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Subject: Re: Larsen-Spassky 1970, 12..h4! -> CM10 : 33 sec

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 04:00:59 09/02/04

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On September 01, 2004 at 21:19:53, Frank E. Oldham wrote:

>On September 01, 2004 at 19:53:53, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On August 31, 2004 at 22:18:40, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>
>>>On August 31, 2004 at 21:58:14, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 31, 2004 at 21:31:33, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>[d]2kr3r/ppp1qpp1/2p5/2b2b1p/2P1pPn1/1P2P1PP/PBQPB3/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 12
>>>>>>
>>>>>>12.h4!!
>>>>>
>>>>>AMD barton @3000+
>>>>>
>>>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>>>0:00	1/8	-0.77	176924		12...Nf6 13.a3 Qe6 14.b4 Be7 15.Bf1
>>>>>					Qd7 16.Nc3
>>>>>0:01	1/9	-0.82	427947		12...Nf6 13.a3 Qe6 14.b4 Be7 15.Bf1
>>>>>					Qd7 16.Nc3 Kb8
>>>>>0:06	1/10	-0.78	1327528		12...Nf6 13.a3 Qe6 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Nc3
>>>>>					Kb8 16.O-O-O Bc5 17.Kb1
>>>>>0:16	1/11	-0.71	4242963		12...Nf6 13.a3 Qe6 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Nc3
>>>>>					Kb8 16.O-O-O c5 17.Bg2 h4
>>>>>0:33	1/11	-0.92	8541987		12...h4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 hxg3
>>>>>					15.Rg1 Rh2 16.Qc3 Qh4 17.Qxg7 Rh1
>>>>>					18.Rxh1 Qxh1+ 19.Ke2 Bxe3
>>>>>1:21	1/12	-1.75	20461179	12...h4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 hxg3
>>>>>					15.Rg1 Rh2 16.Nc3 Bxe3 17.O-O-O
>>>>>					Bxg1 18.Rxg1 Rdxd2 19.Qxd2 Rxd2
>>>>>					20.Kxd2 Qd6+ 21.Kc2 Qxf4
>>>>>2:43	1/13	-1.72	42207857	12...h4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 hxg3
>>>>>					15.Rg1 Rh2 16.Nc3 Rdxd2 17.Qxd2
>>>>>					Rxd2 18.Kxd2 Qd8+ 19.Ke1 Bxe3 20.Rg2
>>>>>					Bf2+ 21.Kf1 Qd2 22.Rd1 Qxb2 23.Nxe4
>>>>>					Qxa2 24.Nxf2 gxf2
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's the king 3.33 (chessmaster 10th edition) and an AMD barton @ 180 mhz*12
>>>(2.16 Ghz)
>>>
>>>It play 13.Bxg4 in the mainline because it see 13.hxg4 is completely losing
>>>
>>>more later ...
>>
>>I would be very interested in the "more later", if possible. Maybe the computers
>>which get h4 quick sometimes change their mind, and then come back again to h4
>>with much more certainty. I've seen that happen from this position.
>>
>>It might even be that there is stronger variation against 13.Bxg4, and best
>>would be 13.Rg1.
>>
>>I'm also still interested about 10....Ng4 and 11....h5, although I doubt very
>>much in a computer ever playing them, even if they are tactically very great.
>>>
>>>>Huh? That's quick!   However, I would be even more impressed if I would see that
>>>>it found 14....Rh1 or 15....Rh1  from the same position in a short time.
>>>>Could you test it for that?
>>>>And what kind of AMD and Mhz are you using?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>[Later, I would be staggeringly fascinated to know if your computer EVER arrives
>>>>at the (possibly best moves) of 10...Ng4 and/or 11...h5. If so, I might even
>>>>propose that computers have almost solved chess!]
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>S.Taylor
>
>from the position two plies earlier
>2kr3r/ppp1qppp/2p5/2b2b2/2P1pPn1/1P2P1P1/PBQPB2P/RN2K2R b KQ
>crafty19.16 eventually selects 11...h5
>it first sees it in ply 16, with eval -0.46, not quite high enough to depose
>Rhg8
>but in ply 17 h5 wins out, eval -0.65 and improving thru ply 18
>               15->   7:55  -0.29   1. ... Nf6 2. a3 Bd6 3. O-O h5 4. b4
>                                    c5 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Rfd1
>                                    h4 8. Nb5 hxg3 9. Nxa7+ Kb8
>               16    13:04  -0.27   1. ... Nf6 2. a3 Bd6 3. O-O h5 4. b4
>                                    c5 5. Nc3 h4 6. g4 Nxg4 7. Bxg4 Bxg4
>                                    8. Nxe4 Rh5 9. d4 cxb4 10. axb4
>               16    31:51  -0.42   1. ... h5 2. Bxg7 Rh7 3. Qc3 Bb4 4.
>                                    Qb2 Rxg7 5. Qxg7 Nxe3 6. Qb2 Ng2+ 7.
>                                    Kf1 Bh3 8. a3 Nxf4+ 9. Ke1 Nxe2 10.
>                                    axb4
>               16    39:50  -0.44   1. ... Rhg8 2. a3 g5 3. Bxg4 Bxg4 4.
>                                    b4 gxf4 5. bxc5 fxe3 6. dxe3 Rd1+ 7.
>                                    Qxd1 Bxd1 8. Kxd1 Qxc5 9. Nd2 Qxe3
>                                    10. Re1 Qb6
>               16->  39:50  -0.44   1. ... Rhg8 2. a3 g5 3. Bxg4 Bxg4 4.
>                                    b4 gxf4 5. bxc5 fxe3 6. dxe3 Rd1+ 7.
>                                    Qxd1 Bxd1 8. Kxd1 Qxc5 9. Nd2 Qxe3
>                                    10. Re1 Qb6 (s=3)
>               17    86:06  -0.46   1. ... Rhg8 2. O-O Qe6 3. Bc3 g5 4.
>                                    Bxg4 Bxg4 5. fxg5 Bf3 6. Bf6 Be7 7.
>                                    Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 Qe5 9. a4 Kb8 10.
>                                    c5 Qxc5 (s=2)
>               17   124:29  -0.65   1. ... h5 2. Bxg7 Rh7 3. Qb2 Qe6 4.
>                                    Bxg4 Bxg4 5. Bf6 Rd6 6. Be5 Rd3 7.
>                                    Nc3 Bf3 8. Rf1 Qf5 9. b4 Be7 10. c5
>               17-> 134:45  -0.65   1. ... h5 2. Bxg7 Rh7 3. Qb2 Qe6 4.
>                                    Bxg4 Bxg4 5. Bf6 Rd6 6. Be5 Rd3 7.
>                                    Nc3 Bf3 8. Rf1 Qf5 9. b4 Be7 10. c5
>                                    (s=2)
>               18   219:06  -0.76   1. ... h5 2. Bxg7 Rh7 3. Qb2 Qe6 4.
>                                    Bxg4 Bxg4 5. Bf6 Rd6 6. Be5 Rd3 7.
>                                    Nc3 Bf3 8. Rf1 Qh3 9. Na4 Bb4 10. Bc3
>                                    Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Qxh2
>               18-> 275:19  -0.76   1. ... h5 2. Bxg7 Rh7 3. Qb2 Qe6 4.
>                                    Bxg4 Bxg4 5. Bf6 Rd6 6. Be5 Rd3 7.
>                                    Nc3 Bf3 8. Rf1 Qh3 9. Na4 Bb4 10. Bc3
>                                    Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Qxh2
>Frank


This is all very fascinating, and I find it hard to understand how these
programs get it, rather than more simple moves which might also gain advantage
without giving a pawn etc. Is Crafty a super super genius?
S.Taylor



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