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Subject: Re: How long before your program sees that Nd5+ is not really the best?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:21:25 04/23/04

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On April 23, 2004 at 13:55:31, John Merlino wrote:

>On April 23, 2004 at 04:27:28, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>[D]r1bq1r2/ppppkpQp/2n2N2/2b5/4P3/1P3N2/PBP3PP/R3KB1n w Q - bm Nxh7;
>>
>
>CM_SKR on an AMD 2500+ doesn't consider Nd5+ until 0:16, and gives it up at 1:05
>for Bc4. The score is very convincing. Are you sure Nxh7 is best?
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	0.12	4898		1.Nxh7 Ke8 2.Nf6+ Ke7 3.O-O-O
>0:00	1/4	0.00	11221		1.Nxh7 Ke8 2.Nf6+ Ke7 3.Nd5+ Ke8
>					4.Nf6+
>0:00	1/5	0.00	28107		1.Nxh7 Ke8 2.Nf6+ Ke7 3.Nd5+ Ke8
>					4.Nf6+
>0:00	1/5	0.24	89625		1.Qg5 Bf2+ 2.Ke2 d6 3.Nxh7+ Ke8
>					4.Nf6+ Ke7 5.Ng4+ Ke8 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
>					7.Nxf2
>0:01	1/6	0.34	293024		1.Qg5 Bb4+ 2.c3 h6 3.Nd5+ Ke8 4.Qxd8+
>					Kxd8 5.cxb4 d6
>0:02	1/7	0.78	570823		1.Qg5 Bb4+ 2.c3 h6 3.Nd5+ Ke8 4.Qxd8+
>					Kxd8 5.cxb4 d6 6.Bf6+ Kd7
>0:05	1/8	0.74	1548540		1.Qg5 Bb4+ 2.Ke2 h6 3.Qxh6 d5 4.exd5
>					Qd6 5.Qe3+ Be6 6.dxe6 fxe6
>0:13	1/8	0.78	3691601		1.Bc4 b5 2.Bxb5 Rb8 3.Nh5 Ke8 4.Bxc6
>					Bf2+ 5.Ke2 Ba6+ 6.c4 dxc6 7.Rxh1
>0:15	1/8	0.95	4233258		1.Nxh7 Ke8 2.Nf6+ Ke7 3.Qg5 Bf2+
>					4.Kd2 d6 5.Bd3 Ng3 6.hxg3
>0:16	1/8	0.99	4429719		1.Nd5+ Ke8 2.Bf6 Ne7 3.Bxe7 Bxe7
>					4.Qe5 Rg8 5.Nxc7+ Kf8 6.Nxa8 Bb4+
>					7.c3 d6
>0:20	1/9	0.74	5753060		1.Nd5+ Ke8 2.Bf6 Ne7 3.Bxe7 Bxe7
>					4.Qe5 Rg8 5.Nxc7+ Kf8 6.Nxa8 d6
>					7.Qc3 Bf6
>1:05	1/9	1.89	17486229	1.Bc4 Nf2 2.Qg5 d5 3.Nxd5+ Ke8
>					4.Nf6+ Qxf6 5.Qxf6 Nxe4 6.Qf4
>2:37	1/10	2.45	43321969	1.Bc4 Nf2 2.Qg5 d5 3.Nxd5+ Ke8
>					4.Nf6+ Qxf6 5.Qxf6 Nxe4 6.Qf4 Bb4+
>					7.Kf1
>9:40	1/11	3.52	157608058	1.Bc4 Nf2 2.Ng5 d5 3.Nxd5+ Kd6
>					4.Nxf7+ Rxf7 5.Qxf7 Nxe4 6.O-O-O
>					Nd4 7.Bxd4 Qg5+ 8.Be3 Bxe3+ 9.Nxe3+
>					Kc6

It looks like Bc4 also wins.  Both Nxc7 and Bc4 go up a piece.



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