Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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BrendanJNorman
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Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

Post by BrendanJNorman »

So...I just played the following 3 2 game against some 2100 type guy on chess.com...

[pgn][Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "BrendanJNorman"]
[Black "domino1962"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 a5 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rad1 Nfd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Bf3 c6 14. Kh1 Qc7
15. Ndb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6 Rf8 18. e5 Ra6 19. b3 Ne6 20. c5 b6 21. c6
Ndc5 22. a3 Ra7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Qxa4
Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. b5 Bh6 31. g3 g5 32. f5 Ng7 33. g4 Ne8 34.
Qd4 Bg7 35. Qd8 Kf8 36. Bxb6 1-0[/pgn]

A nice one, right?

What I'm wondering is 1. If your engine plays my knight sac (15.Ndb5!?) and 2. If this move is objectively winning.

[d]r1b1r1k1/1pqn1pbp/2pp2p1/p1n5/2PNPP2/2N1BB2/PPQ3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 15

Move: 15.Ndb5!?

I played this move because I get two pawns, tons of space and my opponent can barely move, but these are human considerations...what do the beasts say?
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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It's a good move , 2nd best move out of 46. Qf2 is better. It improved your game, not sure if I would call it winning - but certainly a move to be proud of.

info depth 47 seldepth 83 multipv 1 score cp 112 nodes 44987863136 nps 79993639 hashfull 997 tbhits 0 time 562393 pv c2f2 g7f8 f4f5 c7d8 d4b3 b7b6 b3c5 b6c5 c3a4 d8e7 f2g3 f8g7 f5g6 h7g6 g3d6 e7d6 d1d6 g7f8 d6d2 d7e5 b2b3 e5f3 g2f3 c8h3 f1d1 f7f5 a4b6 a8a7 b6d7 f8e7 d7c5 f5e4 c5e4 a7b7 e3g5 h3f5 g5e7 f5e4 f3e4 b7e7 d1g1 g8f7 d2d6 e7e4 d6c6 e4e2 g1f1 f7g7 c4c5 e2a2 f1g1 a2b2 c6g6 g7f7 c5c6 b2b3 c6c7 b3c3

search d4b5 only
info depth 37 seldepth 62 multipv 1 score cp 85 nodes 2964660595 nps 84068073 hashfull 853 tbhits 0 time 35265 pv d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 b5d6 e8e6 e4e5 a8a6 d6b5 b7b6 f3d5 e6e7 c2f2 c8b7 f2h4 g7f8 b5c3 a6a8 f1f3 b7d5 c4d5 b8d8 h4h3 f8g7 d5d6 e7e6 c3d5 d7e5 f4e5 e6e5 f3f1 d8d6 h3f3 a8f8 e3f4 g8h8 f4e5 g7e5 d1e1 h8g8 d5f6 e5f6 f3f6 d6f6 f1f6
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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MikeB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:41 am It's a good move , 2nd best move out of 46. Qf2 is better. It improved your game, not sure if I would call it winning - but certainly a move to be proud of.
Thanks Mike.

Yeah I seen that Ethereal 12 prefers Qf2, but I think this move is very hard for humans to understand.

The idea is to keep the idea of Ndb5 up your sleeve, whilst also adding the option of a strong e5! push (queen and bishop battery target knight on c5 in some lines).

On my slow GPU, Leelenstein liked Ndb5 as well...

It was interesting checking with old engines too... Deep Fritz 10 plays Ndb5 instantly, while Deep Junior 11 doesn't even consider it.
MikeB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:41 am info depth 47 seldepth 83 multipv 1 score cp 112 nodes 44987863136 nps 79993639 hashfull 997 tbhits 0 time 562393 pv c2f2 g7f8 f4f5 c7d8 d4b3 b7b6 b3c5 b6c5 c3a4 d8e7 f2g3 f8g7 f5g6 h7g6 g3d6 e7d6 d1d6 g7f8 d6d2 d7e5 b2b3 e5f3 g2f3 c8h3 f1d1 f7f5 a4b6 a8a7 b6d7 f8e7 d7c5 f5e4 c5e4 a7b7 e3g5 h3f5 g5e7 f5e4 f3e4 b7e7 d1g1 g8f7 d2d6 e7e4 d6c6 e4e2 g1f1 f7g7 c4c5 e2a2 f1g1 a2b2 c6g6 g7f7 c5c6 b2b3 c6c7 b3c3

search d4b5 only
info depth 37 seldepth 62 multipv 1 score cp 85 nodes 2964660595 nps 84068073 hashfull 853 tbhits 0 time 35265 pv d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 b5d6 e8e6 e4e5 a8a6 d6b5 b7b6 f3d5 e6e7 c2f2 c8b7 f2h4 g7f8 b5c3 a6a8 f1f3 b7d5 c4d5 b8d8 h4h3 f8g7 d5d6 e7e6 c3d5 d7e5 f4e5 e6e5 f3f1 d8d6 h3f3 a8f8 e3f4 g8h8 f4e5 g7e5 d1e1 h8g8 d5f6 e5f6 f3f6 d6f6 f1f6
What software are you exporting these PV from? Arena or something? A bit hard to read for me. :)
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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BrendanJNorman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:59 am
MikeB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:41 am It's a good move , 2nd best move out of 46. Qf2 is better. It improved your game, not sure if I would call it winning - but certainly a move to be proud of.
Thanks Mike.

Yeah I seen that Ethereal 12 prefers Qf2, but I think this move is very hard for humans to understand.

The idea is to keep the idea of Ndb5 up your sleeve, whilst also adding the option of a strong e5! push (queen and bishop battery target knight on c5 in some lines).

On my slow GPU, Leelenstein liked Ndb5 as well...

It was interesting checking with old engines too... Deep Fritz 10 plays Ndb5 instantly, while Deep Junior 11 doesn't even consider it.
MikeB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:41 am info depth 47 seldepth 83 multipv 1 score cp 112 nodes 44987863136 nps 79993639 hashfull 997 tbhits 0 time 562393 pv c2f2 g7f8 f4f5 c7d8 d4b3 b7b6 b3c5 b6c5 c3a4 d8e7 f2g3 f8g7 f5g6 h7g6 g3d6 e7d6 d1d6 g7f8 d6d2 d7e5 b2b3 e5f3 g2f3 c8h3 f1d1 f7f5 a4b6 a8a7 b6d7 f8e7 d7c5 f5e4 c5e4 a7b7 e3g5 h3f5 g5e7 f5e4 f3e4 b7e7 d1g1 g8f7 d2d6 e7e4 d6c6 e4e2 g1f1 f7g7 c4c5 e2a2 f1g1 a2b2 c6g6 g7f7 c5c6 b2b3 c6c7 b3c3

search d4b5 only
info depth 37 seldepth 62 multipv 1 score cp 85 nodes 2964660595 nps 84068073 hashfull 853 tbhits 0 time 35265 pv d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 b5d6 e8e6 e4e5 a8a6 d6b5 b7b6 f3d5 e6e7 c2f2 c8b7 f2h4 g7f8 b5c3 a6a8 f1f3 b7d5 c4d5 b8d8 h4h3 f8g7 d5d6 e7e6 c3d5 d7e5 f4e5 e6e5 f3f1 d8d6 h3f3 a8f8 e3f4 g8h8 f4e5 g7e5 d1e1 h8g8 d5f6 e5f6 f3f6 d6f6 f1f6
What software are you exporting these PV from? Arena or something? A bit hard to read for me. :)
just raw data from the command line ... sorry
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

Post by Terje »

While hardly a beast, Weiss plays Ndb5 almost instantly (slightly preferring it over Qf2) :)
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

Post by jp »

Komodo 13.2, PV=2:

depth=25
+0.96 15.Qf2 Ra6 16.Nde2 Bf8 17.b3 b6 18.h3 Bb7 19.Rd2 Nf6 20.Ng3 Nfd7 21.Rfd1 Raa8 22.Nge2 Nf6 23.g4 h6 24.Qg2 Nh7 25.h4 Qe7 26.g5 Rad8 27.Bd4 Bg7
+0.83 15.Ndb5 cxb5 16.Nxb5 Qb8 17.Nxd6 Re6 18.e5 Ra6 19.Nb5 b6 20.Qf2 Bb7 21.Bd5 Re7 22.Qh4 Bf8 23.Rf3 Ra8 24.Rh3 h5 25.Nc3 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Re8 27.d6 Bg7 28.Nd5 Qb7 29.Kg1 Ne4 30.Nc7 Rad8 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.Rf3
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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Lc0 (384x30-swa-320000.pb)

Nodes: 17.9M, N/s: 11.1k, Time: 26m 47s

76.9% Qf2 Rb8 h3 a4 Ndb5 cxb5 Nxb5 Qd8 Nxd6 b6 e5 Bb7 Nxe8 Qxe8 Bd5 Na6 Qf3 Ndc5 Bd4 Bc8 Rfe1 Ne6 Bc3 Qe7 f5 gxf5 Qxf5 Nf8 e6 Bxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qe5+ Qf6 Qg3+ Qg6 Qe3 Kg8 Qf4 Qg7 Qd6 Qxb2 Re3 Re8 (N: 17.4M, WDL: 673 193 134, P: 3.68%)

72.5% Ndb5 cxb5 Nxb5 Qd8 Nxd6 Bf8 Nxe8 Qxe8 e5 Nb8 g4 Nc6 Qf2 Ne6 Qg2 Ng7 Bd5 Ne7 Be4 Nc6 Bd2 Ra6 f5 Nxe5 Bd5 gxf5 gxf5 Kh8 f6 Ne6 Rde1 (N: 86.9k, WDL: 619 212 169, P: 8.51%)

67.0% b3 Nf6 h3 a4 Bf2 axb3 axb3 Qa5 Rb1 Qb4 Rfd1 Bd7 Be1 Qb6 b4 Ncxe4 Bxe4 Nxe4 Nxe4 Bxd4 c5 Qa6 Rxd4 Bf5 cxd6 Qf1+ (N: 57.5k, WDL: 528 284 188, P: 12.54%)
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

Post by xr_a_y »

Curiously Minic is playing it instantly !

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2 177 0 82 	c2f2 g7d4 
3 177 0 122 	c2f2 g7d4 e3d4 
4 35 0 509 	d4e2 c5e6 a2a3 d7f6 
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7 -4 0 3134 	h1g1 d7f6 d4e2 c8e6 e3c5 d6c5 !
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16 69 47 449118 	d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 b5d6 e8d8 c2f2 g7f8 f2e2 !
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17 59 138 1458129 	d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 b5d6 e8d8 e4e5 g7f8 c2f2 c5e6 c4c5 b8c7 d1d5 f8g7 f1d1 a5a4 a2a3 g7h6 
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18 86 172 1782629 	d4b5 c6b5 c3b5 c7b8 ?
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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BrendanJNorman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:01 am So...I just played the following 3 2 game against some 2100 type guy on chess.com...

[pgn][Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "BrendanJNorman"]
[Black "domino1962"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 a5 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rad1 Nfd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Bf3 c6 14. Kh1 Qc7
15. Ndb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6 Rf8 18. e5 Ra6 19. b3 Ne6 20. c5 b6 21. c6
Ndc5 22. a3 Ra7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Qxa4
Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. b5 Bh6 31. g3 g5 32. f5 Ng7 33. g4 Ne8 34.
Qd4 Bg7 35. Qd8 Kf8 36. Bxb6 1-0[/pgn]

A nice one, right?

What I'm wondering is 1. If your engine plays my knight sac (15.Ndb5!?) and 2. If this move is objectively winning.

[d]r1b1r1k1/1pqn1pbp/2pp2p1/p1n5/2PNPP2/2N1BB2/PPQ3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 15

Move: 15.Ndb5!?

I played this move because I get two pawns, tons of space and my opponent can barely move, but these are human considerations...what do the beasts say?


Yep, that is a nice move and most engines do consider that move 2nd only to 15.Qf2, however it looks like 15.g4 with the idea of 16.g5 also works here (probably no better or no worse than 15.Ndb5 and 15.Qf2). Personally I like 15.Ndb5 the best because it looks like you're using tactics to achieve a strategical goal.
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Re: Does YOUR Engine Play This Sac? Is it Sound?

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15. Ndb5 is a really nice move.
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