Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 16:20:13 01/08/00
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On January 08, 2000 at 18:52:27, Peter Kappler wrote:
>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?
On a PIII-500:
F532 17''
N732 51''
H732 101''
F6 192''
CM6K 212''
RT 557''
Century, Junior 5 and 6, Shredder 3 and 4 and Crafty 17.01 didn't find Kg3 in
less than 15 minutes.
Enrique
>--Peter
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