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Subject: Re: Good test position

Author: Matthew White

Date: 19:30:00 07/25/03

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On July 25, 2003 at 10:47:51, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On July 24, 2003 at 16:42:31, Matthew White wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure if this one has been posted before, but even if it has, it's worth
>>repeating. Position is from Timman - Kasparov (Linares 1992)
>>
>>[D]r1b2rk1/2pq2bp/2Np1np1/3Pp1P1/1P2pn2/2N1BP2/1KBQ3P/3R3R b - -
>>
>>Black to move.
>>
>>N6h5 Bxe4 cements White's light-squared control.
>>Instead, Kasparov uncorked 21...N6xd5!! 22. Nxd5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 exd2 24. Nce7+
>>Kh8 25. Nxc8 e4+
>
>Seems to be an easy position for chess programs.  Gothmog finds the right move
>at the third iteration after 0.05 seconds:
>
> 1       0.56     0.00         42 e4f3 e3f4 e5f4 g5f6 g7f6
> 2       0.56     0.00        541 e4f3 e3f4 e5f4 g5f6 g7f6
> 3       0.38     0.03       1799 e4f3 g5f6 g7f6 h1f1
> 3       0.45     0.05       2551 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4 e5f4 b2c1
> 4       0.45     0.09       7692 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4 e5f4 b2c1
> 5    >  0.95     0.23      30193 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4
> 5       0.95     0.27      35365 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4
> 6       0.95     0.68     102615 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4 e5f4 b2c1
>                                  a8a1 c2b1
> 7       0.95     2.38     381571 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6e7 g8h8 e3f4 e5f4 b2c1
>                                  a8a1 c2b1
> 8       0.86     8.30    1343930 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6a5 c8a6 e3f4 e5f4 d5f6
>                                  g7f6 g5f6 d7e6 c2b3
> 9       0.91    28.62    4486167 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6a5 f4e6 b2c1 c8a6 a5c6
>                                  a6e2 c6e7 g8h8
>10       0.91    83.71   13873324 f6d5 c3d5 e4f3 c6a5 c8a6 e3f4 e5f4 d5f6
>                                  g7f6 g5f6 d7d8 b2b1 d8f6 d2d5 g8h8 d5f3
>
>Tord

Keep running it for a while. Some of them play the sac early on, then change
their minds. It's actually very difficult to find for the commercial engines
that I tested it on...

Matt



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