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Subject: Re: position, trapped rook

Author: Bryan Hofmann

Date: 06:27:58 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 06:12:24, Stan Arts wrote:

>Yesterday, in the evening took my tabletop chesscomputer outside for a quick
>game.
>
>This position came on the board.
>
>[D]r4rk1/1Rp3pp/2pq4/p2p1p2/Q1nP4/2P1P3/P4PPP/2B2RK1 w - a6 0 18
>
>Here, it's easy as a human to see I can trap the rook with the knight, and then
>win the quality with my queen if white doesn't move it away first. Is there any
>program that can see that fast as well? Probably by evaluation, (For instance
>something like almost no mobility left and surrounded/paths stopped by opponent
>pieces fairly close by) because by calculation it's very deep and takes a long
>time.
>
>Neurosis does not have such code (yet) and needs depth 12 to see the rook will
>be in trouble after playing Rd1, and then finds Qb3 that probably delays the
>trouble till depth 13 or 14. The other program's I tried, seem to have the same
>trouble and need similair depths.
>
>Neurosis's output. (One hour on my slow PIII-550 48mb hash, speculative 1)
>
>Legal moves: 32   Static score: 47
>Ply Score Time     Nodes      Best move and expected line
>------------------------------------------------------------
>2   47    0        933        Qb3 c5
>3   48    0        1519       Qb3 c5 Bb2
>4   44    6        4309       Qb3 a4 Qc2 c5
>4   48    17       7369       Qc2 c5 Bb2 Nxb2
>5   39    39       20530      Qc2 Ra8-e8 Rd1 c5 Bb2
>6   32    121      70311      Qc2 c5 Bd2 cxd4 cxd4 c5
>7   23    429      240785     Qc2 c5 Re1 Qc6 Rb3 cxd4 cxd4
>7   24    511      291178     Qb3 < + > c5 Qb5 Rf6
>7   30    561      320674     Qb3 c5 Qb5 c6 Qxc5 Qxc5 dxc5
>8   17    1324     786007     Qb3 Ra6 Qc2 Rb6 Ra7 c5 Bd2 Rb2 Ra1
>8   18    1401     836391     Qc2 < + > c5 Re1 Qc6 Rb3 cxd4 cxd4
>8   18    1555     918079     Qc2 c5 Re1 Qc6 Bb2 Nd2 g4 Ra8-d8
>8   19    2236     1328063    Rd1 < + > Ra8-b8 Qb3 Rxb7 Qxb7 Rf7
>8   20    2340     1389702    Rd1 Ra8-b8 Qb3 a4 Qb1 Rxb7 Qxb7 Re8
>9   21    5663     3310854    Rd1 Ra8-b8 Rb3 Nb6 Qxa5 Nc4 Qc5 Qxc5 dxc5
>10  21    17780    10881418   Rd1 Ra8-b8 Qb3 Rxb7 Qxb7 Rd8 Bb2 c5 Rb1 Nxb2
>11  21    52542    33090279   Rd1 Ra8-b8 Qb3 Rxb7 Qxb7 Rd8 Qb1 Qd7 Qb3 c5 dxc5
>Bb2
>12  -31   163612   100323049  Rd1 < - > Nb6 Qb3 Rf7 Qa3 Qd8 Qc5 Rf6 Rxc7 Qxc7
>Qxb6 Qxb6
>12  -31   171181   104500716  Rd1 Nb6 Rxb6 cxb6 Ba3 c5 dxc5 bxc5 c4 Qb6 cxd5
>Ra8-d8
>12  -30   210222   125003013  Qb3 < + > Ra6 Qc2 Rb6 Ra7 c5 dxc5 Qxc5 f3 Qd3
>12  5     322072   194423290  Qb3 c5 Rd1 a4 Qb1 cxd4 cxd4 Na5 Rb5 c6 Qb4 Qxb4
>Total nodes:217936078 n/sec:60600  (Q-nodes:38% max depth:31)
>
>Greetings Stan
>
>[Date "2004.06.08"]
>[White "Saitek turbo advanced trainer mode d6 - 45 minutes game"]
>[Black "Me"]
>
>1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Ne4
>8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 Nd6 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxc6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6
>bxc6 14. O-O Nc4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rb1 f5 17. Rb7 a5 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Bb2 c5
>20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. c4 Qc6 22. Qc3 Rf7 23. Rxb6 cxb6 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. a3 Rf6
>26. Rc1 Rg6 27. g3 Rf8 28. h3 Qd6 29. Kf1
>(my time was running out, and was time for coffee)



Tao is able to see some what quickly that the rook is in trouble;

Tao57 Beta
 1   00:00 -0.21   Rb3
 1   00:00  0.27   Bb2 Nxb2 Rxb2
 1   00:00  0.29   Qd1
 2   00:00 -0.03   Qd1 c5 dxc5 Qxc5
 2+  00:00 -0.03   Bb2
 2   00:00  0.07   Bb2 c5
 3   00:00 -0.08   Bb2 Nxb2 Rxb2 c5 dxc5 Qxc5
 3+  00:00 -0.08   Qc2
 3   00:00  0.06   Qc2 c5 Bb2 Nxb2 Qxb2
 4   00:00  0.02   Qc2 Rae8 Bb2 c5 dxc5 Qxc5
 4+  00:00  0.02   Bb2
 4   00:00  0.06   Bb2 c5 Rb1 Rab8 dxc5 Qxc5
 5   00:00  0.05   Bb2 Rab8 Rxb8 Rxb8
 6   00:00 -0.32   Bb2 Rab8 Rxb8 Rxb8 Bc1 c5 Ba3
 6+  00:00 -0.32   Rb3
 6   00:00  0.00   Rb3 c5 Ba3 Nxa3 Qxa3 a4 Rb7
 6+  00:00  0.00   Qc2
 6   00:00  0.03   Qc2 Ra6 Bd2 Rb6 Rb1 Rxb1+ Rxb1 c5 dxc5 Qxc5
 7   00:00 -0.15   Qc2 Ra6 Rb3 c5 Bd2 Nxd2 Qxd2 Rb6 dxc5 Qxc5
 7+  00:00 -0.15   Rb3
 7   00:00 -0.01   Rb3 Rab8 Ba3 Nxa3 Qxa3 Qxa3 Rxa3
 8   00:01  0.00   Rb3 Nb6 Qa3 Nc4 Qa4
 9   00:01  0.00   Rb3 Nb6 Qa3 Nc4 Qa4
10   00:04 -0.09   Rb3 Rfe8 Rb7 Rab8 Qb3 Qf8 a4 c5 Bb2 Rxb7 Qxb7 Nxb2 Qxb2
10+  00:05 -0.09   Rd1
10   00:07  0.00   Rd1 Rfb8 Qb3 Rxb7 Qxb7 Rd8 a4 c5 dxc5 Qxc5 Bb2 Nxb2 Qxb2
11   00:11 -0.42   Rd1 Nb6 Qb3 Qd8 Ba3 Re8 Rb1 Qc8 Rxb6 cxb6 Qxb6
11+  00:11 -0.42   Rb3
11   00:13 -0.11   Rb3 Rfe8 Rb7 Rab8 Rb3 c5 Ba3 Nxa3 Qxa3 Rxb3 axb3
12   00:33 -0.06   Rb3 Rfe8 Rb7 Reb8 Rb3 Rb6 Ba3 Nxa3 Qxa3 Qxa3 Rxa3 Rb2 Kh1
13   01:11 -0.06   Rb3 Rfe8 Rb7 Reb8 Rb3 Nb6 Qa3 Kf7 Kh1 Nc4 Qa4 c5 Ba3 Nxa3
Qxa3




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