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Subject: Re: Kings attack / Piece sacrifice

Author: Kolss

Date: 04:45:09 07/29/04

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On July 28, 2004 at 17:39:10, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 28, 2004 at 16:03:53, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>How fast does your engine find the winning move 24.Bxg6
>>but showing a positive score? Below the output of Crafty 19.15
>>
>>24.Bxg6!!
>>[D]2r2rk1/p3bb1p/2n1Q1p1/q2pP3/3P1P2/p1NB1NR1/1P4P1/1K1R4 w - - 0 24
>>
>>[Event "New York"]
>>[Site "New York"]
>>[Date "1947.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Evans, L."]
>>[Black "Pilnick, C."]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "C13"]
>>[PlyCount "57"]
>>[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
>>
>>1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
>>O-O-O c5 9. h4 cxd4 10. Nce2 Nc6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Kb1 d3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rh3
>>Rac8 15. Rg3 g6 16. d4 b5 17. h5 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nc3 b4 21.
>>Bd3 Be8 22. Nf3 bxa3 23. Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Bxg6 axb2 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Qa1+ 27.
>>Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 Nb4+ 29. Kd1 1-0
>
>This position was posted several weeks ago, and resulted in a small article by
>GM Evans in Chess Life.
>
>The original test position was to find 23.Qxe6+ with a winning score. That was
>VERY difficult, and I don't know if any engine will be able to do it in under 10
>minutes.
>
>jm

Hi Johan,

What is a "winning score"? And how long does CM need to show one?

(By the way, I guess that many professional / strong programs will be able to
show a convincing +score within 10 minutes on up-to-date hardware...)

Best regards - Munjong.



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