Author: Peter Berger
Date: 16:17:30 10/02/04
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On October 02, 2004 at 07:13:34, Peter Berger wrote:
>On October 02, 2004 at 01:11:37, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>>I've heard some hype about this program through the years
>>with its ability to sacrifice and the like.
>>
>>Could someone who knows this program and its lineage clear
>>out some of the hype and give us the straight scoop?
>>
>>(Not a buyer -- just curious.)
>
>The hype is correct.
To give a typical example from a game played tonight:
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "XP3200"]
[Date "2004.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arasan 8.1"]
[Black "Junior 8.0.0.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "7200+10"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Be2 e5 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6
Ng4 15. g3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Rd8 17. cxb7 Bxb7 18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne5 20.
Qe4 Rab8 21. c4 Re8 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Rd5 Nd7 24. Qf5 Nf6 25. Rd2 g6 26. Qf4
Ne4 27. Rb2 Qd8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Ra2 f5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Kf1
g5 33. h3 h5 34. Rc2 g4 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Bb2 Rd8 38. Bc1 Rd1
39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Rg1 41. Ke2 Rxg3 42. a4 Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Nf2+ 44. Kc3 Rg1
45. Bb2 Ne4+ 46. Kd3 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Bc3 Rb8 49. Be1 Rb1 50. a5 Ke5
51. Bh4 Rh1 52. Be1 Rh2+ 53. Kd3 Rh3 54. Ke2 Nd6 55. Bf2 Ke4 56. Rc1 Rh2
57. Rc3 Nf7 58. Rb3 Ne5 59. Rb8 Nxc4 60. Re8+ Ne5 61. Kf1 Rh6 62. Ke2 Rg6
63. Be1 Kd5 64. Bc3 Nc6 65. Rf8 Kc4 66. Be1 Rg5 67. Rh8 Kb5 68. Kf3 Rg1 69.
Kf2 Rg7 70. Rf8 Rg5 71. Kf3 Rh5 72. Ke2 Nb4 73. Rc8 Rh2+ 74. Kf3 Rh3+ 75.
Bg3 Nc6 76. Rf8 Rh5 77. Kf4 Ne7 78. Re8 Nd5+ 79. Kf3 Nb4 80. Re5 Nc6 81.
Rd5 Nxa5 82. Kf2 Nc4 83. e4 a5 84. Rxf5 Rh6 85. Bf4 Re6 86. Kf3 a4 87. Rh5
a3 88. e5 a2 89. Rh1
{White resigns} 0-1
Arasan played on my Athlon64 3200+(2.0GHz) notebook, Junior on my P233 computer.
It looks more impressive with the Junior evals (will maybe post them later),
but this pawn sac is as typical as it can get IMHO. No clue if basically correct
or not, but impressive it is.
Peter
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