Author: Alessandro Damiani
Date: 14:21:08 12/15/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 12:50:29, Howard Exner wrote: >On December 15, 1999 at 11:44:52, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>Take the following position and setup on your PC: >> >>4b3/1r4k1/p3pr2/1p1pPp2/PPpP1Pp1/2P3Pp/K6P/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>Every human would play 1.a5 without thinking, but your chessprogram plays >>1.exf6+??? It may be wrong to call a program stupid but..... >> >>Torstein >> >>( So far I have only tried it on Fritz 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 ) > >For a5 to be played quickly some kind of knowledge is required. >After a5 there are no captures available and a wall of pawns with no pawn breaks >or entry points. Looks like from another post that Zarkov's programmer has >implemented this kind of stuff. > >Here's Rebel Century's contribution on a K2-233 (default,40 mb hash in dos) > >00:00:06 12.00 -8.44 1.exf6+ Kxf6 2.a5 Ke7 3.Kb2 Kd6 > 4.Kc2 (3) > >00:00:55 13.00 -9.81 1.exf6+ Kxf6 2.a5 e5 3.dxe5+ Ke7 > 4.Kb2 Rd7 5.Kc2 d4 6.cxd4 (11) > >00:02:39 14.00 -11.45 1.exf6+ Kxf6 2.a5 e5 3.dxe5+ Kf7 > 4.Kb2 (56) > >00:08:37 15.00 -15.62 1.exf6+ Kxf6 2.a5 e5 3.dxe5+ Kf7 > 4.Kb2 (162) > >00:10:00 15.06 -12.43 1.a5 Rh6 2.Kb2 Bc6 3.Kc2 Ra7 4.Kd2 > Kf7 5.Ke2 (596) > >00:10:16 16.00 -12.51 1.a5 Rh6 2.Kb2 Bg6 3.Kc2 Kf7 4.Kd2 > Ke7 5.Ke2 (600) > >00:10:50 17.00 -12.54 1.a5 Rh6 2.Kb2 Bg6 3.Kc2 Kf7 4.Kd2 > Ke7 5.Ke2 (621) > >00:12:06 18.00 -12.57 1.a5 Rh6 2.Kb2 Bg6 3.Kc2 Kf7 4.Kd2 > Ke7 5.Ke2 (652) Is 18.00 the search depth? If yes, what does 15.06 mean? Thank you. Alessandro
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