Human versus Machine

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Here another test from the positional suite:
[d]rnbqk2r/1p2bpp1/p2ppn1p/8/3NPP1B/2N2Q2/PPP3PP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 9

Any self-respecting engine should find here 9...g5! for full equality. 10. fg5 hg5!(Nfd7 Qh5! is weaker, as black can not recapture with the h pawn towards the center) 11. Bg5 Nfd7, with nice outpost square for the knight on e5, pawn less, but central phalanx.
9...e5 instead might be losing after 10. Nf5, but the lines are long.
9... Nc6 is simply worse than 9...g5, as no full equality here.

Any self-respecting engines on this forum?

[beram]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

I will give you this testposition after 17 h4
Which black move equalizes here?

A Nfd5
B c4
C Nh7
D Ne8
E Nfd7

I will give you the analysis if you choose the right one

[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 17

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

I will give you this testposition after 17 h4
Which black move equalizes here?

A Nfd5
B c4
C Nh7
D Ne8
E Nfd7

I will give you the analysis if you choose the right one

[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 17

None.
Just give me your best line of play(you are probably using the alternative Houdini), and I will tell you why that su*ks.

White is winning that, not the slightest doubt about it.

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Here one more puzzle for you(in the hope someone will look at my book):

[d]r4rk1/4bppp/pqbp1n2/1p2pPB1/4P3/1BNQ4/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 15

The point is to find 15. Bf6!(which SF finds, or maybe first a4 b4, which does not change the overall character of the position and assessment) Bf6, and then 16. Bd5!, which is the real key move, and which SF fails to see. It prefers 16. Nd5? instead, which after 16...Bd5 17. Bd5 should only lead to a draw in an ending with opposite colour bishops.

Any engine seeing that sequence?

[beram]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

I will give you this testposition after 17 h4
Which black move equalizes here?

A Nfd5
B c4
C Nh7
D Ne8
E Nfd7

I will give you the analysis if you choose the right one

[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 17

None.
Just give me your best line of play(you are probably using the alternative Houdini), and I will tell you why that su*ks.

White is winning that, not the slightest doubt about it.

The only drawing move here is answer D 17..Ne8!

Black threatens to win h4 and 18 g5 doesn't work here
The best way white can try now is to play 18 Ne4 leaving black h4 but after 18 ..Bxh4 19 Qf3 black plays Nf6 (or even Nd6) to fully equalize after 20 Qh1 Nxe4 21 Qh4 c4!
The ‘big three’ all give 0.00 than at enough depth
Another white line leading to same position is 18 Qf3 because after again 18..Bxh4 whites best move is Ne4 and than black plays Nf6 leading to same variation

The only other plausible move which white has here than is 18 Nf3
But after e4! 19 Nd2 Bxh4 20 Nxe4 Nf6 21 Qf3 Rfe8 22 Qh1 Nxe4 23 Qxh4 this leads to a position where white has nothing special and again here the ‘big three’ all gave 0.00 after not that long time and depth

Latest Stockfish 171226 has Ne8 as best line at mv 5 at dept 43 this after about 1 hour thinking time on my AMD Ryzen 1800 with 14threads

1: Fisher - Benko
[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT at depth 43 after about 1h 30m on AMD Ryzen 1800 14t 8Gb Hash:
1. = (0.08): 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4 22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 Pb6-d7 25.g5xh6 g7-g6 26.h6-h7+ Kg8-h8 27.a2xb3 Pd7xf6 28.Te4xe5 Ta8-e8 29.Lc1-g5 Pf6-h5 30.Lg5-e7 f7-f6 31.Te5-e3 Tf8-f7 32.Ta1-e1 Kh8xh7 33.Dh4-g4 a6-a5 34.Le7-c5 Te8xe3 35.Lc5xe3 Tf7-d7 36.Le3-d4 Kh7-g7 37.Dg4-e6 Dc6xe6 38.Te1xe6 Ph5-f4 39.Ld4xf6+ Kg7-f7 40.Te6-a6 Td7-d2 41.c3-c4 b5xc4 42.b3xc4 Pf4-d3 43.Lf6-c3 Td2xf2 44.Ta6-a7+ Kf7-e6 45.Ta7xa5 Tf2-c2 46.Ta5-a6+ Ke6-f7 47.Ta6-d6 Pd3xb2 48.Lc3xb2 Tc2xb2 49.c4-c5 Kf7-e7
2. +/= (0.54): 17...Pf6-h7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Ph7-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-g4 Pb6-d5 29.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 30.Ld2-f4 Dd6-c6 31.Dg4-h5 Kg8-f8 32.Lc2xe4 Dc6xe4 33.Th3-e3 De4xe3 34.f2xe3 Pb4-d3 35.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 36.Ta1-d1 Tc4xc3 37.Lf4-g5 Kf8-e7 38.Lg5xf6+ g7xf6 39.Dh5-f3 Pd3-e5 40.Df3-b7+ Td8-d7 41.Td1xd7+ Pe5xd7 42.Db7xa6 Tc3xe3 43.Da6xb5 Te3-e5 44.Db5-d3 Pd7-c5 45.Dd3-b1 Ke7-f8 46.Kg1-g2 Kf8-e7 47.Db1-b4 Te5xf5
3. +/= (0.60): 17...Pf6-d5 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-h1 Dd6-d1+ 28.Lc2xd1 Td8xd1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Td1xh1 30.Th3xh1 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 e5-e4 32.Ta1-c1 b5-b4 33.b3xc4 Pd5xc3 34.Th1-h3 g7-g6 35.f5xg6 f7xg6 36.a2-a3 a6-a5 37.a3xb4 a5xb4 38.Tc1-a1 Tc8-d8 39.Ta1-a6 Td8xd2 40.Ta6xf6 Kg8-g7 41.Tf6-b6 Pc3-d1 42.Kg2-f1 Pd1xf2 43.Th3-g3 Pf2-d3 44.Tg3xg6+ Kg7-h7 45.Tg6-f6 Td2-c2 46.Tb6-b7+ Kh7-g8 47.Tf6-g6+ Kg8-f8
4. +/- (0.79): 17...Pf6-d7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 20.Kg1-h2 Pd7-f6 21.Te1-g1 Tf8-d8 22.Dd1-f3 Pf6xe4 23.Df3xe4 Le7-f6 24.Lc1-h6 Kg8-f8 25.De4-g4 c5-c4 26.Lh6xg7+ Lf6xg7 27.Dg4xg7+ Kf8-e7 28.Dg7-g5+ Ke7-d7 29.Lb3-c2 Kd7-c8 30.Ta1-d1 Ta8-b8 31.Td1xd8+ Dc7xd8 32.Dg5-h6 Kc8-b7 33.Tg1-g7 Dd8-c7 34.Dh6xh4 Kb7-a7 35.Dh4-f6 Tb8-b7 36.Lc2-e4 Dc7-e7 37.Df6xe7 Tb7xe7 38.f5-f6 Te7-c7 39.Le4-f3 Pb6-c8 40.Tg7-g5 e5-e4 41.Lf3xe4 Pc8-d6 42.Le4-g2 Pd6-e8 43.Tg5-f5 Tc7-d7 44.Lg2-c6 Td7-d8 45.Kh2-g3 Ka7-b6 46.Lc6xe8 Td8xe8
5. +/- (0.82): 17...c5-c4 18.Lb3-c2 Pf6-d5 19.g4-g5 h6xg5 20.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-h5 Kg8-f8 29.Dh5-e2 Kf8-g8 30.De2-g4 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 32.Ld2-f4 Dd6-d5 33.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 34.Ta1-d1 Pb4-d3 35.Lc2-b3 Pd3xf4 36.Td1xd5 Pf4xh3+ 37.Dg4xh3 Td8xd5 38.Lb3xc4 b5xc4 39.Dh3-e3 Td5xf5 40.De3xe4 g7-g6 41.De4xc4 Kg8-g7 42.Kg1-g2 Tf5-g5+ 43.Kg2-f1 Tg5-h5 44.Dc4xa6 Lf6xc3

78: Fisher - Benko, 1965
Analysis line after 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4
[d] r4rk1/2q2pp1/pn5p/1p2pP2/2p1n1PQ/1BP5/PP3P2/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT:
22.Te1xe4
= (0.26 ++) Diepte: 34/44 00:00:14 245MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 34/48 00:00:18 308MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 35/42 00:00:26 436MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4-h4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Kh4-g4 Df2-g1+ 40.Kg4-f5 Dg1-c5+ 41.Kf5-g4 Dc5-g1+
= (0.00) Diepte: 36/41 00:00:32 544MN (Bram, 02.01.2018)

[MikeGL]

Most people here should be aware, but for those new, I just want to
bring back to life an intriguing thread on talkchess, involving a live chess game between me and Stockfish, played in late 2014:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... be27a1a99c
This is just to show how much analytical effort has gone into developing the right strategies to overpower the top engines.
With each move consistently analysed for half an hour, and Stockfish using 16 threads, the amount of knowledge one gets from similar sessions is certainly tremendous.

And that is only one of maybe more than a thousand similar analytical threads on talkchess during the last 5 years.

Some might try to raise cheating allegations against me, but I am worth
what I am worth.

Where's the complete game of your Qf6+ game, that's brilliant but I also saw a game 10 years earlier (2004) than yours (2014) doing the same mating attack.


[pgn]
[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[EventDate "2004.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henrikas Asauskas"]
[Black "Vidmantas Malisauskas"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Rg1 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxb3
12. axb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 d5 15. Ra4 g6 16. Rh4 c5
17. Rg3 Kg7 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6+ Kg8 21. Rxh7
Kxh7 22. Rh3+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Qc7 24. f4 1-0
[/pgn]

[d]r2q1r2/1b2bpkp/p3p1p1/2ppP1P1/7R/1PN1BQR1/1PP2P1P/4K3 w - - 0 1
Before the Qf6+ sac of Henrikas.

edit: I tried your Fischer positions above, SF8 dev finds h4 as best (7 secs on my old machine), and on another position Nikolic
lost because he allowed Bxf4 when Nh3 could give slight plus for white according to SF8
dev. So Bg4 was not considered as best by SF8 dev because there are refutations. In short,
all positions you posted above is easy for SF8 dev on my archaic 32 bit machine running only at
2.0 GHz.

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

I will give you this testposition after 17 h4
Which black move equalizes here?

A Nfd5
B c4
C Nh7
D Ne8
E Nfd7

I will give you the analysis if you choose the right one

[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 17

None.
Just give me your best line of play(you are probably using the alternative Houdini), and I will tell you why that su*ks.

White is winning that, not the slightest doubt about it.

The only drawing move here is answer D 17..Ne8!

Black threatens to win h4 and 18 g5 doesn't work here
The best way white can try now is to play 18 Ne4 leaving black h4 but after 18 ..Bxh4 19 Qf3 black plays Nf6 (or even Nd6) to fully equalize after 20 Qh1 Nxe4 21 Qh4 c4!
The ‘big three’ all give 0.00 than at enough depth
Another white line leading to same position is 18 Qf3 because after again 18..Bxh4 whites best move is Ne4 and than black plays Nf6 leading to same variation

The only other plausible move which white has here than is 18 Nf3
But after e4! 19 Nd2 Bxh4 20 Nxe4 Nf6 21 Qf3 Rfe8 22 Qh1 Nxe4 23 Qxh4 this leads to a position where white has nothing special and again here the ‘big three’ all gave 0.00 after not that long time and depth

Latest Stockfish 171226 has Ne8 as best line at mv 5 at dept 43 this after about 1 hour thinking time on my AMD Ryzen 1800 with 14threads

1: Fisher - Benko
[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT at depth 43 after about 1h 30m on AMD Ryzen 1800 14t 8Gb Hash:
1. = (0.08): 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4 22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 Pb6-d7 25.g5xh6 g7-g6 26.h6-h7+ Kg8-h8 27.a2xb3 Pd7xf6 28.Te4xe5 Ta8-e8 29.Lc1-g5 Pf6-h5 30.Lg5-e7 f7-f6 31.Te5-e3 Tf8-f7 32.Ta1-e1 Kh8xh7 33.Dh4-g4 a6-a5 34.Le7-c5 Te8xe3 35.Lc5xe3 Tf7-d7 36.Le3-d4 Kh7-g7 37.Dg4-e6 Dc6xe6 38.Te1xe6 Ph5-f4 39.Ld4xf6+ Kg7-f7 40.Te6-a6 Td7-d2 41.c3-c4 b5xc4 42.b3xc4 Pf4-d3 43.Lf6-c3 Td2xf2 44.Ta6-a7+ Kf7-e6 45.Ta7xa5 Tf2-c2 46.Ta5-a6+ Ke6-f7 47.Ta6-d6 Pd3xb2 48.Lc3xb2 Tc2xb2 49.c4-c5 Kf7-e7
2. +/= (0.54): 17...Pf6-h7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Ph7-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-g4 Pb6-d5 29.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 30.Ld2-f4 Dd6-c6 31.Dg4-h5 Kg8-f8 32.Lc2xe4 Dc6xe4 33.Th3-e3 De4xe3 34.f2xe3 Pb4-d3 35.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 36.Ta1-d1 Tc4xc3 37.Lf4-g5 Kf8-e7 38.Lg5xf6+ g7xf6 39.Dh5-f3 Pd3-e5 40.Df3-b7+ Td8-d7 41.Td1xd7+ Pe5xd7 42.Db7xa6 Tc3xe3 43.Da6xb5 Te3-e5 44.Db5-d3 Pd7-c5 45.Dd3-b1 Ke7-f8 46.Kg1-g2 Kf8-e7 47.Db1-b4 Te5xf5
3. +/= (0.60): 17...Pf6-d5 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-h1 Dd6-d1+ 28.Lc2xd1 Td8xd1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Td1xh1 30.Th3xh1 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 e5-e4 32.Ta1-c1 b5-b4 33.b3xc4 Pd5xc3 34.Th1-h3 g7-g6 35.f5xg6 f7xg6 36.a2-a3 a6-a5 37.a3xb4 a5xb4 38.Tc1-a1 Tc8-d8 39.Ta1-a6 Td8xd2 40.Ta6xf6 Kg8-g7 41.Tf6-b6 Pc3-d1 42.Kg2-f1 Pd1xf2 43.Th3-g3 Pf2-d3 44.Tg3xg6+ Kg7-h7 45.Tg6-f6 Td2-c2 46.Tb6-b7+ Kh7-g8 47.Tf6-g6+ Kg8-f8
4. +/- (0.79): 17...Pf6-d7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 20.Kg1-h2 Pd7-f6 21.Te1-g1 Tf8-d8 22.Dd1-f3 Pf6xe4 23.Df3xe4 Le7-f6 24.Lc1-h6 Kg8-f8 25.De4-g4 c5-c4 26.Lh6xg7+ Lf6xg7 27.Dg4xg7+ Kf8-e7 28.Dg7-g5+ Ke7-d7 29.Lb3-c2 Kd7-c8 30.Ta1-d1 Ta8-b8 31.Td1xd8+ Dc7xd8 32.Dg5-h6 Kc8-b7 33.Tg1-g7 Dd8-c7 34.Dh6xh4 Kb7-a7 35.Dh4-f6 Tb8-b7 36.Lc2-e4 Dc7-e7 37.Df6xe7 Tb7xe7 38.f5-f6 Te7-c7 39.Le4-f3 Pb6-c8 40.Tg7-g5 e5-e4 41.Lf3xe4 Pc8-d6 42.Le4-g2 Pd6-e8 43.Tg5-f5 Tc7-d7 44.Lg2-c6 Td7-d8 45.Kh2-g3 Ka7-b6 46.Lc6xe8 Td8xe8
5. +/- (0.82): 17...c5-c4 18.Lb3-c2 Pf6-d5 19.g4-g5 h6xg5 20.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-h5 Kg8-f8 29.Dh5-e2 Kf8-g8 30.De2-g4 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 32.Ld2-f4 Dd6-d5 33.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 34.Ta1-d1 Pb4-d3 35.Lc2-b3 Pd3xf4 36.Td1xd5 Pf4xh3+ 37.Dg4xh3 Td8xd5 38.Lb3xc4 b5xc4 39.Dh3-e3 Td5xf5 40.De3xe4 g7-g6 41.De4xc4 Kg8-g7 42.Kg1-g2 Tf5-g5+ 43.Kg2-f1 Tg5-h5 44.Dc4xa6 Lf6xc3

78: Fisher - Benko, 1965
Analysis line after 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4
[d] r4rk1/2q2pp1/pn5p/1p2pP2/2p1n1PQ/1BP5/PP3P2/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT:
22.Te1xe4
= (0.26 ++) Diepte: 34/44 00:00:14 245MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 34/48 00:00:18 308MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 35/42 00:00:26 436MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4-h4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Kh4-g4 Df2-g1+ 40.Kg4-f5 Dg1-c5+ 41.Kf5-g4 Dc5-g1+
= (0.00) Diepte: 36/41 00:00:32 544MN (Bram, 02.01.2018)

Man, why are you mentioning to me some Komodo, SF and Houdini, when I am talking about Fischer?
The 3 together are around 30% of Fischer's positional strength.

Don't have the time to analyse it in-depth, but it is obvious for me white wins, just by judging the relevant evaluation factors.

After Ne8, what about 18. Nf3 e4 19. Qe2:

[d]r3nrk1/2q1bpp1/pn5p/1pp2P2/4p1PP/1BP2N2/PP2QP2/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 3

That should be won for white, the endgames with pair of bishops and advanced pawns on the king side is certainly won for white, too many relative advantages.

[beram]

I will post this here, as it has some relevance to computer chess and human-engine competition.

After doing an extensive study of the Fischer game collection, with the help of Stockfish, I just published a book on the theme:


While going through the positional test suite, including 112 test positions, I had to ascertain that Stockfish still fails to solve around one third, but maybe even close to half of the puzzles. With the tactical set, Stockfish has no problems at all, all solved.

Make the conclusions yourselves how weak actually Stockfish is and how strong Fischer.

So, you might just want to forget anything about alleged engine superiority in chess.

sounds interesting Lyudmil ... may buy and take a look ...

[d]r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6P1/1BP4P/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17

One of the positions from the positional suite my SF does not see(I don't know about the latest version on big hardware).
17. h4 wins
Does any engine see this easily wins?
Why would SF fail to see that?

It's not you Dan, I guess SF developers need the book.

The move h4! doesn't win Lyudmil

You bet!
Any analysis?

I will give you this testposition after 17 h4
Which black move equalizes here?

A Nfd5
B c4
C Nh7
D Ne8
E Nfd7

I will give you the analysis if you choose the right one

[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 17

None.
Just give me your best line of play(you are probably using the alternative Houdini), and I will tell you why that su*ks.

White is winning that, not the slightest doubt about it.

The only drawing move here is answer D 17..Ne8!

Black threatens to win h4 and 18 g5 doesn't work here
The best way white can try now is to play 18 Ne4 leaving black h4 but after 18 ..Bxh4 19 Qf3 black plays Nf6 (or even Nd6) to fully equalize after 20 Qh1 Nxe4 21 Qh4 c4!
The ‘big three’ all give 0.00 than at enough depth
Another white line leading to same position is 18 Qf3 because after again 18..Bxh4 whites best move is Ne4 and than black plays Nf6 leading to same variation

The only other plausible move which white has here than is 18 Nf3
But after e4! 19 Nd2 Bxh4 20 Nxe4 Nf6 21 Qf3 Rfe8 22 Qh1 Nxe4 23 Qxh4 this leads to a position where white has nothing special and again here the ‘big three’ all gave 0.00 after not that long time and depth

Latest Stockfish 171226 has Ne8 as best line at mv 5 at dept 43 this after about 1 hour thinking time on my AMD Ryzen 1800 with 14threads

1: Fisher - Benko
[d] r4rk1/2q1bpp1/pn3n1p/1pp1pP2/6PP/1BP5/PP1N1P2/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT at depth 43 after about 1h 30m on AMD Ryzen 1800 14t 8Gb Hash:
1. = (0.08): 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4 22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 Pb6-d7 25.g5xh6 g7-g6 26.h6-h7+ Kg8-h8 27.a2xb3 Pd7xf6 28.Te4xe5 Ta8-e8 29.Lc1-g5 Pf6-h5 30.Lg5-e7 f7-f6 31.Te5-e3 Tf8-f7 32.Ta1-e1 Kh8xh7 33.Dh4-g4 a6-a5 34.Le7-c5 Te8xe3 35.Lc5xe3 Tf7-d7 36.Le3-d4 Kh7-g7 37.Dg4-e6 Dc6xe6 38.Te1xe6 Ph5-f4 39.Ld4xf6+ Kg7-f7 40.Te6-a6 Td7-d2 41.c3-c4 b5xc4 42.b3xc4 Pf4-d3 43.Lf6-c3 Td2xf2 44.Ta6-a7+ Kf7-e6 45.Ta7xa5 Tf2-c2 46.Ta5-a6+ Ke6-f7 47.Ta6-d6 Pd3xb2 48.Lc3xb2 Tc2xb2 49.c4-c5 Kf7-e7
2. +/= (0.54): 17...Pf6-h7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Ph7-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-g4 Pb6-d5 29.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 30.Ld2-f4 Dd6-c6 31.Dg4-h5 Kg8-f8 32.Lc2xe4 Dc6xe4 33.Th3-e3 De4xe3 34.f2xe3 Pb4-d3 35.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 36.Ta1-d1 Tc4xc3 37.Lf4-g5 Kf8-e7 38.Lg5xf6+ g7xf6 39.Dh5-f3 Pd3-e5 40.Df3-b7+ Td8-d7 41.Td1xd7+ Pe5xd7 42.Db7xa6 Tc3xe3 43.Da6xb5 Te3-e5 44.Db5-d3 Pd7-c5 45.Dd3-b1 Ke7-f8 46.Kg1-g2 Kf8-e7 47.Db1-b4 Te5xf5
3. +/= (0.60): 17...Pf6-d5 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 c5-c4 20.Lb3-c2 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-h1 Dd6-d1+ 28.Lc2xd1 Td8xd1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Td1xh1 30.Th3xh1 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 e5-e4 32.Ta1-c1 b5-b4 33.b3xc4 Pd5xc3 34.Th1-h3 g7-g6 35.f5xg6 f7xg6 36.a2-a3 a6-a5 37.a3xb4 a5xb4 38.Tc1-a1 Tc8-d8 39.Ta1-a6 Td8xd2 40.Ta6xf6 Kg8-g7 41.Tf6-b6 Pc3-d1 42.Kg2-f1 Pd1xf2 43.Th3-g3 Pf2-d3 44.Tg3xg6+ Kg7-h7 45.Tg6-f6 Td2-c2 46.Tb6-b7+ Kh7-g8 47.Tf6-g6+ Kg8-f8
4. +/- (0.79): 17...Pf6-d7 18.g4-g5 h6xg5 19.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 20.Kg1-h2 Pd7-f6 21.Te1-g1 Tf8-d8 22.Dd1-f3 Pf6xe4 23.Df3xe4 Le7-f6 24.Lc1-h6 Kg8-f8 25.De4-g4 c5-c4 26.Lh6xg7+ Lf6xg7 27.Dg4xg7+ Kf8-e7 28.Dg7-g5+ Ke7-d7 29.Lb3-c2 Kd7-c8 30.Ta1-d1 Ta8-b8 31.Td1xd8+ Dc7xd8 32.Dg5-h6 Kc8-b7 33.Tg1-g7 Dd8-c7 34.Dh6xh4 Kb7-a7 35.Dh4-f6 Tb8-b7 36.Lc2-e4 Dc7-e7 37.Df6xe7 Tb7xe7 38.f5-f6 Te7-c7 39.Le4-f3 Pb6-c8 40.Tg7-g5 e5-e4 41.Lf3xe4 Pc8-d6 42.Le4-g2 Pd6-e8 43.Tg5-f5 Tc7-d7 44.Lg2-c6 Td7-d8 45.Kh2-g3 Ka7-b6 46.Lc6xe8 Td8xe8
5. +/- (0.82): 17...c5-c4 18.Lb3-c2 Pf6-d5 19.g4-g5 h6xg5 20.Pd2-e4 g5xh4 21.Dd1-g4 Pd5-f6 22.Dg4xh4 Pf6xe4 23.Dh4xe4 Le7-f6 24.Te1-e3 Tf8-d8 25.Te3-h3 Ta8-c8 26.b2-b3 Dc7-d6 27.De4-f3 e5-e4 28.Df3-h5 Kg8-f8 29.Dh5-e2 Kf8-g8 30.De2-g4 Pb6-d5 31.Lc1-d2 Pd5-b4 32.Ld2-f4 Dd6-d5 33.b3xc4 Tc8xc4 34.Ta1-d1 Pb4-d3 35.Lc2-b3 Pd3xf4 36.Td1xd5 Pf4xh3+ 37.Dg4xh3 Td8xd5 38.Lb3xc4 b5xc4 39.Dh3-e3 Td5xf5 40.De3xe4 g7-g6 41.De4xc4 Kg8-g7 42.Kg1-g2 Tf5-g5+ 43.Kg2-f1 Tg5-h5 44.Dc4xa6 Lf6xc3

78: Fisher - Benko, 1965
Analysis line after 17...Pf6-e8 18.Dd1-f3 Le7xh4 19.Pd2-e4 Pe8-d6 20.Df3-h3 Pd6xe4 21.Dh3xh4 c5-c4
[d] r4rk1/2q2pp1/pn5p/1p2pP2/2p1n1PQ/1BP5/PP3P2/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
Analysis by Brainfish 261217 64 POPCNT:
22.Te1xe4
= (0.26 ++) Diepte: 34/44 00:00:14 245MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 34/48 00:00:18 308MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4xf4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Dh5-f3 Df2-h2+ 40.Kf4-g4 Dh2-g1+ 41.Kg4-h4 Dg1-h2+ 42.Kh4-g4
= (0.00) Diepte: 35/42 00:00:26 436MN
22.Te1xe4 c4xb3 23.f5-f6 Dc7-c6 24.g4-g5 h6-h5 25.a2xb3 Tf8-e8 26.f6xg7 Dc6-g6 27.Te4-e3 Ta8-d8 28.Te3-h3 Td8-d1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Pb6-d5 30.Ta1xa6 Dg6-b1 31.Dh4xh5 Pd5-f4+ 32.Lc1xf4 Td1-g1+ 33.Kg2-h2 Tg1-h1+ 34.Kh2-g3 e5xf4+ 35.Kg3-h4 Th1xh3+ 36.Kh4xh3 Db1-h1+ 37.Kh3-g4 Dh1-g2+ 38.Kg4-h4 Dg2xf2+ 39.Kh4-g4 Df2-g1+ 40.Kg4-f5 Dg1-c5+ 41.Kf5-g4 Dc5-g1+
= (0.00) Diepte: 36/41 00:00:32 544MN (Bram, 02.01.2018)

Man, why are you mentioning to me some Komodo, SF and Houdini, when I am talking about Fischer?
The 3 together are around 30% of Fischer's positional strength.

Don't have the time to analyse it in-depth, but it is obvious for me white wins, just by judging the relevant evaluation factors.

After Ne8, what about 18. Nf3 e4 19. Qe2:

[d]r3nrk1/2q1bpp1/pn5p/1pp2P2/4p1PP/1BP2N2/PP2QP2/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 3

That should be won for white, the endgames with pair of bishops and advanced pawns on the king side is certainly won for white, too many relative advantages.

This is just dead equal after Ra7! because the knight has to move and than Bxh4 and later Nf6 or queen has to take on e4 and than black plays Nf6 and takes on g4 later on
just check for yorself with Stockfish Houdini and Komodo

[Ovyron]

This is just dead equal after Ra7! because the knight has to move and than Bxh4 and later Nf6 or queen has to take on e4 and than black plays Nf6 and takes on g4 later on
just check for yorself with Stockfish Houdini and Komodo

(I have gone and read several such discussions where Lyudmil Tsvetkov, over the years, made such claims about drawn positions being won, or won positions being lost, and I had never seen a case where Lyudmil Tsvetkov was right, but I also have never seen a case where he admits being wrong, so I wish you good luck if you have success in this one...)