Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 21:14:11 02/05/99
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On February 05, 1999 at 21:38:46, Robert Wilkins wrote: >On February 05, 1999 at 11:57:56, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>A couple of days ago I reported on the successful performance of two French >>programs, Chess Wizard and Zchess, in the Aubervilliers rapid chess tournament. >>As this particular position may have been overlooked, and as I believe that it >>is worth analysing with different chess software, I'll try to bring it up again. >> >>White: GM Sekatchev, Black: Zchess 1.2: >> >>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qb4 8. O-O >>Bxc3 9. a3 Qa5 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bb2 f6 13. e5 f5 14. e6 Nf6 15. Qc1 >>b6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qh6 c4 18. dxc4 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Rf7 20. Ng5 * 1-0 >> >> >>on move 8, Black (Zchess 1.2) played 8...Bxc3. Of the tested programs, the only >>one not yielding to the temptation was Zarkov 5 playing 8...Nf6, not bothering >>to capture the Knight, which is, of course, a good move. Other programs, among >>them Crafty 16.0, according to Zchess's author Franck Zibi, tend to play the >>same bad move, 8...Bxc3. More info, with comments by Franck 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 >>3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qb4 8. O-OBxc3 9. a3 Qa5 10. >>bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bb2 f6 13. e5 f5 14. e6 Nf6 15. Qc1b6 16. Re1 O-O 17. >>Qh6 c4 18. dxc4 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Rf7 20. Ng5 *Zibi, can be found at >>http://www.forum64.com/. Some tested programs are (AMD K6-2/300): > >CM 6000 plays 8... Be6 - dosesn't even consider Bxc3 as an option!! >On a PII 350 with 128 Megs - gives a +0.64 after the move. > > Robert After how long does it give this 0.64 advantage. I ran this on a PII 450 with 256 Ram for 4 hours and only gave 0.54 advantage. Or do you mean after the move it gives white a 0.64 advantage.
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