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Subject: Re: tough position

Author: Mikael Bäckman

Date: 14:34:58 05/04/05

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On May 04, 2005 at 17:02:03, Will Singleton wrote:

>On May 04, 2005 at 15:29:42, Mikael Bäckman wrote:
>
>>On May 04, 2005 at 11:50:52, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>[d]r2qrbk1/1b1n2p1/pn1p3p/8/2p1N3/R6P/1P1B1PPN/1B1QR1K1 w - - bm Ng4;
>>>
>>>This is from a recent ICC game, Amateur-Tinker.  Amateur played Rg3, which
>>>works, but the surprising Ng4 should win.
>>
>>
>>Chepla on an AMD64 3500+ plays:
>>
>>  -0.51    2125k   2.2 Bb4 d5 Bxf8 Nxf8 Nc5 Qc7 Rxe8 Rxe8 Nxa6 Qf4 8/27
>>  -0.47    7012k   7.3 Bb4 d5 Bxf8 dxe4 Bb4 Nd5 Ba5 Qh4 Ng4 9/28
>>  -0.28   18442k  19.1 Rg3 Re6 Qg4 Bd5 Nf3 Qe7 Nd4 Ne5 Qf5 9/29
>>  -0.09   29964k  31.4 Rg3 Bxe4 Bxe4 d5 Bf5 Bd6 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Re3 Qf8 Qc2
>>                       Bf4 Bh7+ Kh8 10/34
>>  -0.01   55677k  59.4 Ng4 Ne5 Nxe5 Rxe5 Qc2 Qe7 Ra3e3 Bxe4 Rxe4 Rxe4 Rxe4
>>                       Qf6 Rg4 10/36
>>   0.29  125897k  132.3 Ng4 Bxe4 Bxe4 d5 Bg6 Rxe1+ Qxe1 Bc5 Rf3 Kh8 Qb1 Nf8
>>                        Ne5 Qe7 11/40
>>   0.43  252197k  263.4 Ng4 Bxe4 Bxe4 d5 Bg6 Rxe1+ Qxe1 Bc5 b4 Bd4 Qe6+ Kh8
>>                        Bf5 Nf8 Qc6 Qe8 12/40
>>
>>
>>
>>/Mikael
>
>That looks really good.  Chepla is always tough to beat.  That might be the
>fastest for a non-commercial.
>
>Will

It's just luck... I recently added some checks to qsearch, and I also extend all
recaptures in main search. Works great in this position.

Without checks in qsearch it takes 150 seconds to find Ng4.
With checks in qsearch, but without recaptures it takes 261 seconds.

/Mikael





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