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Subject: Re: How Greedy is your Program? Good Positional Test!

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 23:59:09 04/15/99

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On April 15, 1999 at 23:15:08, odell hall wrote:

>Hi
>
>
>The below position is taken from the Book Secrets of Chess Analysis by Jan
>timman.
>
>3q1rk1/1p3p2/r2p2pb/P1pP1n1p/2N2P2/1QPP4/6BP/1R3RK1 w - - id Geller - Spaasky;
>
>
>28. Be4!!!  Timman remarks "White appreciates the strength of the strongpoint f5
>and defers the capture on b7, which would give black the chance for a promising
>exchange sacrifice.  28. Qxb7, Rxa5 29.Nxa5, Qxa5 and now 29.Qb2(to be able to
>defend important weak points from d2 or c2).
>
>
>I tested rebel on this position and it simply could not resist the pawn on b7!
> However hiarcs6 after 82 sec Chose  28. Bh3!! which I think is about the same
>as Be4.  In my opinion this is a excellent positional test for computer programs
>to see just how well they understand position. I suspect that only the strongest
>programs will be able to resist the juicy pawn on B7.  I also Tested MChess 8
>which chose Be4 after one minute thought and +76 evaluation.


Odell,

	The evaluation that the programs give for
28.Be4, 28.Bh3 and 28.Qxb7 are very seemed and,
depending the depth, the chosen movement can move.
In any way, here it's the test with Fitz5.32:

 Be4;14sec >Time<180sec;last evaluation +0.53

Regards,

Paulo Soares, from Brazil



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