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Subject: Re: Windmill tactical Positions are too easy for chess programs

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:07:04 05/10/04

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On May 09, 2004 at 12:34:28, Bryan Hofmann wrote:

>
>>                 HERE IS ANOTHER WINDMILL TACTICAL POSITION
>>
>>Here is a simply example, in which White is heavily behind on material, but sees
>>a chance to set up a windmill, and invests his Queen!
>>
>>
>>New game,
>>[D]3n3r/2p3k1/1pbbpRpp/6r1/3P4/2PBQ2P/q5P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1

CM_SKR on an AMD 2500+ finds this no tougher than the original problem, seeing a
win in less than one second:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-4.51	1990		1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Be4 4.Bxe4+ Kg8 5.Rg6+ Kh7 6.Rxg5+
					Kh6
0:00	1/4	0.00	9281		1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Be4 4.Bxe4+ Kg8 5.Rg6+ Kh7 6.Rgf6+
					Kg8 7.Rg6+
0:00	1/5	0.37	20595		1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Be4 4.Bxe4+ Kg8 5.Rg6+ Kh7 6.Rxd6+
					Kg7 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Rxg5+ Kh6
0:00	1/6	9.96	95966		1.Qxg5 Bh2+ 2.Kxh2 hxg5 3.Rxg6+
					Kh7 4.Rxe6+ Kg8 5.Rg6+ Kh7 6.Rxc6+
					Kg8 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Ra6+ Kg7 11.Rxa2 Ne6
0:00	1/7	9.97	188673		1.Qxg5 Bh2+ 2.Kxh2 hxg5 3.Rxg6+
					Kh7 4.Rxe6+ Be4 5.Bxe4+ Kg8 6.Rg6+
					Kh7 7.Rxb6+ Kg8 8.Rg6+ Kh7 9.Ra6+
					Kg7 10.Rxa2 Re8 11.Bd5
0:01	1/8	9.97	455440		1.Qxg5 Bh2+ 2.Kxh2 hxg5 3.Rxg6+
					Kh7 4.Rxe6+ Be4 5.Bxe4+ Kg8 6.Rg6+
					Kh7 7.Rxb6+ Kg8 8.Rg6+ Kh7 9.Ra6+
					Kg7 10.Rxa2 Re8 11.Bd5
0:03	1/9	10.01	1238377		1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Kg8 4.Rg6+ Kh7 5.Rxd6+ Be4 6.Bxe4+
					Kg7 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Ra6+ Kg7 11.Rxa2 Re8 12.Bd5
0:07	1/10	10.03	3161132		1.Qxg5 Bh2+ 2.Kxh2 hxg5 3.Rxg6+
					Kh7 4.Rxe6+ Be4 5.Bxe4+ Kg8 6.Rg6+
					Kh7 7.Rxb6+ Kg8 8.Rg6+ Kh7 9.Ra6+
					Kg7 10.Rxa2 Re8 11.Bd5 Re3 12.Ra8
0:19	1/11	10.10	7756956		1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Kg8 4.Rg6+ Kh7 5.Rxd6+ Be4 6.Bxe4+
					Kg7 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Ra6+ Kg7 11.Rxa2 Re8 12.Bd5
					Re3 13.c4
0:28	1/12	10.27	11713339	1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Kg8 4.Rg6+ Kh7 5.Rxd6+ Be4 6.Bxe4+
					Kg7 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Ra6+ Kg7 11.Rxa2 Re8 12.Bd5
					Re3 13.c4 Ne6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6
1:12	1/13	10.27	30119807	1.Qxg5 hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rxe6+
					Kg8 4.Rg6+ Kh7 5.Rxd6+ Be4 6.Bxe4+
					Kg7 7.Rg6+ Kh7 8.Rxb6+ Kg8 9.Rg6+
					Kh7 10.Ra6+ Kg7 11.Rxa2 Re8 12.Bd5
					Re3 13.c4 Ne6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6

jm



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