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Subject: Re: Cellar dweller engine test position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 17:37:24 05/22/03

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On May 22, 2003 at 11:09:04, Thomas McBurney wrote:

>Here is a test position for the not so strong chess engine like mine.  If you
>like to test this with a strong chess engine then that's fine, I would also be
>interested in knowing how many nanoseconds it takes to find the best move just
>so I can feel demoralised.
>
>[D]3rr1k1/3b3p/1q2p1p1/p3P3/2p1B3/P3P1P1/2Q2P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 28
>
>This position came from the very first game Kanguruh 1.5 (not available for
>download yet) played to test its newly implemented hash tables.  I was surprised
>when I saw what looked like a bishop scrifice by playing  28. Bxg6.  LarsenVB
>quickly loses the game after taking the bishop, the correct answer would have
>been to not take the bishop.  Time control was 40/40.

Karguruh made a mistake the previous move, solve that first.

Will



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