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Subject: Re: It is not a good problem.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:21:56 08/22/99

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On August 21, 1999 at 10:56:20, blass uri wrote:

>
>On August 21, 1999 at 10:34:05, odell hall wrote:
>
>>On August 21, 1999 at 09:20:34, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On August 21, 1999 at 08:10:55, odell hall wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 21, 1999 at 08:04:43, odell hall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 21, 1999 at 06:43:55, blass uri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 21, 1999 at 05:08:58, odell hall wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  So far only Fritz5.32 can solve this position, I am not letting my programs
>>>>>>>think more than five minutes.  Fritz 5.32 AMD-k2II 350 45mb for fritz solves in
>>>>>>>47sec!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>2n1r1k1/2p1q2p/3pN1p1/3Pp1N1/3bP3/5Q2/2r3PP/R4R1K w - - id Bart - Towerking; bm
>>>>>>>g5h7;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think that there are many solutions to the problem and g5h7 is not the only
>>>>>>winning move so it is not a good problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Ok uri come on icc and i will beat any program you have with Nxh7 just to prove
>>>>>that it is the winning move.  The next best move is Ra3 which is slightly
>>>>>inferior. But nxh7!! is definetely the best move! without question.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can Fritz5.32 defend this position with black against the program that do not
>>>>>>find g5h7?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I am defining the Best move as the move which leads to the greatest loss of
>>>>material for the opposing side. Just because fritz can not defend the position
>>>>against a program that does not play nxh7 does mean that Nxh7 is not the best
>>>>move. Maybe you can explain your logic to me. No one said that there was not
>>>>many good moves in the position, only that Nxh7 is that best.
>>>
>>>My logic is that if there is more than 1 winning move then it is not a good
>>>problem.
>>>
>>>My version of Junior after some hours want to play Rab1 with 2.49 pawns
>>>advantage for white(1.Rab1 h5 2.Qf7+ Qxf7 3.Rxf7 Rf2 4.Rxc7 Bb6 5.Rg7+ Kh8
>>>6.Nf7+ Rxf7 7.Rxf7... is the main line)
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>I bet if you feed Nxh7 into junior and then let it think, it will see that this
>>move is stronger
>
>I am not sure about it.
>
>I gave it more than 10 minutes for the position after Nxh7 and the evaluation
>was only 1.74 pawns for white.
>
>I can prove by a tree that the evaluation is bigger than 3 pawns but the same
>may hold for Rab1.
>
>I agree that
>1.Nxh7 Kxh7 2.Ra3 Rf2 3.Rxf2 Bxf2 4.Qxf2 Nb6 5.Rh3+ Kg8 6.Rh6
>is winning for white and that black has no good alternative.
>
>I gave the initial position to my Fritz5 engine and with 64M hash tables it
>found Nxh7 at depth 11 only to go back to Rab1 at depth 12 and with 128M hash it
>did not find Nxh7 and prefered Rab1 at depth 11 and 12.
>
>I have not Fritz5.32 but maybe it can also change its mind to Rab1 if it get
>more time or more hash tables.
>
>Uri


Also Rad1 seems strong.  Crafty gets way over +2 with this move as well...



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