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Subject: Re: Junior5 blind? Questioon for Uri

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 03:51:31 10/06/99

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On October 06, 1999 at 00:58:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 05, 1999 at 15:15:01, John Stanback wrote:
>
>>On October 05, 1999 at 01:14:03, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>I remember I have heard that Junior has problems with "winning" pawns on a2/a7
>>>and h2/h7. I couldn't imagine. Now I have seen it with my own eyes:
>>>
>>>[Event "Chessnet"]
>>>[Site "?"]
>>>[Date "????.??.??"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "King 2.55"]
>>>[Black "Junior 5"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[ECO "D49"]
>>>[PlyCount "43"]
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
>>>a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rb8
>>>15. Nc6 Bb7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bxb5 O-O 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. Rhc1 Bd6 20. Kf1 Bxc6
>>>21. Bxc6 Qa7 22. Rc2 *
>>>
>>>Now Junior5 takes the Ph2 and only is down with -1.00. After 23.g3 h5 (-1.32)
>>>24.Kg2 Ng4 (-1.40) 25.Rd1 Rf8 (-1.55)
>>>
>>>Black has some problems getting the bishop back into the game...
>>>
>>>So Uri, what does your latest Junior version (5.9?) play, also take the pawn?
>>>
>>>And I wonder which other programs take this pawn and which avoid this trap?
>>
>>Zarkov takes about 10 milliseconds to switch from Bxh2 to Rc8 :).
>>
>>John
>
>
>Crafty _never_ considers Bxh2:
>
>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                1     0.00  -2.19   22. ... Qc7
>                1->   0.00  -2.19   22. ... Qc7
>                2     0.00  -2.32   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3
>                2     0.01  -2.31   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3
>                2->   0.01  -2.31   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3
>                3     0.02  -2.48   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 Qc8 24. Qd3
>                3     0.03  -2.31   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3 Bb4
>                3     0.03  -2.30   22. ... Qe7 23. Qd3 Be5
>                3->   0.03  -2.30   22. ... Qe7 23. Qd3 Be5
>                4     0.04  -2.39   22. ... Qe7 23. Qd3 Be5 24. Kg1
>                4     0.06  -2.35   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3 Rb6 24. Bd5
>                4->   0.08  -2.35   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3 Rb6 24. Bd5
>                5     0.12  -2.33   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3 Be5 24. Bd5 Qd6
>
>
>It has an eval term to stop that nonsense.  Many programs don't, still.

How long did you let it search?  This is what I get from 16.18:

                1     0.00  -2.16   22. ... Qc7
                1->   0.03  -2.16   22. ... Qc7
                2     0.04  -2.48   22. ... Qc7 23. a4
                2     0.04  -2.31   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3
                2->   0.09  -2.31   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3
                3     0.10  -2.55   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2
                3     0.11  -2.28   22. ... Qc7 23. Qd3 Bb4
                3     0.12  -2.27   22. ... Qe7 23. Qd3 Be5
                3->   0.15  -2.27   22. ... Qe7 23. Qd3 Be5
                4     0.17  -2.59   22. ... Qe7 23. a4 e5 24. b3
                4     0.20  -2.43   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2 Rc8
                4->   0.23  -2.43   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2 Rc8
                5     0.30  -2.21   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2 Be5
                                    25. Rxd3 Rxb2
                5     0.52  -2.16   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qc7 24. Kg2 Bxg3
                                    25. Qxg3
                5->   0.53  -2.16   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qc7 24. Kg2 Bxg3
                                    25. Qxg3
                6     0.65  -2.22   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Rc8
                6     0.79  -2.21   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2 Be5
                                    25. Rxd3 Rxb2
                6->   0.93  -2.21   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 d3 24. Rd2 Be5
                                    25. Rxd3 Rxb2
                7     1.67  -2.33   22. ... Qa6+ 23. Kg1 Be5 24. Rd2 Rb6
                                    25. Be4 Qc4 26. a4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
                7     2.31  -2.08   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Rd8 24. Qd3 Bxg3
                                    25. fxg3 Qe7
                7->   2.44  -2.08   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Rd8 24. Qd3 Bxg3
                                    25. fxg3 Qe7
                8     3.54  -1.91   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4
                8->   4.26  -1.91   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4
                9     6.68  -2.05   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4 27. a4
                9->  16.67  -2.05   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4 27. a4
               10    20.17  -1.93   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4 27. a4 Rc8
               10->  41.77  -1.93   22. ... Bxh2 23. g3 Qa6+ 24. Kg2 d3
                                    25. Rd2 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Qc4 27. a4 Rc8

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Jeremiah



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