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Subject: Re: only the two best computerprograms are finding - MacChess does not

Author: Richard A. Fowell

Date: 12:18:45 01/22/06

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On January 19, 2006 at 16:23:48, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>Topalovos´s game in Corus of today:
>[D]r2qk2r/1pp1bpp1/p1n3b1/P1n3P1/3pPB1p/1B1P1N1P/1P1N1P2/2RQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
>
>white´s position is a little bit uncomfortable, but Topalov 20.Rxc5! Bxc5 21.Ba4
>saves him the draw.
>
>Only Rybka and Fruit 2.2 are strong enough to see the move of the master on
>tournamentlevel.
>
>TL

MacChess 5.01, from 1999, does not find this in tournament time -
it takes 15 ply and 21 billion (American) nodes to find this. 9 Hrs 28 minutes
on my
867 MHz machine - perhaps 3hrs 10 minutes on a modern Mac.

Thursday, January 19, 2006  10:29 PM

MacChess 5.01 bm Rxc5!

r2qk2r/1pp1bpp1/p1n3b1/P1n3P1/3pPB1p/1B1P1N1P/1P1N1P2/2RQR1K1 w kq - 0 1

Abbreviated log (removed solutions before 1 second, duplicate PVs)


06/01|00:00:01|      664894|  -35| Ne5 Nxa5 Nxg6 fxg6 Be5 Bd6 Ba4+ Nxa4 Qxa4+
Nc6
07/01|00:00:03|     1831805| -182| Ne5 Nxe5 Bxe5 Nxd3 Bxg7 Rg8 Ba4+ c6 Bxc6+
bxc6
07/02|00:00:04|     2983130| -109| Nc4 Bh5 Ba2 Ne6 Bd2 Nxg5 Bxg5 Bxg5 Rc2
07/06|00:00:06|     4200080|  -79| Qe2 Nxa5 Bd5 c6 b4 cxd5 bxc5 dxe4 Nxe4
08/01|00:00:13|     8117569|  -98| Qe2 Nxa5 Bd5 c6 Ba2 Ne6 Bxe6 fxe6 Be5 Bxg5
Nxd4
08/08|00:00:24|    15829691|  -78| Nb1 Nxa5 Bd5 c6 Ba2 Bh5 Be5 O-O b4
10/01|00:01:31|    56018468|  -86| Nb1 Nxa5 Bd5 c6 Ba2 Bh5 Be5 Kf8 Na3 Ne6 g6
Bxg6 Bxe6 fxe6
10/02|00:02:21|    86052141|  -79| Qe2 Nxa5 Bd5 Nc6 Bxc6+ bxc6 Bh2 Ne6 Rxc6 Bxg5
Nxg5 Qxg5+
10/03|00:03:32|   131008393|  -35| Ne5 Nxa5 Ba2 Bh5 Qxh5 Rxh5 Bxf7+ Kf8 Bxh5 Ne6
Nf7 Qb8 Be5
11/01|00:07:10|   268281153|  -42| Ne5 Bh5 Nxc6 bxc6 Qc2 O-O Ba2 Ne6 Be5 Nxg5
Kh2 Bb4
12/01|00:18:11|   687514771|  -50| Ne5 Nxa5 Bd5 Bh5 Qxh5 Rxh5 Bxf7+ Kf8 Bxh5 Ne6
Nf7 Qc8 Bd6
13/01|01:09:24|  2636033540|  -44| Ne5 Bh5 Nxc6 bxc6 Qc2 O-O Ba2 Qd7 g6 Bxg6 Kg2
Ne6 Be5 Bb4
14/01|02:23:33|  5408173231|  -50| Ne5 Nxe5 Bxe5 c6 Nf3 Bh5 Kg2 Kf8 Bc4 Bxg5
Bxd4 Qxa5 Ra1
15/01|05:26:33| 12265814995|  -68| Ne5 Nxe5 Bxe5 Qd7 Bc4 Bh5 Qc2 O-O f4 Qxh3
Bxc7 Qg4+ Kh1
15/17|09:28:26| 21244877874|  -52| Rxc5 Bxc5 Ba4 O-O Bxc6 bxc6 Qa4 Bd6 Bxd6 cxd6
Qxc6 Qxa5
16/01|15:40:58| 34229198866|  -49| Rxc5 Bxc5 Bd5 Qd7 Qa4 Nb4 Qxd7+ Kxd7 Bxb7
Nxd3 Bxa8 Nxf4 Ne5+ Ke7 Bb7 Nxh3+ Kg2 Nxg5 Nxg6+ fxg6 Bxa6 h3+ Kf1

Saturday, January 21, 2006  9:26 AM



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