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Subject: Re: Rebel 10 is the only program I have that finds this Move.

Author: odell hall

Date: 02:33:08 03/04/99

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On March 03, 1999 at 21:30:46, odell hall wrote:

>Hi CCC
>
> In my game against Worf on ICC, I sacrificed a bishop which was critizized by
>worf after the game as being unsound! My intuition told me that it was correct,
>after the game I checked with hiarcs6, and fritz5 to see if they would play the
>move.  Neither program Found it after five minutes.  I was sure that if fritz5,
>a tactical genius could not find the move, I thought I was wasting my time
>trying rebel. To my shock Rebel found the move quite easily in 1 minute 16 sec.
>Here is the position
>
>r2q3r/pp1k1pb1/3p3p/3P3n/5Bbp/2N5/PPPQN1P1/2K2R1R w - - id allworld - WORF; bm
>f4d6;
>
>
>  This goes to show that computers are as diverse as humans in the moves they
>decide upon.



If anyone is interested here is the complete game.


Event "ICC tourney 49346 (20 6)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "allworld"]
[Black "WORF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Opening "Reversed Grob (Borg/Basman defense/macho Grob)"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.17"]
[Time "01:19:45"]
[TimeControl "1200+6"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 h6 4. h4 gxh4 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. O-O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. f4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 exf4 12. Bxf4 Kd7 13. Rdf1 Nf6 14. e5 Nh5
15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bxd6 Kxd6 17. Nb5+ Kc5 18. b4+ Kxb5 19. Qd3+ Kb6 20. Rxf7 Qg5+
21. Nf4 Qe5 22. a4 Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Qxb4+ 24. Ke3 Rhe8+ 25. Ne6 Rad8 26. Qb3 Qxb3+
27. cxb3 Rxd5 {White resigns} 0-1




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