Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:20:20 02/17/03
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On February 17, 2003 at 01:14:17, Thomas McBurney wrote: >I picked up all my chess pieces, shuffled them, then threw them on the centre of >my chessboard and got the following position. I did make a few small >adjustments to make the position legal. > >I'm interested in seeing if all chess engines come to the same conclusion with >this unnatural chess position. > > >[D]8/2pP4/kqP1Brb1/npBnRNr1/3QppP1/NpRppP1P/1PpP1bPK/8 b - - 0 1 > >Cheers, >Tom. > >PS: Interesting; my Scisys 2150L has been processing this position for the last >15 miniutes and so far has not found a move to play. Brutal position.... And quite a different score from Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733. It says that White is completely winning: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 4.22 9628 1...Nxc3 2.d8=Q Bg3+ 3.Nxg3 fxg3+ 4.Kxg3 Qxc6 0:00 1/3 3.67 32928 1...Bg1+ 2.Kh1 c1=Q 3.Rxc1 0:00 1/3 0.50 39187 1...Bg3+ 2.Nxg3 fxg3+ 3.Kxg3 e2 4.Kh2 0:02 1/4 1.76 100015 1...Bg3+ 2.Nxg3 fxg3+ 3.Kxg3 e2 4.Kh2 e1=Q 5.Bxb6 0:07 1/5 3.75 380139 1...Bg3+ 2.Nxg3 fxg3+ 3.Kxg3 e2 4.Bxb6 e1=Q+ 5.Kh2 Nxc6 6.Rxc6 0:58 1/6 5.75 3353345 1...Bg3+ 2.Nxg3 fxg3+ 3.Kxg3 Nxc3 4.d8=Q Qxc6 5.Qc8+ Qb7 6.Qxb7+ Kxb7 7.Rxg5 c1=Q 8.Qxf6 exd2 3:00 1/6 5.36 10793813 1...Nxc6 2.Bxb6 Nxd4 3.d8=Q Bg3+ 4.Nxg3 fxg3+ 5.Kxg3 Ne2+ 6.Kh2 Nexc3 7.Bxc7 9:37 1/7 5.79 34635634 1...Nxc6 2.Qxd5 Qb7 3.Bxe3 Bg3+ 4.Nxg3 fxg3+ 5.Kg1 Rxe6 6.Rxg5 jm
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