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Subject: Re: start your engines ...

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 16:49:03 12/18/03

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On December 18, 2003 at 19:27:10, Mike Hood wrote:

>On December 17, 2003 at 22:57:40, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>This game was voted 4th best of Chess Informant # 7.
>>
>>[Event "URS-ch36"]
>>[Site "Alma-Ata"]
>>[Date "1968.??.??"]
>>[Round "12"]
>>[White "Tal, Mihail"]
>>[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "B15"]
>>[PlyCount "67"]
>>[EventDate "1968.12.30"]
>>[Source "ChessBase"]
>>
>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 b5 4. a3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
>>Bd3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
>>Nd5 15. Qg4 a5 16. h4 Bxh4 17. g3 Be7 18. Kg2 g6 19. Rh1 Bf8 20. Bg5 Qc7{
>>
>>[d]r3rbk1/2q2p1p/2p1p1p1/pp1nP1B1/6Q1/P2B2P1/1PP2PK1/R6R w - - 0 1
>
>Whoosh! It only takes Fritz 5.32 9 seconds to find Rxh7 on my Pentium III-733.
>Whatever developments there might be, I still keep returning to F5.32 for
>tactical problems. I'm curious to see what would happen if Chessbase added egtb
>probing to the code without changing anything else.
>
>Analysis by Fritz 5.32:
>
>1.Rxh7--
>  -+  (-3.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
>1.Rxh7
>  -+  (-3.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
>1.Bxg6!
>  -+  (-2.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
>1.Rad1!
>  µ  (-1.25)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
>1.Bf6!
>  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
>1.a4!
>  ³  (-0.69)   Depth: 1/8   00:00:00
>1.Rae1!
>  ³  (-0.41)   Depth: 1/8   00:00:00
>1.Rae1 Bg7
>  ³  (-0.59)   Depth: 2/5   00:00:00
>1.Qh4!
>  ³  (-0.56)   Depth: 2/6   00:00:00
>1.Qh4 h6 2.Bxh6 Bxh6 3.Qxh6 Qxe5
>  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
>1.Qh4 h6 2.Bxh6 Bxh6 3.Qxh6 Qxe5
>  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 3/10   00:00:00
>1.Qh4 h5 2.Bf6 Bc5
>  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  2kN
>1.Qh4 h5 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.Qxf6 Rad8
>  ³  (-0.53)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00  10kN
>1.Qh4 h5 2.a4 bxa4 3.c4 Nb4
>  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  38kN
>1.Qh4 h5 2.Rae1 Bg7 3.Bf6 Bxf6 4.exf6 Rad8
>  µ  (-0.75)   Depth: 7/21   00:00:00  202kN
>1.Qe4!
>  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 7/21   00:00:01  313kN
>1.Qe4 Bg7 2.Rae1 h5 3.c3 a4 4.c4
>  µ  (-0.78)   Depth: 8/25   00:00:01  592kN
>1.Qe2!
>  µ  (-0.75)   Depth: 8/29   00:00:03  1706kN
>1.Qe2 Bg7 2.Rae1 b4 3.f4 bxa3 4.bxa3 Rab8 5.Rd1 Nc3
>  µ  (-0.75)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:06  3356kN
>1.Rxh7!
>  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 9/30   00:00:09  5189kN
>1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Rah1 Qxe5 3.c3 b4 4.cxb4 axb4 5.axb4 Reb8
>  =  (0.13)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:13  7970kN
>1.Rxh7!
>  ²  (0.44)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:18  11650kN
>1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.exf6 Bxf6 4.Bxg6 Bg7 5.Bd3 Qe5
>  ²  (0.63)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:21  13550kN
>1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.exf6 Bxf6 4.Bxg6 Bg7 5.Bd3 Qe5
>  ²  (0.38)   Depth: 11/38   00:00:34  22592kN
>1.Rxh7!
>  ²  (0.69)   Depth: 12/36   00:01:06  45584kN

The above analysis is with Fritz 5.32's default settings. By changing the
selectivity parameter to 3, Rxh7 is found in 7 seconds. By changing the
selectivity parameter to 4, Rxh7 is found in 5 seconds!

Analysis by Fritz 5.32:

1.Rxh7--
  -+  (-3.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
1.Rxh7
  -+  (-3.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
1.Bxg6!
  -+  (-2.87)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
1.Rad1!
  µ  (-1.25)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
1.Bf6!
  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1.a4!
  ³  (-0.69)   Depth: 1/8   00:00:00
1.Rae1!
  ³  (-0.41)   Depth: 1/8   00:00:00
1.Rae1 Bg7
  ³  (-0.59)   Depth: 2/5   00:00:00
1.Qh4!
  ³  (-0.56)   Depth: 2/6   00:00:00
1.Qh4 h6 2.Bxh6 Bxh6 3.Qxh6 Qxe5
  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
1.Qh4 h6 2.Bxh6 Bxh6 3.Qxh6 Qxe5
  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 3/10   00:00:00
1.Qh4 h5 2.Bf6 Bc5
  ³  (-0.47)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  2kN
1.Qh4 h5 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.Qxf6 Rad8
  ³  (-0.53)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00  10kN
1.Qh4 h5 2.a4 bxa4 3.c4 Nb4
  µ  (-0.72)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  34kN
1.Qh4 h5 2.Rae1 Bg7 3.Bf6 Bxf6 4.exf6 Rad8
  µ  (-0.75)   Depth: 7/21   00:00:00  191kN
1.Qh4 h5 2.g4 Qxe5 3.gxh5 Be7 4.Bxe7 Rxe7 5.hxg6 fxg6
  µ  (-0.78)   Depth: 8/25   00:00:01  526kN
1.Qh4 h5 2.Rae1 Bg7 3.Bf6 Bxf6 4.exf6 Qd8 5.Be4 Qxf6
  µ  (-0.81)   Depth: 9/24   00:00:03  1607kN
1.Rxh7!
  µ  (-0.78)   Depth: 9/30   00:00:05  3025kN
1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Rah1 Qxe5 3.c3 b4 4.cxb4 axb4 5.axb4 Reb8
  =  (0.13)   Depth: 9/32   00:00:10  6046kN
1.Rxh7!
  ²  (0.44)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:15  9412kN
1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.exf6 Bxf6 4.Bxg6 Bg7 5.Bd3 Qe5
  ²  (0.63)   Depth: 10/32   00:00:20  11737kN
1.Rxh7 Bg7 2.Bf6 Nxf6 3.exf6 Bxf6 4.Bxg6 Bg7 5.Bd3 Qe5
  ²  (0.38)   Depth: 11/32   00:00:26  15949kN
1.Rxh7!
  ²  (0.69)   Depth: 12/36   00:01:27  62716kN




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