Author: Hristo
Date: 00:06:36 05/23/03
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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.
>
>Here is the whole game...
>
>[Event "Computer chess game"]
>[Site "TOMCAT"]
>[Date "2003.05.21"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Kanguruh v1.5"]
>[Black "larsenvb.exe"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[TimeControl "40/2400"]
>
>1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nc6 7. c4 d5 8.
>cxd5 Nxd5 9. e3 e6 10. Na3 Nc3 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. Bb2
>Bd7 15. Nfe5 b5 16. Nd6 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4
>Rad8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Qc2 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bd4 Qa6 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rfe1
>Nb6 27. Bxb6 Qxb6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Rxc4 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 a4 32.
>Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rf7#
>{White Mates} 1-0
Isn't 26. Bxg6 better than Bxb6?
It seems Kanguruh exchanged prematurely. :)
Cheers,
Hristo
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