Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 15:52:27 01/08/00
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On January 08, 2000 at 18:40:39, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>Something else about the evaluations of these programs is that even in this
>position after 23...h4 they count as a bonus for black the pair of bishops,
>which is adding insult to injury. Related to the inability to see the exceptions
>to the rules, there is a nice position from a game Short-Timman:
>
>[D] 2r2rk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PPK/8 w - - 0 32
>
>Here the white King must go to h6 via g3. The programs that have the best king
>safety fail to find Kg3. Inversely, programs with king safety problems find it
>more easily. This is the main line:
>
>[Event "Tilburg"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1991.??.??"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "Short, Nigel D"]
>[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2660"]
>[BlackElo "2630"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "2r2rk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PPK/8 w - - 0 32"]
>[PlyCount "5"]
>[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
>[SourceDate "1999.12.28"]
>
>32. Kg3 Rce8 33. Kf4 Bc8 34. Kg5 (34. Kg5 Bxd7 (34... Kh7 35. Rxf7+ (35. Qxg6+
>{Anand} 35... Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Kf6 {Short}) 35... Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37.
>Kh6 $18) 35. Kh6 $18) 1-0
>
>Enrique
Wow, what an amazing game.
What's the fastest solution you've seen from a chess program in that position?
--Peter
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