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Subject: Re: Too hard for PDAs; good test for PC chess apps though

Author: John Merlino

Date: 08:34:23 12/20/02

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On December 20, 2002 at 11:13:24, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On December 20, 2002 at 11:10:53, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>How long to see that 21...Rxe3+ is very advantageous to Black? :
>>
>>[d] 4rrk1/p1p2pp1/7p/6qP/7b/1N2PQ1P/PPP1K3/RN5R b - - 0 20
>>
>>Passov,Alex - Sammour-Hasbun,Jorge [C58]
>>Manhattan Chess Club G/30, 1991
>
>
>How long until your program BOTH selects the right move AND sees that Black is
>ahead?
>
>Fritz 7 takes about 30 seconds on my Athlon 1.2.

On my P3-733, CM9000 takes 41 seconds to give Black a (barely) positive score.
Then, at 2:11, the score becomes convincing:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	1.50	1669		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Nd4 Qxh1
0:00	1/4	1.63	5109		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Nd4 Qxh1 24.c4
0:00	1/5	1.38	23258		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Nd4 Qxh1 24.c4 Bf6
0:01	1/6	1.20	72987		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc3 Qxh1 24.Nd4 Be1+ 25.Kc4
					c5
0:03	1/7	1.39	224983		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc4 Qc6+ 24.Nc5 Qxh1 25.Kb3
					Bg5
0:07	1/8	1.34	646775		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc4 Qc6+ 24.Nc5 Qxh1 25.Qe4
					Qxh3 26.Nc3 Bf6
0:17	1/9	0.93	1635576		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc4 Qd5+ 24.Kb4 Rb8+ 25.Kc3
					Qxh1 26.Nd4 c5 27.Nf3 Qxh3
0:41	1/10	-0.03	4252444		20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc4 Qd5+ 24.Kb4 Rb8+ 25.Kc3
					Bf6+ 26.Nd4 Qxh1 27.Kd3 Rxb2 28.Qe8+
					Kh7 29.Qxf7 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Qxb1
2:11	2/11	-1.49	14250189	20...Rxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg2+ 22.Kd3
					Rd8+ 23.Kc4 Qd5+ 24.Kb4 Rb8+ 25.Kc3
					Bf6+ 26.Nd4 c5 27.Rd1 cxd4+ 28.Rxd4
					Rd8 29.Kd2 Bxd4

jm



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