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Subject: Re: Correspondance chess computerchess match, 30' per move

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 12:56:13 12/18/02

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On December 18, 2002 at 15:46:37, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On December 18, 2002 at 10:02:38, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 18, 2002 at 09:25:13, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On December 18, 2002 at 07:48:32, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://f50.parsimony.net/forum200318/messages/1587.htm
>>>>
>>>>we are doing a match between a few interesting chess programs.
>>>>all programs get 30' per move on a 1200 mhz machine.
>>>>
>>>>instead of using BIG BOOKS we use 1.a3 a6 as the beginning position.
>>>>all computer programs are out of book after these forced moves and have
>>>>to compute from move 2.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe we will add some more interesting programs.
>>>>
>>>>If you have ideas which one, please tell us.
>>>>
>>>>(some programs use new styling!)
>>>>
>>>>thank you,
>>>>Thorsten Czub
>>>
>>>[Event "Fernschachpartie 30' pro Zug, Vorgabe 1.a3 a6"]
>>>[Site "1200 mhz"]
>>>[Date "2002.11.26"]
>>>[Round "1"]
>>>[White "Junior7"]
>>>[Black "ChessTiger15"]
>>>[ECO "A00"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>
>>>1. a3 a6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. h4 Bd6 7. h5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
>>>Bxf4 9. exf4 Nh6 10. Nc3 Nd7
>>>11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nf3
>>>
>>>this shows how bad Junior 7 can play sometimes without its opening book. 13...c5
>>>and black is winning. Shredder 7, Fritz 7 and probably most top-engines would
>>>never play 6.h4,7.h5 in this position. this is a stupid plan. Junior 7 is a
>>>great engine (can handle some positions like no other engine) anyway.
>>
>>I think that black is better but it is too early to decide that black is
>>winning.
>>
>>some analysois with movei produce the following line
>>
>>13...c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nd4 Qd6 16.g3 Nd7 when movei says at the end of
>>iteration 13:
>>
>>depth=13 -0.04 c3a2 a8c8 c1b1 d7c5 h1e1 f8e8 a2b4 f7f6 c2c3 h6f7 d4f5 d6c7 f5d4
>>Nodes: 89010497 NPS: 149519
>>
>>Uri
>
>Im tempted to say: ask any GM about the position and he will tell you that black
>is winning.
>you only believe in computer evaluations? OK
>
>first of all: 15...Qb8 is the move. 15...Qd6 is not of any interest. 15...Qb8
>prepares b4 with deadly attack and threatens also Qxf4+.
>I have analysed the position after 15...Qb8 with my new Shredder 7:
>
>[D] rq3rk1/5ppp/p3p2n/1pnp3P/3N1P2/P1N5/1PP1QPP1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Shredder 7:
>
>1. µ (-0.86): 16.Qe5 Qxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.Rde1 Nxf2 19.Rhf1 Nfe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4
>21.Rd1
>2. µ (-0.88): 16.Qe3 Rc8 17.f5 e5 18.Nxd5 exd4 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rxd4 Qb6 21.Rhd1
>Re8 22.Rd6
>3. µ (-1.36): 16.Kb1 Qxf4 17.g4 Rab8 18.Nc6 Rb7 19.f3 Rc8 20.Nb4 Rg5 21.Nd3 Rbc7
>22.Qe5
>4. µ (-1.36): 16.g4 Qxf4+ 17.Kb1 Rab8 18.Nc6 Rb7 19.f3 Rc8 20.Nb4 Qg5 21.Nd3
>5. -+ (-1.43): 16.f5 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Na2 Qa5 19.Kb1 Qb6 20.Rhe1 Rab8 21.b3 a5
>22.fxe6 fxe6
>6. -+ (-1.66): 16.Qf3 b4 17.Nc6 Qb7 18.Nxb4 Rab8 19.Ncxd5 exd5
>7. -+ (-1.79): 16.Qd2 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 exd5 20.Nc6 Ne4
>21.Rxd5
>
>Depth 15/42    822538kN
>
>After 16.Qe5,
>Qxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.Rde1 Nxf2 19.Rhf1 Nfe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 is forced.
>Black is a whole pawn up with an excellent outpost for his knight at e4.
>whites pawns are very weak.
>This should be enough to win the game.
>
>So we have to check 16.Qe3:
>
>16.Qe3 Rc8 (16...b4 17.Nc6 Qb6 18.Ne7+ (18.Nxb4 Rab8 -+) Kh8 19.Nexd5 is better
>for black but maybe not a forced win.)
>now if white tries to stop b4 with 17.Sa2 black simply plays a5. This is an easy
>win. white must try 17.f5 to create some counterplay and black wins a piece with
>17...e5 18.Nxd5 exd4 19.Ne7+.
>after 19...Kf8 (19...Kh8 is possible too)20.Rxd4 [20.Nxc8 Qxc8 21.Rxd4 (21.Qxd4
>Nb3+ -+; 21.Qf3 d3 -+)) Nxf5 22.Rd8+ Qxd8 23.Qxc5+ Se7 24.h6 gxh6 -+]Re8 21.f6
>Nf5 it seems to me that black can defend and win with his extra piece.
>for example 22.Qg5 Ne6 23.Qf5 Nxd4 24.Qxh7 Qf4+ 25.Kb1 Qxf6 26.Re1
>(26.Sd5 Qh6 -+) Ne6 27.Nf5 g6 -+



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