Author: chandler yergin
Date: 13:29:33 10/10/05
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On October 10, 2005 at 14:43:09, David Shanholtzer wrote: >On October 10, 2005 at 13:54:43, chandler yergin wrote: > >>On October 10, 2005 at 13:30:22, David Shanholtzer wrote: >> >>>Below should be a diagram and position fen from Svidler-Topalov, FIDE Ch >>>currently underway. >>> >>>L. Kavalek in his column mentions Shredder suggesting the continuation of >>>15...Nf3+!: "A piercing combination that is sufficient for a draw. Topalov >>>picked it up from his second, Ivan Cheripanov. It was also suggested by the >>>computer program Shredder." >>> >>>Curious, I inserted the position into my older computer to see at what depth >>>Shredder 9 would pick up on this. This particular computer is a Dell 866 MHz cpu >>>with 512 Megs of RAM and WinXP SP 2. Fritz 8 GUI. >>> >>>Shredder 9 came up with the continuation 15...Nf3+! at 13 ply. >>> >>> >>>[D] r3k2r/1p3pb1/p1npp2p/q3nPp1/8/2P1N1BP/PP3PP1/R2QKB1R b - - 0 15 >>> >>>Additionally, >>> >>>Fritz 8 settled on 15...Nf3+! after 11 ply. Toga II v. 1.0 after 12 ply. Junior >>>9 took 14 ply, Gambit Tiger 2.0 10 ply, and Hiarcs 9 9 ply. Interestingly, to >>>me, CM9k Slayer took 7 ply, discarded it, came back to it after 9 play and >>>settled there. CMX Dayffd 4.3 took 10 ply. I've not had any other engines take a >>>look at it. >>> >>>Out of curiosity, and for anyone that would care to give it a quick look, are >>>these ply depths similar to what others obtain to find 15...Nf3+? (FWIW, CMX >>>Dayffd 4.3 is not yet publicized, and I'm not sure it is quite strong enough.) > >>Analysis by Shredder 8: > >(snipped) > >>1...Nf3+ 2.Ke2 Nfd4+ 3.cxd4 Nxd4+ 4.Kd3 Qb5+ 5.Kd2 Qxb2+ 6.Qc2 Qxa1 7.Bxd6 >> ² (0.27) Depth: 13/41 00:01:24 25145kN >> >>(, 10.10.2005) > >13 ply with Shredder 8 also...probably S8 would give the same depth here. >Hmmmmmmnow, about Fritz 5.32... :) I love it! On my Athlon processor at 1.8 GHz it is a Screamer at about 2,500 Kn/s
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