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- Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Does Sadler’s novelty 13..b6!! kill the Milner-Barry Gambit?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2360
Re: Does Sadler’s novelty 13..b6!! kill the Milner-Barry Gam
I don't think the Milner-Barry has been very popular at the top levels, even before this game. Jon Apparently, with good reason! I tested various positions with a recent dev build of SF (Stockfish 240614 64 SSE4.2). First, I wanted to see what SF thought of 6.Bd3, which is where the position become...
- Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:52 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Freeware program for analysis?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5222
Re: Freeware program for analysis?
Hello, I am training a young player and need a database software with analysis feature. My first choice was Scid. Free, nice program but does not write to PGN files for some reason. Komodo can annotate games but sometimes send an error message and stops analyzing. My second choice was Arena. Again ...
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:49 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: SF question: Aronian/Mamedyarov game [Candidates 2014]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1058
Re: SF question: Aronian/Mamedyarov game [Candidates 2014]
Thanks Vincent. I was pretty sure it had to do with a repetition of position. Still, an odd thing for such a strong engine 
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: SF question: Aronian/Mamedyarov game [Candidates 2014]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1058
SF question: Aronian/Mamedyarov game [Candidates 2014]
I was browsing the Candidates games today when something drew my attention in the Aronian Vs Mamedyarov game. Here is the complete game: [pgn]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nd2 c6 8. e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f5 Ne7 14. Nde4 dxe4 1...
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:08 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Freeware program for analysis?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5222
Re: Freeware program for analysis?
Hello, I am training a young player and need a database software with analysis feature. My first choice was Scid. Free, nice program but does not write to PGN files for some reason. Komodo can annotate games but sometimes send an error message and stops analyzing. My second choice was Arena. Again ...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:48 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: test postion: Pinkovetsky-Fischer, WC/27 final ICCF 2011
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1680
Re: test postion: Pinkovetsky-Fischer, WC/27 final ICCF 2011
On my computer: SF4 (latest build): 27 seconds Fire 3.0: 73 seconds Critter 1.6a: 9 seconds Which position? The latest SF solves the first in 2 seconds here: info depth 20 seldepth 35 score cp 188 nodes 11276385 nps 5137305 time 2195 multipv 1 pv f5f6 g7g6 h5g7 d6c6 e4e2 c5f8 g5h6 f8d6 h4h5 g6h5 e2...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:54 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: test postion: Pinkovetsky-Fischer, WC/27 final ICCF 2011
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1680
Re: test postion: Pinkovetsky-Fischer, WC/27 final ICCF 2011
On my computer:
SF4 (latest build): 27 seconds
Fire 3.0: 73 seconds
Critter 1.6a: 9 seconds
SF4 (latest build): 27 seconds
Fire 3.0: 73 seconds
Critter 1.6a: 9 seconds
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Test position: beautiful positional sacrifice
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4670
Re: Test position: beautiful positional sacrifice
Based on short analysis, less than 10...Rb8, it's White's 18.Na5 that decided the game: SF's eval drops by almost a full point after that move
- Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:07 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Draw by stalemate (Campbell, easy position for engines).
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2049
Re: Draw by stalemate (Campbell, easy position for engines).
Critter 1.6 only took 3 seconds to detect it on my laptop:
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16/40+ 00:03 9 976 097 3 351 057 -7,05 1.Bd2 h2 2.Ba5 h1Q 3.b4 Qh7
16/40 00:03 9 990 618 3 239 500 0,00 1.Bd2 h2 2.Ba5 h1Q 3.b4 Qh7- Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:25 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Test Position: A line-opening king move
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1746
Re: Test Position: A line-opening king move
[D]rn1q1rk1/ppp2pp1/6p1/6b1/2BPp1P1/2P5/P1P2P2/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 14 Critter 1.6a, 4-Gb hash, 7 hours and 17 minutes of search time, depth 31 Bm : Ke2 , eval: 0.68 [pgn][FEN "rn1q1rk1/ppp2pp1/6p1/6b1/2BPp1P1/2P5/P1P2P2/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 14"]14.Ke2 Nc6 15.Qg1 Na5 16.Qh2 Bh4 17.Bb3 Nxb3 18.axb3 g5 19.Bxg...