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Subject: Re: Does your computer match Boleslawski?

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 23:54:57 11/20/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 20:54:28, John Merlino wrote:

>On November 20, 2002 at 18:34:45, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>
>>Do you think the tactical abilities of you engine are sufficient? Here a
>>position from the game Boleslawski-Flohr to test the computers.
>>
>>
>>
>>[Event "Ch URS"]
>>[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
>>[Date "1950.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Boleslavsky Isaak (BLR)"]
>>[Black "Flohr Salomon (RUS)"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "B11"]
>>
>>1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Qxd4
>>9.Be3 Qd8 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Rhe1 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Nf6 15.Bxe6
>>fxe6 16.Rxe6+ Be7 17.Rde1 Nd5 18.Bg5 O-O-O 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Rxe7 Rhf8 21.Qg4+
>>Kb8 22.Qxg7 Qxf2 23.b3 Rg8 24.Qxh7 Rxg2 25.Rxb7+ Ka8 26.Rbe7 Qc5 27.h4 a5 28.
>>Re8 Qd4 29.Kb1 Rd2 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Qe4 Qf6 32.h5 1-0
>>
>>Position after the move 14. ... Nf6:
>>
>>[D] r3kb1r/pp3ppp/1qp1pn2/8/2B1R3/5Q1P/PPPB1PP1/2KR4 w kq -
>>
>>Does your computer see the win for white here? (Draw by repetition is not
>>sufficient.)
>>
>>1. Bxe6 fe 2. Rxe6+ Be7 3. Rde1 0-0 4. Rxe7 Nd5 5. Rxg7+!! Kxg7 6. Bc3+ Nxc3 7.
>>Re7+ +-
>>
>>3. .... Nd5 4. Bg5 0-0-0 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Rxe7 +-
>>
>>2. ... Kf7 3. Rxf6 gf 4. Qh5+ Kg8 5. Qg4+ Kf7 6. Qc4+ Kg6 7. Qe4+ Kf7 8. Ba5
>>Bh6+ (8. ... Qc5 9. Rd7+ Be7 10. Bb4 Qe5 11. Rxe7+ +-) 9. Kb1 Rad8 10. Qc4+ Kg7
>>11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 +-
>>
>>
>>Time to improve your extensions? Seems to me some engines get confused by the
>>repetitions. Let's see. ;)
>>
>>
>>regards
>>Andreas
>>
>>(analysis courtesy from "Erfolgreiche Schachlehre", David Bronstein)
>
>On my P3-733, it takes CM9000 59 seconds to find Bxe6, but it only gives it a
>drawing score. That is at depth 9. After a little bit of move-forcing, it
>appears that CM9000 would have to get to at least depth 18 to see the win, and
>that is a long way off.
>
>The problem, of course, is finding that 6.Qc4+ is better than a repetition draw.
>If I force all the way to 4.Qh5+ (nine plies), it still takes 56 seconds to see
>the win.
>
>jm

With SS=12 it takes CM9K 13 ply to see 6.Qc4+ and give Bxe6 a plus score.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:01	1/6	0.14	167203		1.Re2 O-O-O 2.Qc3 Qd4 3.Rde1 Qxc3
					4.Bxc3
0:01	1/6	0.23	179197		1.Ree1 Bb4 2.c3 Bc5 3.Re2 O-O 4.Bf4
0:02	1/7	0.06	357350		1.Ree1 Be7 2.Bc3 O-O 3.Kb1 Rad8
					4.Qg3 Qc5
0:04	1/7	0.13	674866		1.Re5 Qd4 2.Qe2 O-O-O 3.c3 Qb6
					4.Rg5 Qc7
0:07	1/8	0.17	1055089		1.Re5 Qd4 2.Qe2 O-O-O 3.c3 Qb6
					4.Rg5 Qc7 5.Kb1
0:08	1/8	0.28	1309486		1.Ree1 Be7 2.Qg3 O-O 3.Be3 Qa5
					4.Bh6 Nh5 5.Qg4
0:18	1/9	-0.14	2925368		1.Ree1 Be7 2.Qg3 O-O 3.Bc3 Rfd8
					4.Kb1 Rxd1+ 5.Rxd1 Rd8 6.Rxd8+
					Qxd8 7.Bd3
0:32	1/9	0.00	5277721		1.Bxe6 fxe6 2.Rxe6+ Kf7 3.Rxf6+
					gxf6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qg4+ Kf7 6.Qh5+
0:35	1/9	0.03	5769720		1.Re5 Qd4 2.Qe2 O-O-O 3.c3 Qd7
					4.Kb1 Be7 5.Ra5 b5
0:58	1/10	0.06	9697994		1.Re5 Qd4 2.Qe2 O-O-O 3.c3 Qd7
					4.Kb1 Bd6 5.Bf4 Qc7
2:34	1/11	-0.05	26294044	1.Re5 Qd4 2.Qe2 O-O-O 3.c3 Qd7
					4.Qf3 Qc7 5.Ree1 Bd6 6.Bg5
3:52	1/11	0.00	41122514	1.Bxe6 fxe6 2.Rxe6+ Kf7 3.Rxf6+
					gxf6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qg4+ Kf7 6.Qh5+
9:16	1/12	0.00	102623635	1.Bxe6 fxe6 2.Rxe6+ Kf7 3.Rxf6+
					gxf6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qg4+ Kf7 6.Qh5+
29:55	1/13	1.04	332364905	1.Bxe6 fxe6 2.Rxe6+ Kf7 3.Rxf6+
					gxf6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qg4+ Kf7 6.Qc4+
					Kg6 7.Qe4+ Kf7 8.Ba5 Qc5 9.Rd7+
					Qe7 10.Qd3 b6 11.Qc4+ Kg7 12.Qg4+
					Kf7 13.Rxe7+ Bxe7
1:05:28	2/14	1.15	751147271	1.Bxe6 fxe6 2.Rxe6+ Kf7 3.Rxf6+
					gxf6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qg4+ Kf7 6.Qc4+
					Kg6 7.Qe4+ Kf7 8.Ba5 Qc5 9.Rd7+
					Qe7 10.Qd3 Ke8 11.Rxe7+ Bxe7 12.g4
					h5


Ernst.



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