Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:33:56 08/31/04
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On August 31, 2004 at 20:31:36, stuart taylor wrote: >[D]r3k2r/ppp1qpp1/2p5/2b2b1p/2P1pPn1/1P2P1PP/PB1PB3/RN1QK2Rb > >This position is from Larsen-Spaasky, a famous game which I always used to test >chess programs with. The earlier programs never used to get it right, even the >later Rh1!! by white, even after many days thought. But now, even a free program >like Arasan gets the next move 11...h4!! after only about 1h and 35mins.and >before 2 hours, it displays a full sequence with a clear plus number (of well >over 2 Pawns) > >I'm sorry about not saying every little detail, but I reconstructed this actual >position from long-term (human) memmory, before testing it on Arasan. >There followed in the game ....h4 >12(i think)PXN PXP 13.Rg1 Rh1!! > >Do other programs get 11...h4!! much less than 2 hours, in a way that the >program doesn't suddenly change its mind, but is convinced about it? >Which programs get it, and how quick? > >Oh! My computer was 1.6 Ghz, intel. So some computer might get it quite a bit >sooner with Arasan 8, let alone other programs. > >Oh Ohhhhhh! >Try these opening moves >1.b3 e5 >2.Bb2 Nc6 >3.Nc4 Nf6 >4.Nf3 e4 >5.Nd4 Bc5 >6.Nxc6 d:c6 >7.e3 Bf5 >8.Be2 Qe7 >9.f4 Ng4 >10.g3 h5 >11.h3....awaiting...... > > > >H4!!! > >Whew! What alot of work! I hope the diagram comes out well! Now I'm pressing >"post message" > >S.Taylor
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