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Subject: Re: Test Position ... more... addenum...

Author: Dan Ellwein

Date: 06:28:37 04/27/04

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On April 27, 2004 at 08:09:24, Dan Ellwein wrote:

>On April 27, 2004 at 01:53:35, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On April 26, 2004 at 21:48:57, Dan Ellwein wrote:
>>
>>>On April 25, 2004 at 18:22:46, Johan de Koning wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 24, 2004 at 18:21:31, Johan de Koning wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 24, 2004 at 15:28:13, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 23, 2004 at 20:05:51, Johan de Koning wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 23, 2004 at 16:52:42, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This position is from The King v Diep in the recent ICT4.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>[D]r3k2r/pp1bppbp/2n3p1/8/8/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/2RK3R w kq - 0 13
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The Chessmaster 9000 database has two games with this position, played by top
>>>>>>>>GMs (Andersson v Leko in 1996 and Smirin v Alterman in 1998). In both cases,
>>>>>>>>White played f4 and won.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The King, however, chose Kc2 and is soon forced over to a3.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Actually I cheered when TK switched to Kc2 at the last minute (make that
>>>>>>>the last second :-). Both a3 and a1/b1 look better then e1, superficially.
>>>>>>>Little did I know what lied ahead though. :-(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>... Johan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Did TK switch from f4 or Ke1?
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't recall seeing f4 in any of the PVs.
>>>>>(Will correct tomorrow, if needed.)
>>>>
>>>>So much for my memory.
>>>>It switched from f4 to Kc2.
>>>>In 3-best mode it lists Kc3, f4, and h4 within a few cents.
>>>>(on slower hardware)
>>>>252.33  45M289 03/12 +0.07 Kc2,Bf5+ Kb3,0-0 Rhd1,Rfd8 Rxd8+,Rxd8 Bxc6,bxc6 ...
>>>>305.83  54M957 03/12 -0.01 f4,Rc8 Kd2,0-0 Rhd1,Bf5 Ke1,e5 fxe5,Bxe5 Kf2,Rfe8
>>>>383.66  68M885 03/12 +0.03 h4,Rd8 Ke1,h5 Kf1,0-0 Kg1,Be6 Kh2,Rfe8 Rhe1,Rd7
>>>>
>>>>... Johan
>>>
>>>Hi Johan
>>>
>>>just for the record CM9_OffSet likes Kc2 in this position...
>>>
>>>P3/850
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>----	----	----	----		----
>>>0:00	1/3	0.48	4930		1.Nb5 Rd8 2.Nc7+ Kf8
>>>0:00	1/3	0.49	5409		1.f4 O-O 2.Rf1 Rfc8
>>>0:00	1/4	0.49	8181		1.f4 O-O 2.Rf1 Rfc8
>>>0:00	1/4	0.55	17208		1.Nd5 Rd8 2.b3 Kf8
>>>0:00	1/5	0.29	36913		1.Nd5 Rd8 2.Kc2 Bf5+ 3.Kb3 Nd4+
>>>					4.Bxd4 Bxd4
>>>0:00	1/5	0.53	47262		1.Nb5 Rd8 2.Kc2 O-O 3.Nxa7 Bf5+
>>>					4.Kb3
>>>0:01	1/6	0.68	90706		1.Nb5 Rd8 2.Ke1 a5 3.f4 Bxb2
>>>0:02	1/7	0.29	219503		1.Nb5 O-O 2.Nxa7 Nxa7 3.Bxb7 Rad8
>>>					4.Ke1 Bxb2
>>>0:03	1/7	0.42	329111		1.Nd5 Rd8 2.Bd2 Kf8 3.Bc3 Nd4 4.Bb4
>>>					Nf5
>>>0:07	1/7	0.60	632608		1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Be4 Bxe4+ 3.Nxe4 f5
>>>					4.Nc5 O-O-O 5.Kb1 e5
>>>0:10	1/8	0.66	900983		1.Kc2 O-O 2.Kb1 Rfc8 3.Rhd1 Bf5+
>>>					4.Be4 Bg4 5.f4 e6
>>>0:22	1/8	0.70	1997546		1.Na4 Bf5 2.Ke1 Rc8 3.b3 Bd7 4.Nc5
>>>					Bb2 5.Rd1
>>>0:30	1/9	0.68	2770742		1.Na4 Bf5 2.Rg1 Rc8 3.Bxc6+ bxc6
>>>					4.Ke1 Rc7 5.g4 Be6
>>>0:38	1/9	0.82	3570621		1.Kc2 O-O 2.Rhd1 Bf5+ 3.Be4 Bg4
>>>					4.Kb1 Rfc8 5.f3 Be6 6.Nd5
>>>0:51	1/10	0.78	4873139		1.Kc2 O-O 2.Rhd1 Bf5+ 3.Be4 Bh3
>>>					4.Kb1 Rfc8 5.f4 Be6 6.Nb5
>>>2:16	1/11	0.87	12968586	1.Kc2 O-O-O 2.Kb1 Kb8 3.Rhd1 Rhe8
>>>					4.f4 Nb4 5.Ne4 Be6 6.Rxd8+ Rxd8
>>>5:07	1/12	0.95	29377143	1.Kc2 O-O 2.Rhd1 Be6 3.Kb1 Rfc8
>>>					4.Nd5 Bf5+ 5.Ka1 Kf8 6.Nf4 Kg8
>>>					7.Bxc6 bxc6
>>>13:41	2/13	1.04	78101462	1.Kc2 O-O 2.Rhd1 Bg4 3.Kb1 Rfc8
>>>					4.Bc5 Kf8 5.f4 Bf5+ 6.Be4 b6 7.Bxf5
>>>					gxf5 8.Be3 e6
>>>best regards,
>>>
>>>Dan
>>
>>An eval of >1.0 shows how very odd this personality is. It might be useful for
>>finding sacrifices, but for general analysis I wouldn't trust it at all. The
>>final PV doesn't even show Diep's obvious follow-up of 1...Bf5+.
>>
>>jm
>
>yes John agree...
>
>this personality shines best in positions rich in tactics...
>
>thanks for replying
>
>Dan

okay John

just out of curiosity I changed 2 parameters:

Attack/Defense=0 (instead of-40)

Material/Positional=15 (instead of 0)

and here's the output...

P3/850

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.43	3670		1.f4 O-O-O 2.Ke1 Be6 3.Bxc6 bxc6
					4.Bxa7
0:00	1/4	0.45	7321		1.f4 O-O-O 2.Ke1 Kb8
0:00	1/5	0.30	21264		1.f4 O-O-O 2.Ke1 Kb8 3.Bc5
0:00	1/5	0.31	55634		1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Kb3 Be6+ 3.Ka3 O-O
					4.Rhd1 Rac8
0:01	1/6	0.31	100542		1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Kb3 Rc8 3.Ka3 O-O
					4.Rhd1 Be6
0:01	1/6	0.35	120785		1.f4 Be6 2.Ke1 O-O 3.Kf2 Rac8 4.Rhd1

0:03	1/7	0.35	273944		1.f4 Be6 2.Ke1 O-O 3.Kf2 Rac8 4.Rhd1

0:07	1/8	0.38	641179		1.f4 O-O 2.Ke1 Rfd8 3.Kf2 Be6 4.Rhd1
					Bxc3 5.bxc3 Bxa2
0:19	1/9	0.30	1631776		1.f4 O-O 2.Ke1 Rfd8 3.Kf2 Be6 4.Rhd1
					Rxd1 5.Rxd1 Rc8
0:25	1/9	0.36	2204417		1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Ne4 O-O-O 3.Kb1 Bd4
					4.Rhf1 Kb8 5.Bf4+ Be5 6.Bxe5+ Nxe5
					7.Rfd1 Rxd1 8.Rxd1
1:01	1/10	0.36	5498413		1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Kb3 O-O 3.Rhd1 h6
					4.Nd5 e6 5.Nc7 Rac8 6.Bxc6 bxc6
					7.Rxc6
2:45	1/11	0.37	15134721	1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Kb3 O-O 3.Rhd1 Rfd8
					4.Ka3 e6 5.Rxd8+ Rxd8 6.Bxc6 bxc6
					7.Bxa7 Bf8+ 8.Kb3 e5
5:37	1/12	0.28	31729258	1.Kc2 Bf5+ 2.Kb3 O-O 3.Rhd1 Rfd8
					4.Nd5 Bg4 5.f3 Be6 6.f4 Bg4 7.Rc2
					Bf5
13:12	1/12	0.31	72228683	1.h4 h5 2.Kc2 Bf5+ 3.Kb3 O-O 4.Rhd1
					Rac8 5.Ka3 Rfe8 6.b3 Red8 7.Rxd8+
					Rxd8

here Bf5+ is considered and the pv seems more reasonable...

best regards,

Dan




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