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Subject: Re: King Safety ??

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:04:32 12/25/02

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On December 25, 2002 at 13:59:50, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On December 25, 2002 at 13:09:45, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>> [D]5rk1/1ppq1rb1/p2p1nn1/3Pp3/2P1Ppp1/PPN3P1/3BQPB1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 25
>>
>>
>> This position happened in a blitzgame of mine vs CM 9000Utz12 (white).
>> It's no longer a question of building a slow attack - instead it's already
>> there, in full bloom. Or, another way to put it, white has nothing and
>> black has everything. So, how do the programs evaluate such a position
>> with some time to think?  A few results:
>>
>>
>> CM 9000Utz12    25.Qd3   -0.15   Ply 14      64 Mb hash
>> Shredder PB     25.Qd3   -0.28   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>> Hiarcs 8        25.Qd3   -0.55   Ply 13     128 Mb hash
>> Fritz 8         25.Qd3   -0.59   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>> Ruffian         25.Qd3   -0.69   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>> Chess Tiger14   25.Bh1   -1.50   Ply 14      96 Mb hash
>> GambitTiger 2   25.Qd3   -2.26   Ply 14      96 Mb hash
>>
>>
>> It was with utmost effort that CM finally realized that it actually
>> is *worse* in the diagram position... With a tiny -0.15. CM Utzinger
>> has achived great results in comp-comp games and perhaps it's possible
>> to adjust the settings in a way that CM sees the danger?! King Safety?
>>
>> I'm curious of the evals from new programs like Chess Tiger 15, Shredder 7
>> and maybe also Schachfreund Utzinger's latest CM personality (a very promising
>> one!)?!  The whole game below.
>>
>New game
>5rk1/1ppq1rb1/p2p1nn1/3Pp3/2P1Ppp1/PPN3P1/3BQPB1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by The King 3.23: [P4 1.8/32 MB hash, CM9_UtzX new unpublished setting]
>
>1.Rfd1 f3 2.Bxf3 gxf3 3.Qxf3
>  ³  (-0.55)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>1.Rfe1 f3 2.Bxf3 gxf3 3.Qxf3
>  ³  (-0.49)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>1.f3 fxg3 2.fxg4 Nxg4
>  =  (0.18)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>1.Qd3 Bh6 2.c5 Rh7 3.c6 Qg7 4.f3 fxg3 5.fxg4 Bxd2 6.Qxd2 Nf4 7.g5 Ng4 8.cxb7
>Qxg5
>  ±  (0.91)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>  =  (-0.13)   Depth: 13   00:02:54  24879kN
>
>(Utzinger, MyTown 25.12.2002)
>
>A typical but very good example where TheKing 3.23 is suffering from blindness.
>On the other hand: why should I increase king safety [so much as to get a
>realistic evaluation of the position] when the engine's overall strength becomes
>much weaker? I am not a programmer, but in such cases I wouldn't like to be one.
>Kurt
>
>Homepage Kurt & Rolf: http://www.beepworld.de/members39/utzinger

I did not test chessmaster but I suspect that a lot of program will evaluate
statically that white has better king safety so increasing king safety scores
may encourage them to get this position.

Black has no pawns near the king.

Uri



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