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Subject: Re: Diep versus Deep Thought (hong kong 1996)

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 03:06:48 12/25/99

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On December 25, 1999 at 03:34:11, blass uri wrote:

>On December 24, 1999 at 20:00:48, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On December 24, 1999 at 18:39:00, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>On December 24, 1999 at 17:17:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>00:25 391314 (0) 8 -0.48 c2-c4 Qd8-h4 g2-g3 f4xg3 f2xg3 Rg6xg3 Nd5-f6 Ke8-e7 Qd1
>>>>-e1 Rg3-h3
>>
>>>This line shows that it does not see it for the right reasons.
>>
>>remember, the lines are from hashtable and it's a fail low,
>>obviously fail low doesn't show the correct line.
>>
>>>After c4 Qh4 g3 the right move for black is Qh3 and not f4xg3
>>>
>>>The line f4xg3 f2xg3 Rg6xg3 is not clearly winning for black and I guess that
>>>deep thought expected this line when it played c4.
>>
>>>White can continue Qe1 Rh3 Qxh4 Rxh4 cxb5 and the question if g3 is better is a
>>>positional question and not a tactical question.
>>>
>>>The evaluation of programs after f4xg3 are less than 1 pawn for black.
>>
>>>c4 is a tactical blunder not because of this line but because of the line with
>>>Qh3
>>
>>Right. It just already sees something that's evil enough. Very likely
>>not this line, but something that has to do with Qh3. We're just needing
>>a bound that's it. Then we get a fail low.
>
>I tried Genius3 with selective depth 0 after c4 Qh3 g3 Qh3 Rg1 and it needs 8
>plies to see that Qxh2 is winning.
>
>so I guess that it needs 13 plies with no extensions before c4 to see that c4 is
>a tactical mistake.
>
>I see lines of 2 plies when I tell genius3 1 ply with no extension so 13
>plies+no extensions is practically 14 plies.
>
>My point is that you need to see 14 plies to reject c4 for the reason of Qxh3
>and not for a positional reason.
>
>If Deep thought had some rules not to extend wasting tempo lines that are also
>giving the queen for a pawn that it may explain the tactical mistake.
>
>Uri

c4 is a giant tactical blunder. RC only needs 8 plies. Score -1.xx

That's the big contradiction between c5! (+2.xx) and c4??

Ed



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