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Subject: Re: u2600 Club ICC Rating List - Mar 22

Author: John Stanback

Date: 09:39:23 03/22/99

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On March 22, 1999 at 11:38:37, Will Singleton wrote:


>
>u2600 Position of the Week
>
>This comes from a standard game played on ICC this week between TDChess and
>crafty450.  TDChess found a good move, which I don't believe would have
>been found at blitz time controls.  A good human player might be tempted
>to play it right off the bat, but a program needs proof.
>
>See how long it takes yours to find the winning move.  Also, see if you can
>guess the move before your program finds it.
>
>2r4k/3q1pp1/1rn4p/p1R5/P2p1B2/5QP1/P4P1P/2R3K1 w - -

Zarkov on a P2-300 takes 33 seconds to find Bxh6.  Here is the output.

Move# 1   Clock= 00:00:00   Target= 999999.0
00:01.0    37902  6>    19  Bd2 Ra6 Rd5 Qe6 Re1 Qg6
00:01.7    71424  6     19  Bd2 Ra6 Rd5 Qe6 Re1 Qg6
00:03.5   151685  7>    19  Bd2 Ra6 Rd5 Qe6 Re1 Qg6
00:06.4   271360  7     44  Bd2 Ra6 Qd3 Rb6 Bxa5 Rb2 Bc3 Rxa2 Bxd4
00:14.1   613718  8>    44  Bd2 Ra6 Qd3 Rb6 Bxa5 Rb2 Bc3 Rxa2 Bxd4
00:21.7   918528  8     42  Bd2 Ra6 Qd3 Qb7 Qc4 Qa7 f3 Kg8
00:33.2  1431124  8     99  Bxh6 gxh6 Qf6+ Kh7 Rh5 Kg8 Rxh6 Ne5 Rxc8+ Qxc8
00:58.3  2471424  8    144  Bxh6 Na7 Rxc8+ Nxc8 Bd2 Rb2 Bxa5 Nd6 Qc6 Qxc6
01:01.0  2597404  9>   144  Bxh6 Na7 Rxc8+ Nxc8 Bd2 Rb2 Bxa5 Nd6 Qc6 Qxc6
01:48.5  4599552  9    148  Bxh6 Na7 Bd2 Rbc6 Rxc6 Nxc6 Bxa5 Nxa5 Rxc8+ Qxc8
01:56.7  5028866 10>   148  Bxh6 Na7 Bd2 Rbc6 Rxc6 Nxc6 Bxa5 Nxa5 Rxc8+ Qxc8

John



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