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Subject: Re: A Very Good Test Position For Dedicated Units

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 14:20:34 06/30/04

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On June 30, 2004 at 16:53:50, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>On June 30, 2004 at 08:56:28, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>2r4k/ppqbpp1p/3p1npQ/3R4/2r1P1P1/2N2P2/PPP1N3/1K5R w
>>
>>
>>I tested this position with the Mach III Master back in 1989, it took about
>>1hr.09min. to find Rf5!! with the double threat of Rxf6! and Nd5!
>>
>>Daniel
>
>Woops -- I take that back. Hit it on the 11th ply though possibly not
>for the right reason but unknown without the PV. Took about 4 hours 40
>minutes. This box is about 3-4x slower than the P4 models out now so I'd
>expect about 1 hour for the solution. That's a big difference from the
>tiny cpu's Dan and Kathe Spracklen were running. I wouldn't expect
>this problem to be much of an issue for today's crop of PC programs,
>certainly nothing like even an hour.  Probably just a few minutes.
>Wish there were other takers for this challenge. This is getting boring.

Doesn't seem too difficult for Yace. 7 s on P4 2.53 Ghz. I guess others will
solve it in a second.

   1180559   1.464   0.14  7.  1.Rd2 Bc6 2.g5 Nh5 3.Nf4 Qb6 4.Ncd5 Bxd5 5.Nxd5
                               {-80}
   1809014   2.380   0.21  8t  1.Rd2 Be6 2.Nd4 Rxc3 3.Nxe6 fxe6 4.bxc3 Qxc3
                               5.Rdh2 Kg8 {0}
   2838085   3.857   0.22  8t+ 1.Rd3 Rc5 2.g5 Nh5 3.Nf4 Bb5 4.Re3 Qb6 5.Nxh5
                               gxh5 6.Rxh5 Rxg5 {-90}
   3191244   4.427   0.54  8++ 1.Rd3 Rc5 2.g5 Nh5 3.Nf4 Rxg5 4.Qxg5 Kg8 {330}
   3812415   5.386   0.61  8t  1.Rd3 Be6 2.Nf4 Qb6 3.Ka1 Kg8 4.g5 Rxc3 {-430}
   5280783   7.363   0.62  8t+ 1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Rxe4 3.Nxf6 Qxc2+ 4.Ka1 Qxb2+
                               5.Kxb2 Rxe2+ 6.Ka3 b5
   5599709   7.928   1.54  8++ 1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Rxe4 3.Nxf6 Qd8 4.fxe4 Rxc2
                               5.gxf5 Rxe2H {100}
   6110355   8.747   1.81  8t  1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Rf4 g5 4.Rf5 Bxf5 5.gxf5
                               {100}
   6186273   8.831   1.81  8.  1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Rf4 g5 4.Rf5 Bxf5 5.gxf5
                               {100}
   6760234   9.651   2.21  9++ 1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Nd5 g5 4.Nxe7 Rc3 {330}
   7574823  10.937   2.98  9t  1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Kg8 3.Nxc7 R4xc7 4.gxf5 Rxc2
                               5.Nc3 Rf2 6.fxg6H {421}
   9105020  12.599   2.98  9.  1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Kg8 3.Nxc7 R4xc7 4.gxf5 Rxc2
                               5.Nc3 Rf2 6.fxg6 {421}
  11486447  16.018   3.20 10t  1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Kg8 3.Nxc7 Bxe4 4.fxe4 R8xc7
                               5.g5 Nh5 6.Nc3 e5 {341}
  22498315  29.773   3.20 10.  1.Rf5 Bxf5 2.Nd5 Kg8 3.Nxc7 Bxe4 4.fxe4 R8xc7
                               5.g5 Nh5 6.Nc3 e5 {341}
  33185157  44.380   3.27 11t  1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Nd5H Re8H 4.Rxd6H Bb5H
                               5.Nd4H Qg7H 6.Qxg7+H Kxg7H {HT} {330}
  61378370  1:19.4   3.27 11.  1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Nd5 Re8 4.Rxd6 Bb5 5.Nd4
                               Qg7 6.Qxg7+ Kxg7 {HT} {330}
  96955400  2:10.4   3.29 12t  1.Rf5 Qd8 2.Rxf6 Qg8 3.Nd5 Re8 4.Rxd6 Bb5 5.Nd4
                               Qg7 6.Nxb5 exd6 7.Nxa7 {260}

Regards,
Dieter





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