbury – Lasker    St. Petersburg  1896
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>[D] 2r3k1/1b2ppb1/q2p1np1/2p3N1/1p2P1PQ/nP1PB2P/r1P1N1B1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 23
>26. Rxf6!!            Spassky- Geller  Sukhumi  match 6  1968
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>[D] 2r2rk1/pbq1bppp/1p2p3/n7/2PP4/P2B1N2/1B2QPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 17
>17. d5!!                Kasparov – Portisch     Niksic           1983
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>[D] r2qrb1k/1p1b2p1/p2ppn1p/8/3NP3/1BN5/PPP3QP/1K3RR1 w - - 0 21
>21. e5!!                Spassky – Petrosian   Moscow, match 19,  1969
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>[D] 2bq1r2/p5k1/1p1p2pb/nPpNr2p/P1P1BN1P/3P2P1/R6K/3Q1R2 w - - 0 44
>44. Nxg6!!           Kasparov – Karpov    Seville, match 8,    1987
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>[D] r2q1rk1/pp2bpp1/4p2p/2pPB2P/2P3n1/3Q2N1/PP3PP1/2KR3R w - - 0 17
>17. Bxg7!!           Karpov – Huebner    Tilburg      1982
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>[D] rn1qk1nr/1b3ppp/p2b4/3p4/P1pP4/5N2/2PNBPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 11
>11. Bxc4!!           Geller – Dreev   New York    1990
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>[D] r2q1rk1/pp2ppb1/3pn1pQ/3R4/2P3B1/4BR2/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 0 25
>25. Qxg6!!           Larsen – Petrosian    Santa Monica   1966
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>[D] r3rk2/p2n1pb1/2qpp2p/1p5n/3PN2p/1PPQ1P2/P1BB1P2/R5RK w - - 0 25
>25. Rxg7!!           Hoi – Gulko Thessaloniki Olympiad  1988
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>[D] r3qb1k/1b4p1/p2pr2p/3n4/Pnp1N1N1/6RP/1B3PP1/1B1QR1K1 w - - 0 26
>26. Nxh6!!           Kasparov – Karpov  NY/Lyon match 20, 1990
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>[D] r2qk2r/1b3ppp/p2p1b2/2nNp3/1R2P3/2P5/1PN2PPP/3QKB1R w Kkq - 0 17
>Q3 even found the move 17. Rxb7!!  of Kasparov – Shirov  Horgen 1994, but it
>changed its mind after more than 3 minutes on my Athlon xp 1500+. That was the
>game that Kasparov said no computer would understand the move.
>
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>I’m sure there are a lot of positions that Q3 will find the key move. It’s very
>efficient in finding the key moves, it usually finds the key move faster than
>the commercial programs. But it’s a poor player when I played it against Rebel
>Century. It strength lies in finding outrageous moves. It’s a good alternative
>engine for finding deep tactical shot in a position. It’s also very helpful in
>exploring wild ideas. Maybe Kasparov can use it in finding novelties because I
>tried in some games and it was able to find the novelty moves.
>
>Maybe a little more tweaking will improve its positional play to help it play a
>complete game of chess. The key is to improve its postional play without
>affecting its unique tactical eye. But of course its very hard to do cause one
>adjustment will affect all the others. Just have to find the optimum. It needs a
>lot of experiments.



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