Author: James Robertson
Date: 09:56:47 06/13/99
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On June 13, 1999 at 10:41:05, Dan Homan wrote:
Could you post the critical moves in EPD? That way I can test my program much
more easily.
James
>
>Here is an interesting game played on ICC between my program, EXchess, on
>a Cel/400 and "Talmoves" which is CS-Tal II on a PII/300. EXchess got
>clobbered in this one, but I think it is an interesting King-Safety
>example. I thought my King safety code was pretty good until this game.
>When does your program realize it is in serious trouble (as black)?
>
>[Event "ICC 5 0"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "1999.06.11"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Talmoves"]
>[Black "EXchess"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2367"]
>[BlackElo "2506"]
>[Opening "Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
>[ECO "B45"]
>[NIC "SI.37"]
>[Time "22:41:15"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
>Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc2
>f5 15. exf5 O-O 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Nd5 Qg5 19. h4 Qh6 20. g4 Bf6
>21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bf3 e4 23. Bg2 d5 24. Qd2 d4 25. Qg5+ Qxg5 26. hxg5 d3
>27. Rh6 Rd7 28. Rd1 Kh8 29. Bf1 Rg8 30. Rh5 Rd6 31. Kd2 Re8 32. Re1 Bd5 33.
>Re3 Bxa2 34. Reh3 Kg8 35. Rxh7 Kf8 36. f6 Rxf6 37. gxf6 e3+ 38. fxe3 Re6 39.
>Rh8# {Black checkmated} 1-0
>
>Here are EXchess' evaluations during the critical part of the game:
>
>whisper -0.14, 7 ply, nps: 85569, 31. ... Re8
>
>whisper -0.72, 7 ply, nps: 87430, 32. ... Bd5
>
>whisper -1.30, 8 ply, nps: 81096, 33. ... Ba2
>
>whisper MATE-(10) 9 ply, nps: 124059, 34. ... Kg8
>
>MATE-(10) means mate in 10 ply (5 moves). EXchess thinks things are
>getting about a pawn worse, but doesn't see major trouble until
>suddenly seeing the mate. How do other programs do with these
>positions? EXchess typically spent around 7 seconds per move in this
>part of the game.
>
> - Dan
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