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Subject: Re: A boring position

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 07:17:19 07/22/04

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On July 22, 2004 at 03:40:26, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>[D]1k1r3r/ppp1q1p1/4bp2/2p4p/3nPp2/1PNP1P2/P1PQB1PP/R3R2K b - -
>
>This position occurred in KnightCap-Warp in the Australasian Champs the other
>day.  Warp played the rather dim h4, when g5 seems like a much better option.
>After h4?! h3 black's chances of breaking through on the k-side have vanished.
>
>Do any other engines have this problem, or is it just some Warp specific brian
>damage?

The Baron plays g5 followed by g4 after more than 11 minutes on a Xeon 2.8. But
on the next plies g5 is followed by h4 again:

 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  4( 7)&   0:00.06     11847   +1.41  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 Nc3-a4
  4( 7).   0:00.06     13868   +1.41  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 Nc3-a4
  5( 7)&   0:00.09     20615   +1.43  h5-h4 Re1-g1 h4-h3 g2-g3 f4xg3
  5( 7).   0:00.13     29700   +1.43  h5-h4 Re1-g1 h4-h3 g2-g3 f4xg3
  6(10)&   0:00.34     80046   +1.36  h5-h4 h2-h3 Qe7-d6 Nc3-a4 Rh8-g8 Re1-g1
  6(10).   0:00.38     87717   +1.36  h5-h4 h2-h3 Qe7-d6 Nc3-a4 Rh8-g8 Re1-g1
  7(11)&   0:00.80    192139   +1.48  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 a2-a4 a7-a6 Re1-g1
                                      Rh8-g8
  7(11).   0:00.88    215374   +1.48  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 a2-a4 a7-a6 Re1-g1
                                      Rh8-g8
  8(12)&   0:01.91    459893   +1.39  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 a2-a4 a7-a6 a4-a5
                                      Rh8-g8 Nc3-a4
  8(12).   0:01.92    474205   +1.39  h5-h4 h2-h3 g7-g5 a2-a4 a7-a6 a4-a5
                                      Rh8-g8 Nc3-a4
  9(15)&   0:07.41   2001638   +1.26  h5-h4 Be2-f1 h4-h3 Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 e4xd5
                                      h3xg2 Bf1xg2 Qe7-d6 c2-c3 Nd4-f5
  9(15).   0:08.16   2273267   +1.26  h5-h4 Be2-f1 h4-h3 Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 e4xd5
                                      h3xg2 Bf1xg2 Qe7-d6 c2-c3 Nd4-f5
 10(17)&   0:11.41   3234916   +1.21  h5-h4 Be2-f1 h4-h3 Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 e4xd5
                                      h3xg2 Bf1xg2 Qe7-d6 c2-c3 Nd4-f5 Ra1-d1
 10(17).   0:15.30   4261698   +1.21  h5-h4 Be2-f1 h4-h3 Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 e4xd5
                                      h3xg2 Bf1xg2 Qe7-d6 c2-c3 Nd4-f5 Ra1-d1
 11(17)&   1:06.36  18132403   +1.27  h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-e8 Nc3-a4 Qe7-d6 Ra1-c1
                                      g7-g5 c2-c3 Nd4xe2 Qd2xe2 Qd6xd3 Na4xc5
 11(18).   1:36.19  26451682   +1.27  h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-e8 Nc3-a4 Qe7-d6 Ra1-c1
                                      g7-g5 c2-c3 Nd4xe2 Qd2xe2 Qd6xd3 Na4xc5
 12(19)&   3:39.98  59050912   +1.16  h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-e8 a2-a4 a7-a6 Nc3-d1
                                      f6-f5 Nd1-f2 Be6-f7 Kh1-h2 Qe7-g5 Re1-g1
 12(19).   5:26.22  87868069   +1.16  h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-e8 a2-a4 a7-a6 Nc3-d1
                                      f6-f5 Nd1-f2 Be6-f7 Kh1-h2 Qe7-g5 Re1-g1
 13(22)&   9:10.23 148253521   +1.21  h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-h6 a2-a4 Qe7-d7 Be2-f1
                                      g7-g5 a4-a5 Be6xh3 g2xh3 Nd4xf3 Qd2-f2
                                      Nf3xe1 (Ra1xe1)
 13(22)&  11:23.88 182966409   +1.24  g7-g5 Nc3-d1 g5-g4 c2-c3 g4xf3 Be2xf3
                                      Nd4xf3 g2xf3 Rh8-g8 Nd1-f2 Qe7-d6 Re1-g1
                                      f6-f5 Ra1-d1
 13(22).  13:20.48 215366860   +1.24  g7-g5 Nc3-d1 g5-g4 c2-c3 g4xf3 Be2xf3
                                      Nd4xf3 g2xf3 Rh8-g8 Nd1-f2 Qe7-d6 Re1-g1
                                      f6-f5 Ra1-d1
 14(24)&  20:51.00 330410181   +1.20  g7-g5 Nc3-a4 h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-g8 c2-c3
                                      Nd4xe2 Qd2xe2 Be6-d7 Ra1-d1 Bd7-b5 e4-e5
                                      f6xe5 Qe2xe5 Qe7xe5 (Re1xe5)
 14(24).  29:57.34 477169899   +1.20  g7-g5 Nc3-a4 h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-g8 c2-c3
                                      Nd4xe2 Qd2xe2 Be6-d7 Ra1-d1 Bd7-b5 e4-e5
                                      f6xe5 Qe2xe5 Qe7xe5
 15(24)&  38:27.78 616126615   +1.14  g7-g5 Nc3-a4 h5-h4 h2-h3 Rh8-g8 c2-c3
                                      Nd4-c6 Qd2-c2 Qe7-d6 a2-a3 Nc6-e5 Re1-d1
                                      Qd6-c6 b3-b4 c5-c4
 15(24)&  71:16.89 1153319280   +1.20  Qe7-d6 Nc3-d1 g7-g5 Be2-f1 Nd4-c6 Nd1-f2
                                      Nc6-e5 Re1-b1 h5-h4 b3-b4 h4-h3 b4xc5
                                      h3xg2 Bf1xg2 Qd6xc5 Kh1-g1
Richard.
>
>cheers,
>Peter



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