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Subject: Re: test position

Author: Andrew Platt

Date: 16:39:30 09/25/04

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On September 25, 2004 at 18:01:37, David B Weller wrote:

>[D]7r/1kpr1pp1/pPn1p3/2Q1P3/3Pq3/2P1N2p/1R3PP1/4R1K1 w - -
>
>Ges has a REAL HARD time with this [pushes extensions out to 45 ply!]
>
>any ideas why? I got my chess board out now....
>
>BTW - crafty gets this is like 3 seconds  arrggg.....

Usually when people report positions that their engines have problems with it
just adds another to Schola's tough position list but not in this case. I'm not
claiming d5 is optimal but it looks winning and I find it at iteration 9
(actually it finds it earlier but then switches to another move before
returning):

 5   +143         1      14411 bxc7+ Kc8 gxh3 Qg6+ Ng4 Rxc7
 5   +166         3      30079 gxh3 Qg6+ Kh2 Rb8 Rg1 Qh7
 5   +166         6      61445 gxh3 Qg6+ Kh2 Rb8 Rg1 Qh7
 6   +147        10      99534 gxh3 Rxh3 bxc7+ Kc8 Ng2 Qd5 Qb6
 6   +175        25     209721 d5 h2+ Kh1 Ne7 bxc7+ Ka8 d6 Nc6
 6   +175        26     227618 d5 h2+ Kh1 Ne7 bxc7+ Ka8 d6 Nc6
 7   +180        32     278561 d5 h2+ Kh1 Ne7 bxc7+ Ka8 d6 Qc6 Qd4
 7   +180        45     386978 d5 h2+ Kh1 Ne7 bxc7+ Ka8 d6 Qc6 Qd4
 8   +170        62     562145 d5 h2+ Kh1 Ne7 bxc7+ Ka8 d6 Nc6 Nc2 Qf5
 8   +186        92     825608 bxc7+ Kc8 Qb6 h2+ Kh1 Rxc7 Qxa6+ Kd8 f3 Qg6 Rd1
 8   +186       120    1085498 bxc7+ Kc8 Qb6 h2+ Kh1 Rxc7 Qxa6+ Kd8 f3 Qg6 Rd1
 9   +176       146    1322051 bxc7+ Kc8 Qb6 h2+ Kh1 Rxc7 Qxa6+ Kd8 f3 Qg6 Qa8+
Rc8 Qb7
 9   +409       767    7177290 d5 Qa4 bxc7+ Kc8 Nc4 Rxd5 Nb6+ Kxc7 Nxa4 Rxc5
Nxc5
 9   +409       998    9217340 d5 Qa4 bxc7+ Kc8 Nc4 Rxd5 Nb6+ Kxc7 Nxa4 Rxc5
Nxc5
10   +637      3762   35402455 d5 Rxd5 bxc7+ Kxc7 Qb6+ Kd7 Qb7+ Kd8
10   +637      5315   49696577 d5 Rxd5 bxc7+ Kxc7 Qb6+ Kd7 Qb7+ Kd8

Andy.



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