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Subject: Re: Slate's Challenge of the Day

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:01:00 10/08/03

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On October 08, 2003 at 16:25:30, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 08, 2003 at 15:53:12, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On October 08, 2003 at 15:13:03, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>
>>>On October 07, 2003 at 18:48:30, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>r2br1k1/1b1n2p1/p2pp1Pp/qp6/3BPP2/P1N5/1PPQ4/1K1R1B1R w - -
>>>>
>>>>This game can be over in ~10 moves.
>>>>
>>>>Can you find Bxg7?
>>>
>>>Dann already posted another experiment with Yace. I had it run over night, too.
>>>Just in the initial position. Not fast, but here is what I got:
>>>
>>> 926327176 7:59:22   2.75 15.  1.Bxg7 Kxg7 2.Bxb5 axb5 3.Rxh6 Nf6 4.Qh2 Rg8
>>>                               5.Rh7+ Kf8 6.Rxb7 Rxg6 7.f5 Qa6 8.fxg6 Qxb7
>>>                               9.Qh8+ Ng8 10.Rf1+ {HT} {-190}
>>
>>Just an interesting comparison between you and Dann.  He found:
>>
>>1. Bxd7 Kxg7 2. Bxb5 axb5 3. Rxh6 Nf6 4. Qh2 Rg8 5. Rh7+ Kf8 6. Rf7+ Ke8 7. e5
>>dxe5 8. fxe5 Rxg6 9. exf6 with a score of +7.96.
>
>It seems that dieter did not prove that score and the score is the score of the
>final position after a game of yace against itself.
>
>It is possible that if you try to prove it you get better moves for black.
>
>After 7...dxe5 I get  even more than +9 for white but black has alternatives
>like 7...Rxg6 +5.98/11 for white and the score may fail low later but I guess
>that there are alternatives in earlier moves.

I think that it is never more than an educated guess unless you can formally
prove a checkmate with a mate solver.



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