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Subject: Re: Two tactical positions

Author: James Robertson

Date: 14:28:29 11/23/99

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On November 23, 1999 at 16:04:49, Dan Andersson wrote:

>These these positions appeared in my two latest 40moves/2hours games at the club
>championship. They are highly tactical in their nature. I have tested them on
>some programs and the evaluations of some of the programs are less than
>accurate. In the first position black felt forced to play Qxh4 is white winning,
>or is it merly a draw? Does your program play Qxh4?

Here are Insomniac's thoughts on a P233, 4MB hash. After 5 minutes, it likes
Qh6. Still isn't too thrilled with black, though.

James

Depth  Score     Time     Nodes  PV
 1     -31        0          45  Qxh4
 2     -69        0         193  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8
 3     -83       60        1607  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 b3
 4    -102      330        3961  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Ke8 Bg6+ Kd7
 5    -215      440        9622  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Ke8 Bg6+ Kd7 Qg7+ Be7 Qxe5
 6>   -316     1050       36385  Qf7 hxg5 Rh3 Kg2 Rh4 g6
 6>   -312     1320       49068  Qe8 hxg5 Rh3 g6 Ba6 Kg2
 6>   -227     1930       77358  Qh6 h5 Rhf8 Kg2 Rf4 Qg6+ Qxg6 hxg6
 6    -227     1930       79718  Qh6 h5 Rhf8 Kg2 Rf4 Qg6+ Qxg6 hxg6
 7    -214     3140      144034  Qh6 h5 Rhf8 Nc4 Rf4 Qe2 Ba6
 8    -224     6600      349067  Qh6 h5 Rdf8 Nc4 Rf4 Qe2 Ba6 Be4
 9>   -204    23400     1220932  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Ng2 Qh2+ Kf1 Rd7 Qxg5+
Kf7 Qg6+ Kf8 g5
 9    -204    25220     1316839  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Ng2 Qh2+ Kf1 Rd7 Qxg5+
Kf7 Qg6+ Kf8 g5
10    -212    37630     1951191  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Ng2 Qh2+ Kf2 Bc7 d6 Bb6
Qxg5+ Kf7 Qe7+ Kg8
11    -207    80250     4067964  Qxh4 Qg6+ Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Ng2 Qh2+ Kf1 Bc7 Qxg5+
Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Qc6 Bd6 g5
12>   -230   289680    15978763  Qh6 h5 Rdf8 Nc4 Rf4 Qe2 Ba6 Bd3 Bxc4 Bxc4 Qf6
Kg2 Rd4
12    -230   320600    17570483  Qh6 h5 Rdf8 Nc4 Rf4 Qe2 Ba6 Bd3 Bxc4 Bxc4 Qf6
Kg2 Rd4

>2br3r/p5k1/3b4/2pPp1pq/Pp2Q1PP/4NP2/1PB5/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
>In the second position the move is obvious, or not?
>r2q2k1/pp4b1/3np2r/3p1p2/3P1P2/2N1PBK1/PP5Q/2R4R w - - 0 1
>Does your program find Qxh6 and in reasonable time and with a correct
>evaluation, better for white? The really interesting thing about the second
>position is that I spent half an hour four moves earlier and the sac. was made
>instantly. Doing the checking out of the combination in question early, I dont
>think any computers work that way.
>
>Regards Dan Andersson



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