Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:12:44 04/16/05
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On April 16, 2005 at 17:57:06, John Merlino wrote: >On April 16, 2005 at 17:48:15, Ray Rogers wrote: > >>On April 16, 2005 at 17:32:54, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On April 16, 2005 at 17:20:10, Ray Rogers wrote: >>> >>>>On April 16, 2005 at 17:18:08, Ray Rogers wrote: >>>> >>>>>8/6pk/7p/2R2p1q/pp4n1/7P/P3Q1P1/7K w - - 0 1 >>>>> >>>>>OOPS (LOL) >>>>> >>>>>Ray (again) >>>> >>>>[D]8/6pk/7p/2R2p1q/pp4n1/7P/P3Q1P1/7K w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>It's late here!! >>> >>>Is the problem to avoid Qxg4 or to find a particular move? >>> >>Avoid Qxg4. Most can't see past Qxg4 apart from Mephist Dallas etc. of that era. >>Most other machines would fail after hours of looking. There was some clever >>programming here eh. > >Well, Black will queen the a-pawn 12 plies away. That was quite a distance >almost 20 years ago. > >jm Nice position, but easy for even today's amateur progs. Mine avoids Qxg4 in about a second: 11 426 40 181458 Qxg4 fxg4 Rxh5 g5 12 -422 69 319373 Qxg4 fxg4 Rxh5 g5 a3 9 -422 69 319374 Qxg4 9 134 159 689745 Qf3 Nf6 Qxf5 Qxf5 Rxf5 Kg6 Rf4 9 154 307 1319077 Kg1 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Rb5 a3 Rxb4 Ng3 Rb3 Ne2 Kh2 9 161 408 1741274 Rc4 b3 axb3 axb3 Rb4 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Kh2 Kg6 Rxb3 10 171 470 2012987 Rc4 b3 axb3 axb3 Rb4 b2 10 173 491 2114197 Kg1 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Rxf5 Ng3 Rb5 b3 axb3 a3 b4 11 163 513 2223618 Kg1 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Rxf5 Ng3 Rb5 b3 axb3 a3 b4 Kg6 12 170 766 3364576 Kg1 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Rb5 b3 13 244 1103 4867797 Kg1 Nf6 Qxh5 Nxh5 Rxf5 Ng3 Rb5 Ne2 Kh2 b3 axb3 axb3 Rxb3
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