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Subject: MCP8 ANALYSIS OF CAPABLANCA'S SACRIFICE

Author: Thom Perry

Date: 06:06:23 12/15/98

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MCP8 will not play 12. Bxh7+ because initially the program believes that black
is about a point ahead after the bishop sacrifice.  Following is the analysis
which I ran twice to see whether MCP8 would deviate the second time around with
the learning enabled:


M-Chess Pro 8.0, P200-S, 96MEG EDO, Tyan Tomcat motherboard
3min./move, learning enabled

     White  Black  Depth  Score  Analysis
     ------------------------------------

  12. ....   Kxh7    8) - 0.53   Kg8xh7  Nf3-g5+ Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5
                                 Qg4-g3  f5-f4   Qg3-g4  e6-e5   Ng5-e6+
                                 Kg6-f6
      1:57:00     1:58:21
  13. Ng5+           7) - 0.52   Nf3-g5+ Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3
                                 f5-f4   Qg3-g4  e6-e5   Ng5-e6+ Kg6-f6
  13. ....   Kg6     8) - 0.69   Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4
                                 e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
      1:55:44     1:54:57
  14. Qg4            7) - 0.35   Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4
                                 Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
  14. ....   f5      8) - 0.00   f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5
                                 Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:52:03     1:51:50
  15. Qg3            8) - 0.00   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
                                 Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  15. ....   f4      7) - 0.00   f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6
                                 Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:48:49     1:49:44
  16. exf4           7) - 0.00   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3
                                 Nh6-f5
  16. ....   Nf5     7) - 0.00   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:46:36     1:46:48
  17. Qg4            8) - 0.00   Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  17. ....   Nh6     7) - 0.00   Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:43:21     1:39:26
  18. Qg3            8) + 0.00   Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  18. ....   Nf5     8) - 0.00   Nh6-f5  Qg3-g4
      1:41:02     1:37:06
  19. Qg4            9) + 0.00   Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6
  19. ....   Nh6     9) - 0.00   Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3
      1:37:25     1:34:00
  20. Qg3            9) + 0.00   Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  20. ....   Nf5     9) + 0.00   Nh6-f5
      1:33:02     1:31:00

  Game was drawn by 3rd repetition!  Let's try again to see whether MCP8
  has learned anything from the first iteration.

     White  Black  Depth  Score  Analysis
     ------------------------------------

  12. ....   Kxh7    8) - 0.53   Kg8xh7  Nf3-g5+ Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5
                                 Qg4-g3  f5-f4   Qg3-g4  e6-e5   Ng5-e6+
                                 Kg6-f6
      2:00:00     1:58:21
  13. Ng5+           7) - 0.52   Nf3-g5+ Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3
                                 f5-f4   Qg3-g4  e6-e5   Ng5-e6+ Kg6-f6
  13. ....   Kg6     8) - 0.69   Kh7-g6  Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4
                                 e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
      1:58:44     1:55:14
  14. Qg4            7) - 0.35   Qd1-g4  f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4
                                 Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
  14. ....   f5      8) - 0.00   f7-f5   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5
                                 Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:55:03     1:52:07
  15. Qg3            8) - 0.00   Qg4-g3  f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4
                                 Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  15. ....   f4      7) - 0.00   f5-f4   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6
                                 Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:51:48     1:50:00
  16. exf4           7) - 0.00   e3xf4   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3
                                 Nh6-f5
  16. ....   Nf5     7) - 0.00   Ne7-f5  Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:49:36     1:47:05
  17. Qg4            8) - 0.00   Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  17. ....   Nh6     7) - 0.00   Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
      1:46:21     1:39:44
  18. Qg3            8) + 0.00   Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  18. ....   Nf5     8) - 0.00   Nh6-f5  Qg3-g4
      1:44:02     1:37:25
  19. Qg4            9) + 0.00   Qg3-g4  Nf5-h6
  19. ....   Nh6     9) - 0.00   Nf5-h6  Qg4-g3
      1:40:25     1:34:19
  20. Qg3            9) + 0.00   Qg4-g3  Nh6-f5
  20. ....   Nf5     9) + 0.00   Nh6-f5
      1:36:02     1:31:18

Same result.





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