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Subject: Re: Computer Can't See the Win...Horizon Effect

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 09:45:03 03/22/05

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On March 22, 2005 at 12:40:22, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 22, 2005 at 11:05:11, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>[D]8/3B4/5p2/5P1p/P4k2/1P6/r4PK1/8 b - - 0 1
>>
>>Terry
>
>CMX Yoda v25 on a P4-2.4 says this:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	3/9	-0.56	74991		1...h4 2.Kh3 Rxf2 3.a5 Rb2 4.a6
>					Rxb3+ 5.Kxh4 Ra3 6.Bc8
>0:00	4/10	-0.54	176110		1...h4 2.b4 Rd2 3.Bc6 Rd4 4.a5
>					Rxb4 5.a6 Kxf5 6.a7 Rg4+ 7.Kh3
>0:02	5/11	-0.62	450009		1...h4 2.b4 Ke5 3.Be8 Kd6 4.Kf3
>					h3 5.Kg3 h2 6.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 7.Kg3 Rxf5
>0:03	6/12	-0.71	919784		1...h4 2.b4 Ke5 3.a5 Kd6 4.Be8
>					Re2 5.Bh5 Rb2 6.a6 Rxb4 7.a7 Ra4
>0:07	7/13	-0.83	1979054		1...h4 2.b4 Ke5 3.Be8 Kxf5 4.Bc6
>					Ke5 5.a5 Kd6 6.Be8 Kc7 7.Kh3 Kb7
>0:30	8/14	-1.05	8137437		1...h4 2.Be6 Kg4 3.Bc4 h3+ 4.Kg1
>					Kxf5 5.Bd5 Ke5 6.Bc4 f5 7.Kh2 Rxf2+
>					8.Kxh3 Ra2 9.Kg3
>0:41	9/15	-1.04	11414921	1...h4 2.Be6 Kg4 3.Bc4 h3+ 4.Kg1
>					Kxf5 5.Bd5 Ke5 6.Bc4 Kf4 7.Kh2
>					Kg4 8.Kg1 Kf3 9.Bd5+ Kf4
>1:03	10/16	-1.00	18178074	1...h4 2.Be6 Kg4 3.Bc4 h3+ 4.Kg1
>					Kxf5 5.Kh2 Kg4 6.Kg1 f5 7.Bd5 Kf4
>					8.Kh2 Ke5 9.Bb7 Ra3
>2:31	11/17	-1.14	45321578	1...h4 2.Bc6 Kg4 3.Bf3+ Kxf5 4.Bc6
>					Ke5 5.Bb5 f5 6.Kh3 Rb2 7.Bc4 Rxf2
>					8.Kxh4 Ra2 9.Bd3 f4 10.Kg4
>4:30	12/18	-1.20	82523723	1...h4 2.Bc6 Kg4 3.Bf3+ Kxf5 4.Bc6
>					Ke5 5.Be8 f5 6.b4 Ra3 7.Bc6 Kd4
>					8.f3 Kc4 9.Kh3 Kxb4 10.Kxh4 Kc5
>9:40	13/19	-1.17	179329814	1...h4 2.Bc6 Kg4 3.Bf3+ Kxf5 4.Bc6
>					Ke5 5.Be8 f5 6.Bb5 f4 7.Bd3 Kd6
>					8.Bc4 Kc5 9.Kh3 Rxf2 10.Kxh4 Rg2
>					11.a5
>21:38	14/20	-1.17	400915103	1...h4 2.Bc6 Kg4 3.Bf3+ Kxf5 4.Bc6
>					Ke5 5.Bb5 Kf4 6.Bc6 Rb2 7.Bd5 f5
>					8.Bc4 Ra2 9.Bb5 Ke5 10.Kh3 Rxf2
>					11.Kxh4 Ra2
>
>jm


1..Kg4! is a bit stronger, plug that in.  1..h4 is second best, but it too wins.

Terry



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