Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 22:43:44 03/15/99
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On March 15, 1999 at 17:40:38, Will Singleton wrote:
<snip>
>u2600 Position of the Week
>
>The following position is from the game PostModernist - Amateur, played this
>week on fics or ICC. PM makes an interesting move, Bf5, which appears
>pretty speculative, but seems to me to be the best move. No program I have
>tested will play it. Question -- is it the best move, and if so, how did
>PM come to play it?
>
>2r1k2r/1pq3p1/p1n1ppP1/3p3n/3P4/1QNBP2P/PP4Pb/R3BR1K w k -
This is a fun position!
LambChop (P133) locks onto Bf5 after 14sec. I don't know if its the best move,
but it looks promising and I'm pleased Chop likes it too :-)
Here is search output, from 15 minutes thinking:
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8 |__|__|br|__|bk|__|__|br|
7 |__|bp|bq|__|__|__|bp|__|
6 |bp|__|bn|__|bp|bp|WP|__|
5 |__|__|__|bp|__|__|__|bn|
4 |__|__|__|WP|__|__|__|__|
3 |__|WQ|WN|WB|WP|__|__|WP|
2 |WP|WP|__|__|__|__|WP|bb|
1 |WR|__|__|__|WB|WR|__|WK|
a b c d e f g h White to play
Enter a move or command: go
1. go
Thinking...
0 0 0 0 c3d5
1 113 0 20 b3a3
1 120 0 39 c3e4
1 120 0 67 c3e4
2 112 0 449 c3e4 h2g3
3 120 100 2546 c3e4 f6f5 e4c5
4 141 100 6233 c3e4 c6d8 e4c5 h2g3
5 118 500 34533 f1f3 h2d6 c3e4 d6e7 e4c5 e7c5 d4c5
5 118 600 45153 f1f3 h2d6 c3e4 d6e7 e4c5 e7c5 d4c5
6 158 1400 124446 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8
6 158 1400 126860 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8
7 149 3100 301157 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 e1h4 b8b2 f1f5
8 162 12000 1224566 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 b2b3 h8f8
9 149 28900 2933257 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 f1f5 b8b2 e1h4
10 167 90000 9420800 d3f5 e6f5 c3d5 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 f1f5 h8f8 f5h5 f8f
7 g6f7 b8b2 f7f8Q d6f8 h1h2
My move is: 1. Bf5
Also, I played down the line 1.Bf5 exf5 2.Nxd5 and let it think:
Thinking...
0 0 0 0 c6d4
1 -731 0 28 b7b6 d5c7 h2c7 b3f7 e8d8 f1f5
1 -726 0 38 b7b5 d5c7 h2c7 b3f7 e8d8 f1f5
1 -295 0 44 c7d7 h1h2
1 -101 0 53 c7d6 f1f5
1 -98 0 63 c7b8 f1f5
1 -67 0 122 h5g3 e1g3 c7g3 b3b7
1 -67 0 140 h5g3 e1g3 c7g3 b3b7
2 -77 0 477 h5g3 e1g3 c7g3 d5f6 e8d8 f1f5 g7f6 f5f6
3 -158 0 3092 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8
3 -158 0 3168 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8
4 -149 100 6234 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 e1h4 b8b2 f1f5
5 -162 200 17214 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 b2b3 h8f8
6 -149 700 60355 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 f1f5 b8b2 e1h4
7 -167 2500 249134 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 f1f5 h8f8 f5h5 f8f7 g6f7 b8b2 f7f
8Q d6f8 h1h2
8 -167 9400 904846 c7d6 b3b7 c8b8 b7f7 e8d8 f1f5 h8f8 f5h5 f8f7 g6f7 b8b2 f7f
8Q d6f8 h1h2
9 -218 28200 2822572 c7d6 f1f5 c6d8 e1b4 d6e6 d5e7 e6b3 a2b3 h5g3 h1h2 g3f5 e7f
5
10 -218 30000 3002368 c7d6 f1f5 c6d8 e1b4 d6e6 d5e7 e6b3 a2b3 h5g3 h1h2 g3f5 e7f
5
My move is: 2. .. Qd6
So still happy, not that this proves much :)
Peter
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