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Subject: Re: Difficult Hydra position follow-up, 36.Kh1

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:21:12 05/15/05

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On May 15, 2005 at 14:26:41, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I am testing some Pro Deo 1.1 settings in a position that
>
>Vincent Lejeune posted here a few weeks ago, between the
>
>Hydra-Scylla version that's going to take on Michael Adams, and
>
>a testversion(?) of Shredder. Hydra played the pawn sac, I
>
>think it is a strategic pawn-offer, 35.b4!
>
>
>Now my testversion wants to play 36.Kh1 after the reply
>
>35..Qb6. Shredder accepted the pawn with 35..Qxb4 but that
>
>seems not so good. That the Pro Deo testversion plays 36.Kh1 may be a fluke, I
>am testing
>[Pruning = MISC_58]             * Recalculate passed pawns
>[M58_Table = normal]            * normal|midg|endg|strong
>(Albert Silver didnt'entirely trust this switch)
>
>I was wondering, are there any
>
>engines/programs that consistenty play 36.Kh1? The alternative,
>
>also good is 35.b4 Qb6 36.c5. I think 36.Kh1 will be harder to find,
>
>strategic, but rather deep! -Writing this, I see that Gandalf
>
>just comes up at ply 15 with a score of 0.83 for 36.Kh1!-
>
>[D]r3r1k1/1p3pp1/pqbp1b1B/4n3/1PPN4/7P/2BR1QP1/5RK1 w - - 1 1

CM9_R1 on a P4-2.4 plays Kh1 in one second, and needs 29 seconds to get a
positive score for White:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.10	2484		1.Nxc6 Qxc6 2.Qf5
0:00	1/4	-0.44	6043		1.Nxc6 Qxc6 2.b5 axb5
0:00	1/5	-0.45	23959		1.Nxc6 Qxf2+ 2.Rdxf2 Nxc6 3.Ba4
					Nxb4 4.Bxe8 Rxe8
0:00	1/6	-1.14	64241		1.Nxc6 Qxf2+ 2.Rdxf2 bxc6 3.b5
					axb5 4.cxb5 Ra2
0:00	1/6	-1.08	87559		1.c5 dxc5 2.Nxc6 Qxc6 3.Qxc5 Qxc5+
					4.bxc5 Nc4
0:01	1/6	-0.55	153442		1.Rdd1 Qxb4 2.Qg3 Nf3+ 3.Nxf3 Qxc4
					4.Rxd6
0:01	1/6	-0.05	255589		1.Kh1 Qxb4 2.Qg3 Bf3 3.Nxf3 Nxc4
0:03	1/7	-0.12	450947		1.Kh1 Qd8 2.Qf5 Ng6 3.Nxc6 bxc6
					4.Bf4 Nxf4 5.Qxf4
0:06	1/8	-0.43	1038475		1.Kh1 Qd8 2.Nxc6 bxc6 3.Rd4 c5
					4.bxc5 gxh6 5.Qxf6 Qxf6 6.Rxf6
0:29	1/9	0.28	4664621		1.Kh1 Qxb4 2.Qg3 Bf3 3.gxf3 Qxc4
					4.Rc1 Nd3 5.Bxg7
1:18	2/10	0.43	12152328	1.Kh1 Qd8 2.Qg3 g6 3.Bb3 Bh4 4.Nxc6
					bxc6 5.Qc3 Qe7
2:59	2/11	0.42	29265290	1.Kh1 Qd8 2.Qg3 g6 3.Re2 Rb8 4.Qf2
					Nd7 5.Rxe8+ Qxe8 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Re1

jm



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