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Subject: Re: Top programs of today are too materialistics to play the correct move !

Author: bobby palacios

Date: 07:57:24 02/18/03

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On February 18, 2003 at 10:23:37, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On February 17, 2003 at 20:37:10, bobby palacios wrote:
>
>>On February 17, 2003 at 19:04:16, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On February 17, 2003 at 18:58:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>This Gem of a desperate trap was played by Bogoljubow with the black pieces
>>>>against Alekhine. Position after Black's 39th move where the trap was set up by
>>>>Bogoljubow hoping to end up with an extra bishop. Nowadays top computer programs
>>>>will NOT fall for this desparate trap, since they are all too
>>>>materialistics and almost 99.9% will play 40.a5 which will also win, but
>>>>Alekhine decides to walk into the trap and proves that this is the quickest way
>>>>to WIN!
>>>>
>>>>[D]R7/5pk1/pb3rp1/3p3p/PP1N4/2PK2P1/7P/8 w - -
>>>>
>>>>40.RxP!  BxKt
>>>>41.RxR   BxR    winning back the rook with an extra Bishop
>>>>42.P-R5...Now the extra Bishop is unable to stop the two passed Pawns.
>>>>
>>>>If for instance, 42.....B-Q1, THEN SIMPLY 43.K-Q4, FOLLOWED BY KxQP, K-B6, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Pichard
>>
>>p4 2.47ghz, 256mb hash
>>
>>Analysis by Hiarcs 8:
>>
>>1.Rxa6
>>  +-  (2.22)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
>>1.Rxa6 Bxd4
>>  =  (-0.05)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
>>1.Rxa6 Bxd4 2.Rxf6 Bxf6
>>  ³  (-0.63)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
>>1.b5 axb5 2.axb5
>>  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 2/10   00:00:00
>>1.b5 axb5 2.axb5
>>  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 3/10   00:00:00
>>1.b5 axb5 2.axb5 Rf2 3.Ra6
>>  ±  (0.95)   Depth: 4/12   00:00:00
>>1.b5 axb5 2.axb5 Rf2 3.Ra6 Bxd4 4.Kxd4 Rb2
>>  ±  (0.82)   Depth: 5/13   00:00:00  4kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.Ra7 Be5 3.Re7
>>  ±  (0.86)   Depth: 5/16   00:00:00  6kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.Ra7 Bb8 3.Rd7 Rd6
>>  ±  (0.86)   Depth: 6/16   00:00:00  11kN
>>1.a5 Bc7
>>  ±  (1.11)   Depth: 7/16   00:00:00  21kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.Rd8 Rf3+ 5.Ke2
>>  +-  (1.46)   Depth: 7/16   00:00:00  25kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 g5 4.a7 Ra6 5.h3
>>  +-  (1.41)   Depth: 8/17   00:00:00  60kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Be5
>>  ±  (1.23)   Depth: 9/20   00:00:00  144kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nc6 Bb6 6.h3
>>  ±  (1.27)   Depth: 10/22   00:00:01  417kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.Ra7 Be5 3.Rd7 Rf2 4.Rxd5 f6 5.b5 axb5 6.Rxb5 Rxh2 7.Nf3
>>  +-  (1.49)   Depth: 11/26   00:00:04  1077kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 h4 4.g4 Rb6 5.a7 Ra6 6.Nc6 Bb6 7.g5
>>  +-  (1.58)   Depth: 12/28   00:00:09  2281kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.Ra7 Be5 3.Rd7 Bxd4 4.Kxd4 Rf2
>>  +-  (1.48)   Depth: 13/28   00:00:23  5159kN
>>1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 g5 4.Nb5 Bb6 5.Re8 Rf3+ 6.Kc2 Kf6 7.Rh8 Kg6 8.a7 Rf2+
>>9.Kb3
>>  +-  (1.58)   Depth: 14/35   00:01:07  15500kN
>>1.a5 Bc7
>>  +-  (1.83)   Depth: 15/37   00:03:20  47319kN
>>1.a5 Bc7
>>  +-  (1.83)   Depth: 15/37   00:03:38  51713kN
>>1.Rxa6 Bxd4 2.Rxf6 Bxf6 3.a5 Be5 4.b5 Bd6 5.Kd4 h4 6.b6 hxg3 7.hxg3 Bxg3 8.Kxd5
>>  +-  (2.13)   Depth: 15/38   00:05:10  76888kN
>>1.Rxa6 Bxd4 2.Rxf6 Bxf6 3.a5 Bd8 4.Kd4 f5 5.Kxd5 g5 6.a6 Bb6 7.c4 f4 8.c5 Ba7
>>9.gxf4 gxf4 10.b5
>>  +-  (2.34)   Depth: 16/39   00:08:00  121683kN
>>
>>Junior7, S7 and F8 couldn't find Rxa6 within 10 minutes on my machine
>
>If you let it a little bit longer using Fritz 8, it will solve it. Now the
>question is how much longer than using an Athlon XP 2400+, since it took 12
>minutes using my wife XP 2400+ with Fritz 8 to solve it. Set it up for 15
>minutes and see if your P4 2.47 GHz can solve it.
>
>Pichard



hmm, Fritz 8.0.0.8 now finds the move in 2 minutes!  I cleared the hashtable
before letting it run, and it finds the move.  I tried it with different hash
settings and it still found the move in 2 minutes or so.  Rather strange.

p4 2.47ghz, 256mb hash:

Analysis by Fritz 8:

1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 7/18   00:00:00  28kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 8/18   00:00:00  42kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.Rd8 Ra6 5.Rxd5 Kf6 6.Ke4
  +-  (1.72)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:00  90kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.Rd8 Ra6 5.Rxd5 Kf6 6.Ke4 Re6
  +-  (1.53)   Depth: 10/20   00:00:00  214kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.a6 Rb6 5.c4 dxc4+ 6.Kxc4 h4 7.gxh4
  +-  (1.75)   Depth: 11/24   00:00:00  518kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.a6 Rb6 5.c4 Kf6 6.Ra7
  +-  (1.56)   Depth: 12/30   00:00:01  1080kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.h4 Rg2
9.Rxa7
  +-  (1.72)   Depth: 13/26   00:00:03  2765kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.Rxa7
Rxa7 9.Nxa7
  +-  (1.84)   Depth: 14/30   00:00:07  5855kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.Rxa7
Rxa7 9.Nxa7
  +-  (1.84)   Depth: 15/31   00:00:14  12409kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 h4 8.Nxa7 Ra2
9.Kd4 Rd2+
  +-  (1.88)   Depth: 16/35   00:00:33  29303kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.Rc8 Be5 3.Rc5 h4 4.Rxd5 Bxd4 5.Rxd4 hxg3 6.hxg3 Kf8 7.Ke4 Re6+ 8.Kd5
Re8 9.c4 Rb8 10.c5 f5
  +-  (1.91)   Depth: 17/40   00:01:35  81107kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (1.94)   Depth: 17/40   00:02:02  103345kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (2.22)   Depth: 18/47   00:03:29  182030kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (2.50)   Depth: 19/56   00:08:06  428935kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (2.78)   Depth: 19/56   00:14:04  694471kN


128mb hash:

Analysis by Fritz 8:

1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 7/18   00:00:00  28kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 8/18   00:00:00  42kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.Rd8 Ra6 5.Rxd5 Kf6 6.Ke4
  +-  (1.72)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:00  90kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.Rd8 Ra6 5.Rxd5 Kf6 6.Ke4 Re6
  +-  (1.53)   Depth: 10/20   00:00:00  214kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.a6 Rb6 5.c4 dxc4+ 6.Kxc4 h4 7.gxh4
  +-  (1.75)   Depth: 11/24   00:00:00  518kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 axb5 3.Nxb5 Be5 4.a6 Rb6 5.c4 Kf6 6.Ra7
  +-  (1.56)   Depth: 12/30   00:00:01  1080kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.h4 Rg2
9.Rxa7
  +-  (1.72)   Depth: 13/26   00:00:03  2762kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.Rxa7
Rxa7 9.Nxa7
  +-  (1.84)   Depth: 14/31   00:00:07  5774kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.Rxa7
Rxa7 9.Nxa7
  +-  (1.84)   Depth: 15/31   00:00:16  12638kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.a7 Ra6 5.Nb5 Bb6 6.Rb8 Bxa7 7.Ra8 h4 8.Nxa7 Ra2
9.Kd4 Rd2+ 10.Kc5 Rxh2
  +-  (1.88)   Depth: 16/34   00:00:38  29116kN
1.a5 Bc7 2.b5 Bxa5 3.bxa6 Bc7 4.Nb5 Bb6 5.a7 Rf3+ 6.Kc2 Rf2+ 7.Kb3 Bxa7 8.Rxa7
Rxh2 9.Nd6 Rf2
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 17/40   00:01:24  64851kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (1.84)   Depth: 17/40   00:01:51  86417kN
1.Rxa6!
  +-  (2.00)   Depth: 17/40   00:02:04  98263kN







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