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Subject: Re: Move Sequence Test......11 Moves made by Capablanca...1933

Author: Art Basham

Date: 12:12:27 01/01/03

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Thanks...

The second move is important..it must open the f file here to win...:-)
I checked my new CM-7000 I found on ebay recently,
and it found all the moves at only 10 seconds per move!
happy new year!
Art


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On January 01, 2003 at 13:01:52, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 01, 2003 at 10:33:56, Art Basham wrote:
>
>>Move Sequence Test....
>>
>>The "correct" moves for black must be entered for this test to work...
>>1.  g4-h5+   f7-g7
>>2.  f4xe5    d6xe5
>>3.  f1xf6!   g7xf6
>>4.  a1-f1+   e7-f5
>>5.  h4xf5!   (keeps the f file open)   e6xf5
>>6.  f1xf5+   f6-e7
>>7.  h5-f7+   e7-d6
>>8.  f5-f6+   d6-c5
>>9.  f7xb7    d8-b6
>>10. f6xc6+   If b6xc6
>>11.   b6-b4 mates!
>>
>>
>>
>>[D]r2q2r1/pp2nk1p/2pppp2/4p3/4PPQN/2PP4/P1P3PP/R4RK1 w - -
>>
>>I noticed that my old WChess program (set at just 30 sec. per move) makes all
>>11 moves for white correctly one at a time...just as played by Capablanca in
>>1933!
>>
>>This should make a good test to see how "human like" your chess engine or
>>favorite program is playing! Of course there may be other ways to win,
>>but this way looks very interesting and is the most spectacular I think..etc
>
>Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, only has difficulty with the second move, needing
>40 seconds to find it. All other moves are found in one second or less.
>
>jm



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