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Subject: Re: A challenge to us all from Gary Kasparov himself

Author: Dan Ellwein

Date: 12:37:18 10/09/03

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On October 09, 2003 at 06:26:17, Andreas Stabel wrote:

>On October 09, 2003 at 06:24:57, Andreas Stabel wrote:
>
>>In this article:
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1187
>
>Sorry - it should be:
>[D]1rb2rk1/p1p3pp/2pb4/3p4/3Pp3/4B2q/PPPQBP1P/2KR3R b - - 0 17
>>were are all challenged to find the answer to if 17... Rxf2 is the
>>best move or not.
>>
>>This should be the perfect opportunity for us all to use our pooled
>>knowlegde, computer power and programs to solve this one.
>>
>>Best regards
>>Andreas Stabel

hi Andreas

on a Celeron 1.7 GHz CMOffSet(Mod) gives this output:

I had to increase the Attack setting to -40 in order for CMOffSet to look at
Rxf2...

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves

0:00	1/3	-2.72	1250		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.Rhg1
0:00	1/4	-2.51	3382		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.Qa5 Rb7 4.Rhg1

0:00	1/4	-2.52	3876		1...Bxh2 2.Qa5 a6 3.Kb1
0:00	1/4	-2.62	14846		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Kb1 Bxh2
0:00	1/5	-2.61	18284		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Kb1 Bxh2 4.c4
					dxc4 5.Bxc4+ Kh8
0:00	1/6	-2.66	53599		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Bf1 Qh5 4.Be2
					Bg4
0:01	1/7	-2.53	98874		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Rdg1 Bd7 4.Bf1
					Qf3 5.h4
0:01	1/7	-2.60	171150		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.Qc3 Rb6 4.h3
					Qh5 5.Kb1
0:03	1/8	-2.51	343861		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.Qc3 Qe6 4.Qa5
					c5 5.dxc5 Be5
0:04	1/8	-2.54	471971		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Rdg1 Bd7 4.Bf1
					Qf3 5.h4 Be7
0:10	1/9	-2.33	1126614		1...Bb4 2.c3 Bd6 3.Rdg1 Bd7 4.Bf1
					Qh4 5.h3 Bf4 6.Kb1
0:13	1/9	-2.69	1492556		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h3 Qf3 4.Rdg1
					Bb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.Kb1
0:23	1/10	-2.60	2878767		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h3 Qf3 4.Rdg1
					Rb6 5.Kb1 Ba3 6.b3 Bd6 7.Qc3
0:59	1/11	-2.62	7850778		1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h4 Bb4 4.c3
					Be7 5.Rdg1 Qh5 6.Bh6 Rf7 7.Bg5
					Bxg5 8.Rxg5
2:00	1/12	-2.57	16744745	1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h4 Rf3 4.Kb1
					Rh3 5.Rhg1 Qxh4 6.Qa5 Qh5 7.Qxa7
					Rf8
2:41	1/12	-2.63	23397642	1...Rxf2 2.Bxf2 Qa3 3.c3 Qxa2 4.b4
					Qa1+ 5.Kc2 Qa4+ 6.Kc1 Bxb4 7.cxb4
					Rxb4 8.Qg5 Qa3+ 9.Kd2 Rb2+ 10.Ke1
					Qb4+ 11.Rd2 h6 12.Qf4 Rb1+ 13.Bd1
					Rxd1+ 14.Kxd1 Qb1+ 15.Ke2 Qxh1
7:49	1/13	-2.52	68825618	1...Rxf2 2.Bxf2 Qa3 3.c3 Qxa2 4.b4
					Qa1+ 5.Kc2 Qa4+ 6.Kc1 Bf5 7.Qe3
					a5 8.Kd2 axb4 9.Ra1 Qb3 10.Rhc1
					Qb2+ 11.Ke1 bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3+
					13.Rxc3 Bxh2 14.Rxc6
9:37	1/13	-2.66	83940843	1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h3 Qf3 4.Rdg1
					Bb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.Kb1 Bf4 7.h4 Bxe3
					8.fxe3 Qf2
19:10	2/14	-2.61	166392958	1...Bg4 2.Bxg4 Qxg4 3.h4 Qc8 4.Kb1
					Qb7 5.b3 a5 6.Rdg1 a4 7.Bh6 Rf7
					8.Bxg7 Rxg7 9.Rxg7+ Kxg7 10.Qg5+
					Kf7 11.Qf5+ Ke8 12.Qxh7 axb3 13.cxb3

23:47	2/14	-2.70	211829823	1...Rxf2 2.Bxf2 Qa3 3.c3 Qxa2 4.b4
					Qa1+ 5.Kc2 Qa4+ 6.Kc1 Bf5 7.Qe3
					a5 8.Kd2 axb4 9.Ra1 Qb3 10.Rhc1
					bxc3+ 11.Ke1 c2 12.Qd2

1:05:28	3/15	-2.92	612602056	1...Rxf2 2.Bxf2 Qa3 3.c3 Qxa2 4.b4
					Qa1+ 5.Kc2 Qa4+ 6.Kc1 Bf5 7.Qe3
					Bxb4 8.Kd2 Ba5 9.Rc1 Rb2+ 10.Ke1
					Rc2 11.Rxc2 Qxc2 12.Kf1 Bxc3 13.Rg1

here are the settings for CMOffSet(Mod):

Personality CMOffSet(Mod)

Opening Book NoBook

Base Rating Unknown

Style
Attacker/Defender –25 (Mod –40)
Strength of Play 100
Material/Positional 0
Randomness 0
Max Search Depth 99
Selective Search 12
Contempt for Draw 0.0
Transposition Table 4 MB (Mod 64 MB)
Pondering On
Use Endgame Database On

Positional
Own Control of Center 75
Opposing Control of Center 75
Own Mobility 95
Opposing Mobility 95
Own King Safety 95
Opposing King Safety 95
Own Passed Pawns 105
Opposing Passed Pawns 105
Own Pawn Weakness 85
Opposing Pawn Weakness 85

Material
Own Queen 7.1
Opposing Queen 7.0
Own Rook 4.1
Opposing Rook 4.0
Own Bishop 2.2
Opposing Bishop 2.1
Own Knight 2.1
Opposing Knight 2.0
Own Pawn 1.0
Opposing Pawn 1.0

 - Dan



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