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Subject: Re: Does your engine like to play axb5?? - which only draws

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:37:45 07/25/05

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On July 25, 2005 at 14:44:31, Jack Lad wrote:

>[d] k2r4/pR6/B6K/1p6/P6P/3P4/8/8 w
>
>Instead a5! wins easily.

CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 gives up on axb5 in 0:33, but it switches to Rg7 with an
ever increasing score:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	7.63	3287		1.axb5 Rxd3 2.h5 Rh3 3.Rc7
0:00	1/5	7.73	9775		1.axb5 Rxd3 2.Rc7 Rd8 3.Rc8+ Rxc8
					4.Bxc8 Kb8 5.Kg6 Kxc8
0:00	1/6	7.72	19763		1.axb5 Rxd3 2.Rc7 Rd8 3.Rc8+ Rxc8
					4.Bxc8 Kb8 5.Kg6 Kc7
0:00	1/7	8.08	43830		1.axb5 Rxd3 2.Rc7 Rd8 3.Rc8+ Rxc8
					4.Bxc8 Kb8 5.Kg6 Kc7 6.h5
0:00	1/8	8.22	69873		1.axb5 Rxd3 2.Rc7 Rd8 3.Rc8+ Rxc8
					4.Bxc8 Kb8 5.Kg7 Kc7 6.h5 Kd6
0:01	2/9	8.08	215681		1.axb5 Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rg6+ 3.Kf8 Rg8+
					4.Ke7 Rg7+ 5.Kd6 Rg6+ 6.Ke5 Re6+
					7.Kf4 Rf6+ 8.Kg4 Rg6+ 9.Kf3 Rd6
0:02	3/10	7.89	379191		1.axb5 Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rg6+ 3.Kf8 Rg8+
					4.Ke7 Rg7+ 5.Kd6 Rg6+ 6.Ke5 Re6+
					7.Kf5 Rf6+ 8.Kg4 Rg6+ 9.Kf3 Rg3+
					10.Ke2 Rh3
0:03	4/11	5.75	735688		1.axb5 Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rg6+ 3.Kf8 Rg8+
					4.Ke7 Rg7+ 5.Kd6 Rg6+ 6.Kd7 Rh6
					7.d4 Rxh4 8.d5 Rh7+ 9.Kc6
0:11	5/12	5.75	3153460		1.axb5 Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rg6+ 3.Kf8 Rg8+
					4.Ke7 Rg7+ 5.Kd6 Rg6+ 6.Kd7 Rh6
					7.d4 Rxh4 8.d5 Rd4 9.d6
0:19	6/13	5.71	6014607		1.axb5 Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rg6+ 3.Kf8 Rg8+
					4.Ke7 Rg7+ 5.Kd6 Rg6+ 6.Kc5 Rc6+
					7.Kd4 Rc4+ 8.Ke3 Re4+ 9.Kd2 Rxh4
					10.Rc7 Rh8 11.Rc8+ Rxc8 12.Bxc8
					Kb8 13.Be6
0:33	6/13	6.47	11218784	1.Rg7 bxa4 2.Bb7+ Kb8 3.Be4 a5
					4.Rb7+ Kc8 5.Rb5 Kc7 6.Rxa5 Rd4
					7.Kg5 Kd6 8.h5 Ke6 9.h6
0:49	7/14	6.65	17074591	1.Rg7 bxa4 2.Bb7+ Kb8 3.Be4 a6
					4.Rb7+ Kc8 5.Rb4 Kc7 6.Rxa4 Kb6
					7.Kg5 a5 8.Ra3 Rg8+ 9.Bg6 Ra8
1:47	8/15	7.02	39868801	1.Rg7 bxa4 2.Bb7+ Kb8 3.Be4 a5
					4.h5 Rf8 5.Rg5 Rf6+ 6.Kg7 Rd6 7.Rb5+
					Ka7 8.Rxa5+ Ra6 9.Rxa6+ Kxa6 10.h6
					a3 11.Bd5 Kb5

After forcing 1.a5, here is what The King says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	3.49	1763		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rxa6 3.Rxb5 Rd6
					4.h5 Rxd3
0:00	1/5	3.01	8386		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rxa6 3.Rxb5 Rd6
					4.h5 Rd7+ 5.Kg8 Rxd3
0:00	1/6	3.01	14892		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rxa6 3.Rxb5 Rd6
					4.h5 Rd7+ 5.Kg8 Rxd3
0:00	1/7	2.98	38949		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 b4 3.h5 Rxa6 4.Rxb4
					Rxa5 5.h6 Rg5+ 6.Kh7
0:00	1/8	2.96	49106		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 Rxa6 3.Rxb5 Rd6
					4.Rf5 Rxd3 5.Rf8+ Kb7 6.h5 Rg3+
					7.Kh6
0:00	2/9	3.00	71211		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 b4 3.h5 Rxa6 4.Rxb4
					Rxa5 5.Rh4 Rd5 6.h6 Rd7+ 7.Kg8
0:00	3/10	2.74	132402		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 b4 3.h5 Rxa6 4.Rb5
					Rd6 5.Rxb4 Rd7+ 6.Kg6 Rd6+ 7.Kh7
					Rd7+ 8.Kh6 Rxd3
0:00	4/11	2.76	247770		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 b4 3.h5 Rxa6 4.Rxb4
					Rxa5 5.Rh4 Rd5 6.h6 Rd7+ 7.Kg6
					a5 8.h7
0:01	5/12	2.77	611183		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg7 b4 3.Rxb4 Rd7+ 4.Kf6
					Rd6+ 5.Kf5 Rf6+ 6.Kg4 Rxa6 7.Ra4
					Rd6 8.d4 Kb7 9.h5 Ka6
0:04	6/13	2.84	1709570		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg5 Rxa6 3.Rxb5 Rd6
					4.h5 Rxd3 5.Rf5 Rd7 6.Kg6 Rd6+
					7.Rf6 Rd8 8.Rf7 Rg8+ 9.Rg7
0:13	7/14	3.11	4789784		1...Rd6+ 2.Kg5 b4 3.Rb5 Rxa6 4.h5
					Rd6 5.h6 Rxd3 6.h7 Rd8 7.Rxb4 Rd5+
					8.Kh4 Rd8 9.Rg4 Kb7 10.Rg8
0:34	8/15	3.11	12117400	1...Rd6+ 2.Kg5 b4 3.Rb5 Rxa6 4.h5
					Rd6 5.h6 Rxd3 6.h7 Rd8 7.Rxb4 Rd5+
					8.Kh4 Rd8 9.Rg4 Kb7 10.Rg8
1:26	9/16	3.39	30876013	1...Rd6+ 2.Kg5 b4 3.Rb5 Rxa6 4.h5
					Rd6 5.h6 Rd7 6.d4 b3 7.Rxb3 Rd5+
					8.Kg6 Rxd4 9.Rf3 Rd8 10.h7 Kb7
					11.Rh3

jm



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