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Subject: Re: ECM........#28.....RxN.....!?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 01:18:09 05/11/04

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On May 11, 2004 at 01:17:32, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 10, 2004 at 18:03:37, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On May 10, 2004 at 17:02:11, Rob Basham wrote:
>>
>>>ECM......#28
>>>
>>>
>>>[D]r1b2rk1/2q2ppp/2pbp3/p7/4Nn2/3B4/PPPBQ1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>
>>>The move they want here is RxN....!?
>>>
>>>has anyone worked on this one?
>>>I do not see how that is a win....:-)
>>>
>>>Rob
>>
>>After the only line :
>>
>>1. Rxf4 Bxf4 2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. Qg4+ (note a transposition is possible : 1. Nf6+
>>gxf6 2.Rxf4 Bxf4 ...)
>>
>>
>>here's what Chessmaster 9000-SKR and Shredder 8 say :
>>
>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>4:50	1/14	0.10	114267479	3...Kh8 4.Bxf4 f5 5.Qg3 Qb7 6.Bd6
>>					Bd7 7.Rd1 f6 8.Bxf8 Rxf8 9.Bf1
>>					Bc8 10.b3 c5 11.Bc4
>>3:41	1/14	0.37	86451977	3...Bg5 4.Bxg5 f5 5.Qh4 f6 6.Bxf6
>>					Qf7 7.Be5 Ba6 8.c4 Rad8 9.Rd1 Qg6
>>					10.b3 Qg4
>>
>>
>>Analysis by Shredder 8:
>>
>>1. = (0.10): 3...Rh8 4.Fxf4 f5 5.Dg3 Db6 6.Fc7 Db7 7.Fd6 Fd7 8.Fxf8 Txf8 9.Dd6
>>Tg8 10.De5+ Tg7 11.Td1 c5 12.Ff1 Fe8 13.Td8 Dc6 14.Dc3 a4
>>2. ² (0.65): 3...Fg5 4.Fxg5 f5 5.Dh4 f6 6.Fxf6 Df7 7.Fc3 Fa6 8.Fxa6 Txa6 9.Te1
>>c5 10.Te3 Tfa8 11.Tg3+ Rf8 12.Fe5 Df6 13.Dxf6+ Re8
>>
>>In fact this seems not to be winning but 1. Rxf4 (or 1.Nf6+) seems to be the
>>best way to play
>
>This is true, and sometimes that's the point of a position in a test suite --
>not to find the WINNING move, but simply to find the BEST move.

Yes, 90-95% of solutions for test suites are winning (often only winning) moves,
but sometimes there are drawing, saving and "not losing" moves.

>
>Also, it looks like you have modified your SKR setting, and are using a
>selective search value of at least 13. SKR is supposed to use a value of 12.
>
>jm

Yes, sorry to not mention this, I always like big selective search, my SKR is
modified with ss=16.

Do you know if Johan plan to rise the possible value for the ss ?
Or do you have results of a modified CM with ss>16 (24,32) ? is it a lot counter
productive ?

Thanks,
Vincent Lejeune.




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