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Subject: Re: Test position Amateur vs PostModernist

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:00:17 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 17:46:33, Andrew Williams wrote:

>Hi,
>
>PM just played a blitz game against Amateur. PM got in a tangle, but thought it
>had wriggled out (Amateur seemed to agree) and decided to trade Queens.
>Unfortunately, PM didn't see Amateur's rather nasty 43rd move:
>
>[D]4r1k1/5p2/p2p1Pp1/3Bp1Pp/4P2b/1P3R2/2P3RK/r7 w - - bm Rh3
>
>PM can find this in 33 seconds on my Athlon 1200. How long does it take your
>engine?

Chessmaster 9000 needs a little time on this one, on a P3-733. It takes 1:07 to
find Rh3, and 1:58 to see a good score:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	-0.15	3171		1.Rc3 Rf1 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.c3
0:00	1/5	-0.15	5876		1.Rc3 Rf1 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.c3
0:00	1/6	-0.05	18901		1.Rc3 Rf1 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.c3 Rd1
0:01	1/7	-0.03	70426		1.Rc3 Rf1 2.Rc6 Rf4 3.Rxa6 Bf2
					4.Kh1 Bc5
0:01	1/8	0.07	113881		1.Rc3 Rf1 2.Rc6 Rf4 3.Rxa6 Bf2
					4.Kh1 Be3 5.Rxd6 Rh4+ 6.Rh2 Bxg5
0:03	2/9	-0.10	268810		1.Rc3 a5 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.Ra7 Rf1 4.Rxa5
					Bf2 5.Ra6
0:06	3/10	0.03	587677		1.Rc3 a5 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.Ra7 Be1 4.Rd7
					Bb4 5.Rg1 Rxg1 6.Kxg1
0:13	4/11	0.09	1212895		1.Rc3 a5 2.Rc7 Rf8 3.Ra7 Be1 4.Rg1
					Rc1 5.Kh1 Rd1 6.Rxa5 Rc8
0:40	5/12	-0.01	3921895		1.Rc3 Be1 2.Rc6 Bb4 3.c3 Bc5 4.Re2
					a5 5.Rc7 Rf8 6.Kh3 Rd1
1:07	5/12	0.12	6405292		1.Rh3 Be1 2.Rxh5 gxh5 3.g6 Rf8
					4.gxf7+ Kh7 5.Rg8 Rc1 6.Rxf8 Rxc2+
					7.Kg1 Bf2+ 8.Kh1 Rc1+ 9.Kg2
1:58	6/13	0.68	11469657	1.Rh3 Be1 2.Rxh5 gxh5 3.g6 Rf8
					4.gxf7+ Kh7 5.Rg8 Rxf7 6.Bxf7 Bh4
					7.Rg7+ Kh8 8.Rg6 Kh7 9.Kg2 Rd1
					10.Rg7+ Kh6
5:03	7/14	0.96	30032440	1.Rh3 Be1 2.Rxh5 gxh5 3.g6 Rf8
					4.gxf7+ Kh7 5.Rg7+ Kh6 6.Rg8 Rxf7
					7.Bxf7 Rc1 8.Bxh5 Rxc2+ 9.Kh1 Rf2
					10.f7 Rf1+ 11.Kg2 Rf2+ 12.Kh3

jm



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