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Subject: Re: A Move Made By Fritz8...!

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 12:50:55 05/31/03

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On May 30, 2003 at 20:41:21, Art Basham wrote:

>Today in a match, I watched the new Fritz 8 play...
> Bxh6...! and went on to win...
>(I was black...played by Junior 5)...
>
>[D]r1b2rk1/1ppq1pp1/2nbp2p/p6Q/2NPB3/2P5/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 14
>
>I thought this might be a good "test move" for other engines and programs
>to try to find...if possible...:-)
>
>Art

I just set this position up on Fritz8   AMD Athlon 2600+ XP 1 gig DDR SDRAM
Hashtables set at 512 MB

I found Bxh6 in less than 3 seconds. Here is the analyis at the 3 second mark.

New game
r1b2rk1/1ppq1pp1/2nbp2p/p6Q/2NPB3/2P5/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 8:

1. +- (2.56): 1.Bxh6 f5 2.Bxc6 bxc6 3.Bg5 Qf7 4.Qf3 Qg6 5.Bf4
2. +- (2.06): 1.Nxd6 cxd6 2.Bxh6 f5
3. +- (1.44): 1.Be3 a4 2.Rad1 Be7 3.b4 axb3
4. +- (1.44): 1.Bd2 a4 2.Rad1 Be7 3.Be3

(Brian, Eatontown 31.05.2003)

Fritz 8 comes up with some incredible moves at times (OFTEN)

Brian Katz



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