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Subject: Re: Who is right here? Man or machine

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 15:14:17 05/09/03

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On May 09, 2003 at 17:34:45, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On May 09, 2003 at 16:53:10, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On May 09, 2003 at 16:11:53, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On May 09, 2003 at 15:40:24, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 09, 2003 at 13:55:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 09, 2003 at 10:12:40, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>[D] rnbqkb1r/pp1np1pp/4p3/2pp4/3P4/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq c6 0 5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What do your programs think about this well known position?
>>>>>>Shredder and Fritz 8 clearly favour white here. for example :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Analysis by Shredder 7.04:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7
>>>>>>  ±  (0.91)   Depth: 10/10   00:00:00  6kN
>>>>>>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7
>>>>>>  ±  (0.91)   Depth: 11/11   00:00:00  16kN
>>>>>>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 cxd4 8.Bb5 Nc6 9.Nxe6 Qa5 10.Nxf8 dxc3 11.Qxd5
>>>>>>  ±  (0.83)   Depth: 12/28   00:00:04  1435kN
>>>>>>6.dxc5
>>>>>>  ±  (0.85)   Depth: 12/28   00:00:05  1435kN
>>>>>>6.dxc5
>>>>>>  ±  (0.85)   Depth: 12/28   00:00:05  1503kN
>>>>>>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nxd5 Nxd4 10.Bb5+
>>>>>>  ±  (0.93)   Depth: 13/30   00:00:24  8276kN
>>>>>>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bxd7
>>>>>>  ±  (0.90)   Depth: 14/30   00:00:51  16690kN
>>>>>>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Bb5 h6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Be5 Bg7 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qf4
>>>>>>  ±  (0.88)   Depth: 15/31   00:01:44  35928kN
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Looks like there is a clear advantage for white. White is a pawn down and the
>>>>>>evaluation is almost +1.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However strong Chessplayers clearly seem to favour black here. Here are the
>>>>>>highest rated Chessplayers who played this position in the last 6 years. All
>>>>>>played with black pieces. All games ended 0-1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[Event "Santos Mario Covas 1st"]
>>>>>>[Site "Santos"]
>>>>>>[Date "2001.01.29"]
>>>>>>[Round "3"]
>>>>>>[White "Benares de sa Leitao, Ricardo"]
>>>>>>[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
>>>>>>[Result "0-1"]
>>>>>>[ECO "B02"]
>>>>>>[WhiteElo "2276"]
>>>>>>[BlackElo "2608"]
>>>>>>[PlyCount "60"]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Just my two cents if Milos with a 2608 had White against Benares with Black
>>>>>which is a 300+ plus difference in rating and Benares wins than the case would
>>>>>be open for discussion. In this case the stonger player simply outplayed the
>>>>>weaker player.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jorge
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The discussion is not about this game. Its about the position in general.
>>>>All this GMs wont play this opening variation if they were not convinced
>>>>that the position is at least O.K. for black. 300 Elo difference is nothing in
>>>>human chess.
>>>
>>>
>>>I was not discussing this game at all, simply from from the position which you
>>>mentioned. Indeed even 100 rating points difference between human opponents is
>>>enough to take either side of this position and win it for the stronger player.
>>
>>Nonsense
>
>Prove it, simply let Shredder 7.04 play both sides, I already did under shootout
>and the White side won.

Of course. Shredder cant play this position decent with the black pieces.
It eventually thinks it is clearly worse.

>>
>>
>>Jorge
>>
>>
>>The reason why I posted this was to show that mobility is not everything
>>in chess. The secret of Shredders success is: It gives very high scores
>>for mobility.
>>Therefore Shredder often seems to play with a plan (of course he doesnt) while
>>other programs just shuffle around their pieces.
>>In this position the pawn majority in the center is an important factor which is
>>underestimated by many top programs.
>>Both black bishops can't move and so Shredder and Fritz clearly favour white.
>>They dont understand the nature of the position at all.
>>
>
>
>If that is the case, why don't you play against Fritz 8 or shredder 7.04 and
>show us how you can win. If you can not prove it, you can't support your case
>that Black side is better.

My point was not that black side is better.
My point was that black is by no means worse in this position.
Obviously, a game against Shredder cant prove anything.
Of course I saw that its optimistic evaluations disappear soon.
In a Correspondence game I would get at least a draw.

>
>Jorge



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