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Subject: Re: Opinion about a position?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:07:27 04/05/99

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On April 05, 1999 at 14:12:13, James Robertson wrote:

>My program just played a game (40 moves in 20 min) against GNUChess (GNUChss was
>black), and this position arose:
>
>1r4r1/2q2p1k/p6p/1pP1P2p/2bP3P/P1p1Q3/2P2RP1/5RK1 w - -
>
>GNUChess had just played Be6-c4 with a sizeable plus score for black. My program
>responded with e6 with an about even score. What do other programs, especially
>amateur ones, think about this?
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>My program's analysis:
>
> 1  -133         50         58 Rd1
> 2  -133         50        341 Rd1 Qa5
> 3  -127         50       3881 e6 Bxe6 Qxc3
> 4  -128        160      11304 e6 Bxe6 Qd3+ Kg7 Qxc3
> 5  -128        330      27324 e6 Bxe6 Qd3+ Kg7 Qxc3
> 6   -78       1100     124186 e6 Bxe6 d5 Qg3 Qxg3 Rxg3 dxe6 fxe6
> 7   -78       2360     281522 e6 Bxe6 d5 Qg3 Qxg3 Rxg3 dxe6 fxe6
> 8   -78       7410     950243 e6 Bxe6 d5 Qg3 Qxg3 Rxg3 dxe6 fxe6
> 9    -9      22190    2760318 e6 Bxe6 d5 Bd7 Rxf7+ Rg7 Qxc3 Rxf7 Rxf7+ Kg6
>10    -9      67170    8712177 e6 Bxe6 d5 Bxd5 Qd3+ Kh8 Qxd5 Qe7 Qxh5 Kg7
>11    33     216130   27175571 e6 Bxe6 d5 Bxd5 Qd3+ Rg6 Qxd5 f6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6

Chessmaster 6000 also likes e6, but gives it a score of 0.61 for white after
thinking for about 13 minutes on a P2-300. Its line at depth 5/11 is:

1. e6 Bxe6 2.d5 Bxd5 3.Qd3+ Kh8 4.Qxd5 Rc8 5.Rxf7 Qxc5 6.Qxc5 Rxc5 7.Rf6 Rg7
8.Rxh6+ Kg8 9.Rxg7+ Kxg7 10.Rxa6

jm



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