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Subject: Re: Test Position - Avoid Nxa8

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 14:11:54 11/29/02

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On November 29, 2002 at 15:45:51, bobby palacios wrote:

>[D] r1b2b1r/ppNk3p/2n4q/3pp3/4n1pB/8/PPP2PPP/R2QKBNR w KQ - 0 13
>
>A very interesting position aroused between Aristarch 4.4 vs TheKing 3.12(game
>in 25).  After a wild opening, TheKing 3.12 went straight for Aristarch's king,
>at this critical point Aristarch took the rook at a8, instead of the pawn at d5,
>and was crushed.  How many programs avoid Nxa8 at a reasonable time?  (Aristarch
>played Nxa8 after 35 seconds)

About 1 second for Chezzz on an Athlon XP 1800+:

time         nodes depth    score  pv
00:00:00.14   76kn 06/11/15 +1.262 13. Nxa8 Qxh4 14. Qxd5+ Nd6
                                   15. Bb5 Qg5 16. Bxc6+ bxc6
00:00:00.25  113kn 06/13/15 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:00.70  322kn 07/16/16 +0.205 13. Nxa8 Bb4+ 14. c3 Nxc3
                                   15. bxc3 Bxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+
                                   17. Kd3 Bxa1 18. Qxg4+
00:00:01.01  501kn 07/16/16 +0.614 13. Nxd5 Qxh4 14. g3 Qg5
                                   15. Nf6+ Kc7 16. Nxe4 Bb4+
                                   17. c3
00:00:01.26  621kn 07/16/16 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:01.67  837kn 08/15/16 +0.604 13. Nxd5 Qxh4 14. g3 Qg5
                                   15. Nf6+ Kc7 16. Nxe4 Bb4+
                                   17. c3 Qf5
00:00:02.48 1205kn 08/16/16 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:04.01 1979kn 09/20/20 +0.689 13. Nxd5 Qxh4 14. g3 Qg5
                                   15. Nf6+ Kc7 16. Nxe4 Bb4+
                                   17. c3 Qf5 18. Bd3
00:00:06.04 2964kn 09/20/21 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:09.37 4651kn 10/22/22 +0.509 13. Nxd5 Qxh4 14. g3 Qg5
                                   15. Nf6+ Kc7 16. Nxe4 Bb4+
                                   17. c3 Qg6 18. Nd2 Bc5
00:00:14.45 7115kn 10/22/23 ---------------------------------------------------
00:00:14.45 7115kn 11/00/00   1/41 13. Nxd5

        Time used: 00:00:15.00
        nps: 492301     nodes: 7389446  Q-nodes: 403446 (5%)
        move order: 95%
        hash probes: 1927440    hash hits: 550331 (28%) hash usage: 28%
        pawn hash probes: 4246468       pawn hash hits: 4203153 (98%)
        EGTB probes: 0
13. Nxd5



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