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Subject: Re: A New look at Kasparov -Deeper Blue Game1 :After 39...h4 its a Draw

Author: John Merlino

Date: 22:56:32 06/26/03

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On June 27, 2003 at 00:48:25, Slater Wold wrote:

>On June 26, 2003 at 17:54:35, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>[D]3rr3/6k1/2p3P1/1p2nP1p/pP2p1P1/P1B1Nb1B/2P2K2/5R2 b
>>In the above diagram Deeper Blue made a huge mistake by playing 39...Kh6 and
>>lost.Commercial programs do not play this move but choose 39...h4 which draws.
>>Amazingly no annotation to this game mentions this as the loosing mistake ;but
>>they concentrate on moves like 34...Qxf1+ as mistakes.I Let Chessmaster 9000
>>at 1.8 GHZ play both sides at 999 seconds per move for both sides after 39...h4
>>and the result is a draw.Amazingly 39....h4! is played by the programs at very
>>low depths also.Deeper Blue must be inferior to current Commercials for turning
>>a Draw into a loss by playing 39....Kh6? 200 million positions per second and
>>still it does not see 39...h4.I think Deeper Blue was at least 200 Elo points
>>weaker than the current Commercials.HERE IS CHESSMASTER 9000 autoplay at 999sec
>>per move at 1.8 GHZ after 39.....h4!
>>CHESSMASTER 9000:39...h4 40.Ng2 Kf8 41.Nxh4 Bd1 42.f6 Bxc2 43.g7+ Kf7 44.Nf5
>>Kxf6 45.g5+ Kxg5 46.Bxe5 Rxe5 47.Rg1+ Kf6 48.g8=Q Rxg8 49.Rxg8 Rxf5+ 50.Bxf5
>>Kxf5 AND in this Drawn position the Computer(CM 9000) moves pieces back and
>>forth for another 30 moves which I do not list without any advantage for any
>>side.SO I THINK AFTER 39.....h4! IT IS A DRAW.
>
>
>This is the most ridiculous thing I think I've ever read on CCC.
>
>DBII had h4, and and shook it in 29s to pick Kh6.  Why?  Because h4 is the worst
>move possible.  It loses *VERY* quickly.
>
>After h4, 40.Ng2 is a _HORRIBLE_ move.  g5 is winning, and winning big.  F6
>chooses it in seconds with a modest score.  After 40...Kg8 41. Bg2 white is up
>over +1.50.  After 41...Kf8 42. Bxf3 the score is +2.00.
>
>And guess what?!  DBII saw ALL of this, while your CM @ 999 seconds did not.
>
>
>In the position of 39... in this game, black is lost.  Period.  DBII played the
>*best* move, Kh6 with a losing score.  In this position, h4 is losing.  And
>losing faster than Kh6.

Agreed. It takes a little while on my (moderately busy) P4-2.4, but CM9000
(SS=12) does spot 40.g5 as the best response to 39...h4. It takes just over
seven minutes....

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.35	3555		1...h4 2.Rg1 Re7 3.g5
0:00	1/4	-0.35	5176		1...h4 2.Rg1 Re7 3.g5
0:00	1/5	-0.15	12203		1...h4 2.Rg1 Re7 3.g5 Ree8
0:00	1/6	-0.10	40295		1...h4 2.Re1 Re7 3.Kg1 Rh8 4.Kh2
0:00	1/7	-0.05	90995		1...h4 2.Re1 Kg8 3.Kg1 Rd6 4.g5
					Rdd8
0:01	1/8	-0.07	149730		1...h4 2.Re1 Kg8 3.Kg1 Kf8 4.Kh2
					Kg7 5.g5
0:02	1/9	0.00	392941		1...h4 2.Re1 Kg8 3.Kg1 Kf8 4.Kh2
					Kg7 5.g5 Kg8
0:08	1/10	0.04	1554257		1...h4 2.Bg2 Kf8 3.Rh1 Nxg4+ 4.Nxg4
					Bxg4 5.Rxh4 Bxf5 6.Bf6 Bxg6 7.Bxd8
					Rxd8 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Rxe4
0:22	1/11	0.12	4249370		1...h4 2.Ng2 Kf8 3.Nxh4 Bd1 4.f6
					e3+ 5.Kg3 e2 6.Rf5 Nd3 7.g7+ Kf7
					8.cxd3 Rxd3+ 9.Nf3 Rxc3
0:54	1/12	0.35	10491191	1...h4 2.Ng2 Kf8 3.g5 Bh5 4.Nf4
					e3+ 5.Kg2 e2 6.Re1 Nf3 7.Rxe2 Rxe2+
					8.Nxe2 Nxg5 9.Nf4 Bf3+ 10.Kh2 Nxh3
					11.Kxh3
2:28	2/13	0.38	29059430	1...h4 2.Ng2 Bd1 3.Nf4 Kg8 4.Ne6
					Rxe6 5.fxe6 Nxg6 6.Bf6 Rd6 7.Ke1
					Bxc2 8.e7 Rd1+ 9.Ke2
7:12	3/14	0.74	86134041	1...h4 2.g5 Kf8 3.Bg2 Bxg2 4.Kxg2
					c5 5.bxc5 Rd7 6.Bxe5 Rxe5 7.Kh3
					Rxc5 8.Kxh4 Rc3

jm



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