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Subject: Re: Can any program find this great sacrifice played be Botvinnik !

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:47:22 04/20/03

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On April 20, 2003 at 03:09:11, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>>[D]8/p3q1kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 w - - 0 29
>
>This is a very odd position for Zappa.  It zips out to 10 ply in only 11
>seconds, but then takes 5 minutes to get to depth 12, a branching factor of
>6(!).  Then, it doesn't think black should take the bishop.  Odd.
>
>1. Ne2 Na5 2. Nf4 Nc6 3. Qg5 a6 4. Bc1 Kh8 5. Nxd5
> = (0.25)       Depth: 10       00:00:11.61     3130kN
>1. h3 h6 2. Ne2 Na5 3. Nf4 Nc6 4. Nxd5 Nxe5 5. Nxe7 Nd3 6. Ba3
> = (0.23)       Depth: 11       00:01:45.29     27044kN
>1. Ba3 Qxa3 2. Nh5 gxh5 3. Qg5 Kf8 4. Qxf6 Kg8 5. Qf7 Kh8 6. g3 Qc1 7. Kg2 Qc2
>8. Kh3 h6 9. Qf8 Kh7 10. e7 Qxc3 11. e8=Q Nxd4 12. Qxh5
> + (0.53)       Depth: 12       00:03:10.82     51012kN
>1. Ba3 Qxa3 2. Nh5 gxh5 3. Qg5 Kf8 4. Qxf6 Kg8 5. Qf7 Kh8 6. g3 Qc1 7. Kg2 Qc2
>8. Kh3 h6 9. Qf8 Kh7 10. e7 a6 11. e8=Q Nxd4 12. cxd4
> + (2.03)       Depth: 12       00:03:45.23     61597kN
>1. Ba3 Qe8 2. Qc7 Kh8 3. Be7 Ng4 4. h3 Kg8 5. hxg4 a5 6. Bf6 Qxe6
> = (2.50)       Depth: 12       00:05:05.63     85692kN


Nothing is odd
A program that solves this position for tactical reasons will never see capture
of the bishop in it's main line.

Uri



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