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Subject: Re: Great position

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 07:57:52 02/13/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 10:46:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>>1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1
>Here is my output:
>
>         (3)   11     0:39   0.00   1. Qxc7+ Ka8 2. Qxa5+ Kxb8 3. Qb6+
>                                    Kc8 4. Qc6+ Kd8 5. Qa8+ Kc7 6. Qc6+
>                                    Kb8 7. Qb6+
>               11     1:22     ++   1. b6+!!
>               11     1:39   4.37   1. b6+ Kxb6 2. Nd7+ Kc6 3. Qa6+ Kxd7
>                                    4. e6+ Ke8 5. Qa8+ Qd8 6. g6 Qxa8 7.
>                                    g7 Qf3 8. g8=Q+ Qf8 9. Qg2 Qf1+ 10.
>                                    Kxf1 Kf8 11. Qf3+ Kg8 12. Qxc3
>         (4)   11->   1:48   4.37   1. b6+ Kxb6 2. Nd7+ Kc6 3. Qa6+ Kxd7
>                                    4. e6+ Ke8 5. Qa8+ Qd8 6. g6 Qxa8 7.
>                                    g7 Qf3 8. g8=Q+ Qf8 9. Qg2 Qf1+ 10.
>                                    Kxf1 Kf8 11. Qf3+ Kg8 12. Qxc3
>               12     2:01     ++   1. b6+!!
>         (3)   12     2:05   5.07   1. b6+ Kxb6 2. Nd7+ Kc6 3. Qa6+ Kxd7
>                                    4. e6+ Ke8 5. Qa8+ Qd8 6. g6 Qxa8 7.
>                                    g7 Qf3 8. g8=Q+ Qf8 9. Qg2 Qf2+ 10.
>                                    Kxf2 Kf8 11. Qf3+ Kg8 12. Qf7+ Kh8
>                                    13. Qf8+ Kh7 14. Qxe7+ Kg6 15. Qxc7


I guess you checked it with your Quad. Crafty 17.07 as a Fritz engine picks b6
in 6:42 on a PIII-500, 128MB hash.

>This doesn't look like a great test position.

I said "great" because I like it, not for any othe reason.

>  No smarts required.  Just very
>fast search.  If that is the goal, this is ok.

That's an important goal in tactical test sets, yes.

Enrique

>  If the goal is to find which
>engine knows the most about chess, this is not 'it'.



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