Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:32:01 03/29/05
Is one our best posters and, with his many posts in the archives, you can find
many classic positions just by searching for posts made by him.
Back in the year 2000, he posted this little gem:
http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=119836
[d]2R4Q/3qkp2/3r2p1/3p3p/3P3P/5P2/5KP1/8 w
Crafty 20.0
White(1): g
clearing hash tables
crafty is behind 2.0 on time, reducing by 1/6.
time surplus 0.00 time limit 10:00 (10:00)
depth time score variation (1)
1 0.00 0.48 1. Qe5+ Qe6
1 0.00 0.56 1. Qg8
1-> 0.01 0.56 1. Qg8+
2 0.01 -1 1. Qg8
2 0.01 0.10 1. Qg8 Rc6
2 0.01 0.60 1. Qf8+ Ke6 2. g4
2-> 0.03 0.60 1. Qf8+ Ke6 2. g4
3 0.03 -1 1. Qf8+
3 0.03 0.16 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Qe8 Qe6
3 0.03 0.20 1. g4 Re6 2. Qg8
3 0.03 0.26 1. Kg3 Re6 2. Qg8
3-> 0.03 0.26 1. Kg3 Re6 2. Qg8
4 0.03 0.36 1. Kg3 Rc6 2. Qf8+ Ke6 3. Re8+ Kf5
4 0.03 0.38 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Kg3 Re6 3. Qd8+ Re7
4. Qg8 <HT>
4-> 0.05 0.38 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Kg3 Re6 3. Qd8+ Re7
4. Qg8 <HT>
5 0.05 0.28 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. g4 Re6 3. Qh8+ Ke7 4.
Rc5 hxg4 5. fxg4
5 0.05 0.36 1. Kg3 Rc6 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. Qh8+ Ke7
<HT>
5 0.05 0.37 1. Qg8 Re6 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. Qd8+ Re7
4. Qxd7 Rxd7 5. Re8
5 0.05 0.42 1. g4 Rb6 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. g5+ Kf5 4.
Re8
5-> 0.06 0.42 1. g4 Rb6 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. g5+ Kf5 4.
Re8
6 0.08 0.43 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Re6
4. Kg3
6-> 0.09 0.43 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Re6
4. Kg3 (s=2)
7 0.11 0.40 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Re6 3. Qf8+ Kf6
4. Kf3 Re4 5. Qh8+ Ke7 6. Qf8+ Kf6
7-> 0.15 0.40 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Re6 3. Qf8+ Kf6
4. Kf3 Re4 5. Qh8+ Ke7 6. Qf8+ Kf6
(s=2)
8 0.20 0.48 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Re6
4. Qd8+ Qxd8 5. Rxd8 Re4 6. Rxd5 Rxg4
<HT>
8 0.23 0.71 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Re8 Re6 3. Qh8+ Kf5
4. Qh6 f6 5. g4+ hxg4 6. fxg4+ Kxg4
7. Qxg6+ Kf4 8. Rf8
8-> 0.23 0.71 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Re8 Re6 3. Qh8+ Kf5
4. Qh6 f6 5. g4+ hxg4 6. fxg4+ Kxg4
7. Qxg6+ Kf4 8. Rf8 (s=3)
9 0.30 1.07 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Re8 Re6 3. Qh8+ Kf5
4. Qh6 Kf6 5. Qg5+ Kg7 6. Rd8 Qa4 7.
Rxd5 Qe8 (s=2)
9-> 0.31 1.07 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Re8 Re6 3. Qh8+ Kf5
4. Qh6 Kf6 5. Qg5+ Kg7 6. Rd8 Qa4 7.
Rxd5 Qe8 (s=2)
10 0.36 0.77 1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Re8 Re6 3. Qh8+ Kf5
4. Qh6 Kf6 5. Qg5+ Kg7 6. Rd8 Qc6 7.
Qxd5 Qc2+ 8. Kg3 Re2
10 0.81 0.78 1. Ra8 Re6 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. Qd8+ Re7
4. Ra6+ Kf5 5. Qb8 Re6 6. Ra7 Qe8 7.
Qxe8 Rxe8 8. Rxf7+ Ke6
10 1.23 1.00 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Rf6+ 3. Kg3 Rc6
4. Qf8+ Kf6 5. g5+ Kf5 6. Rxc6 Qxc6
7. Qxf7+ Ke4 8. Qf4+ Kd3 9. Qe5
10-> 1.23 1.00 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Rf6+ 3. Kg3 Rc6
4. Qf8+ Kf6 5. g5+ Kf5 6. Rxc6 Qxc6
7. Qxf7+ Ke4 8. Qf4+ Kd3 9. Qe5 (s=2)
11 1.53 0.94 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Rf6+ 3. Kg3 Rc6
4. Qf8+ Kf6 5. g5+ Kf5 6. Rxc6 Qxc6
7. Qxf7+ Ke4 8. Qf4+ Kd3 9. Qe5 Qc4
11-> 1.80 0.94 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Rf6+ 3. Kg3 Rc6
4. Qf8+ Kf6 5. g5+ Kf5 6. Rxc6 Qxc6
7. Qxf7+ Ke4 8. Qf4+ Kd3 9. Qe5 Qc4
(s=2)
12 3.70 +1 1. g4!!
12 5.25 1.42 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Re8 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Ra3+ 6. Qxa3 Qxe8
7. Qf3+ Kg7 8. Qxd5 Qe3+ 9. Kg2
12-> 5.73 1.42 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Re8 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Ra3+ 6. Qxa3 Qxe8
7. Qf3+ Kg7 8. Qxd5 Qe3+ 9. Kg2
13 7.26 1.37 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Re8 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Ra3+ 6. Qxa3 Qxe8
7. Qf3+ Kg7 8. Qxd5 Qe3+ 9. Kg2 Qf4
13-> 9.19 1.37 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Re8 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Ra3+ 6. Qxa3 Qxe8
7. Qf3+ Kg7 8. Qxd5 Qe3+ 9. Kg2 Qf4
(s=2)
14 23.72 1.63 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Rc3 Ra2+ 5. Kf3 Ra6 6. g5+ Kf5 7.
Qb8 Qd6 8. Qb1+ Ke6 9. Re3+ Kd7 10.
Qb7+ Kd8 11. Qxf7
14-> 27.00 1.63 1. g4 hxg4 2. Qf8+ Kf6 3. fxg4 Ra6
4. Rc3 Ra2+ 5. Kf3 Ra6 6. g5+ Kf5 7.
Qb8 Qd6 8. Qb1+ Ke6 9. Re3+ Kd7 10.
Qb7+ Kd8 11. Qxf7
15 1:05 +1 1. g4!!
15 1:28 2.10 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Re6 3. Qf8+ Kf6
4. Rc3 Re4 5. Rf3+ Ke6 6. h5 Qe7 7.
Qc8+ Kd6 8. Qc5+ Kd7 9. Qxd5+ Ke8 10.
Qa8+ Kd7 11. Qb7+ Kd6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7
13. Re3 Rxe3 14. Kxe3
15-> 1:34 2.10 1. g4 hxg4 2. fxg4 Re6 3. Qf8+ Kf6
4. Rc3 Re4 5. Rf3+ Ke6 6. h5 Qe7 7.
Qc8+ Kd6 8. Qc5+ Kd7 9. Qxd5+ Ke8 10.
Qa8+ Kd7 11. Qb7+ Kd6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7
13. Re3 Rxe3 14. Kxe3
? 16 1:34 1/32* 1. g4
White(1): ?
time=1:39 cpu=198% mat=0 n=364369908 fh=91% nps=3.68M
ext-> chk=37477309 cap=1200185 pp=535415 1rep=2496968 mate=116404
predicted=0 nodes=364369908 evals=220466502 50move=0
endgame tablebase-> probes=1301 hits=3
SMP-> split=2774 stop=455 data=10/64 cpu=3:16 elap=1:39
White(1): g4
time used: 1:39
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