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Subject: Re: Two interesting positions to test your Programs Materialism

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 18:34:19 11/12/02

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>Chessmaster 9000, on the soon-to-be-reallocated P4-2.66 (named "Larry's Nemesis"
>:-), needs 13 seconds to choose a move other than Bxf1:

Hah.  Amateur 2.4 avoids it in 12.2 secs on an Athlon 1.6ghz.  Eat your heart
out. :)

7 411 273 812399 Bxf1 Qxg4 Bd3 gxf7 Kxf7 Qg7 Ke6 b3 Be4 bxc4
8 411 623 1908494 Bxf1 Qxg4 Bd3 gxf7 Kxf7 Qg7 Ke6 b3 Be4 bxc4
9 335 817 2435632 Bxf1 Qxg4 Bd3 gxf7 Kxf7 Qg7 Ke6 Rxd3 cxd3 f5 Kxf5 Qf7 Kg4 Qxe8
Qxb2
9 404 1220 3598559 Qxb2 Rxg4 Bxf1 Qd5 Bxg2 Rxg2 Qh8 Kg1 Re1 Kf2 Qh4 Kf3 Qh3 Rg3
10 275 2696 8155793 Qxb2 Rxg4 Bxg4 Qxg4 Qh8 Kg1 Qd4 Kh2 d5 gxf7 Kxf7 Qf5 Kg8 Qg6
Kf8
11 236 8216 24882251 Qxb2 Rxg4 Bxg4 Qxg4 Qh8 Kg1 Qd4 Kh1 Qd3 Rd1 Qxa3 Qd7 Rf8
Rxd6


>
>CM9000 needs less than one second to see that axb5 is not winning, but it does
>not find a move (Kh8) until 49 seconds.

Hah.  Amateur 2.4 finds the alternative in 13 secs.  CM9000 must have gotten
worse since you've left. :)

6 50 59 140215 axb5 Bxh6 Ne8 Bxb5 Bh4 Nd7
7 65 85 215690 axb5 Bxh6 Ne8 Bxb5 Bh4 Rh3 Bf6
8 51 217 623228 axb5 Bxh6 Ne8 Bxb5 Bh4 Rg4 Bf6 a4
9 -122 646 1870391 axb5 Bxh6 Ne8 Bxb5 Bh4 Rg4 Bf6 Nd7 Qd6 Nxf8 Qxf8
9 -6 1387 4199291 Kh8 Bxd5 Bxd5 Nc3 Bb7 Bf4 Qa7 Rc1 Bd5 Kh1
10 16 3031 9398118 Kh8 Nc3 Nxc3 Rxc3 Qa8 f3 Nd5 Bxd5 Bxd5 Bd2 Bh4
11 -6 6228 19760141 Kh8 Nc3 Nxc3 bxc3 Bd6 Bd3 Qc7 Bb2 b5 Rb1 Bxe5 Qxe5
12 -8 14718 47196566 Kh8 Nc3 Nxc3 Rxc3 Bd6 Bxa6 Bxa6 Qxa6 Bxe5 dxe5 Rxc3 bxc3
Qxe5 Qxb6

Will



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