SPCC: Testrun of Alexandria 8 finished

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SPCC: Testrun of Alexandria 8 finished

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Testrun of Alexandria 8.0 finished.

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Re: SPCC: Testrun of Alexandria 8 finished

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Look at this incredible queen-sacrifice by Alexandria 8 in the testrun. My Interesting Wins Search Tool ranked this game as the best of the testrun.
15000 games, 3min+1sec, singlethread, 6moves UHO-openings (white is always better!)
Alexandria 8 sacs its queen already in move 8/9 (with black!!!), only for getting an attack and preventing white from castling.
Such early queensacs are very, very rare! Especially, when played by a not very aggressive playing engine like Alexandria.

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Re: SPCC: Testrun of Alexandria 8 finished

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Incredible? SF 5 second analysis:

1. = (0.00): 8...Nxd5 9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Qb3 Nxe2+ 11.Kd1 Nexd4 12.Qe3 Be6 13.Bxc7 Rc8 14.Bf4 Kf7 15.Kc1 Na5+ 16.Kb1 Rhd8 17.Be2 Bc4 18.Bh5+ g6 19.Rd1 gxh5 20.b3 a6
2. +/- (1.20): 8...Qxd5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 f4 11.Ng2 fxe3 12.fxe3 Bd7 13.Be2 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 0-0-0 15.0-0 h5 16.Rxf6 Qg5 17.Qf1 h4 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.Rxf4 hxg3 20.hxg3 Ne7 21.Rxe4 Nd5 22.Rc1 Rh3 23.Kf2 Rg8 24.Rh4 Rgxg3 25.Rxh3 Rxh3 26.Bf3 Nf6 27.e4 Ng4+ 28.Ke2
3. +- (1.78): 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxd5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.e3 f4 12.exf4 Qa5 13.Rc1 Be6 14.Be2 0-0-0 15.0-0 Qxa2 16.Rc2 Qb3 17.Qd2 Kb8 18.Ng2 Na5 19.Ne3 Nc4
4. +- (3.68): 8...h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.dxc6 g5 11.Ng2 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ne3 f4 15.Nd1 e3 16.Rg1 0-0-0 17.Bg2 Qa6 18.Rb1 Ba4 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.exd3 Rhe8 21.Bh3+ Kb8
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Re: SPCC: Testrun of Alexandria 8 finished

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Jouni wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 3:13 pm Incredible? SF 5 second analysis:

1. = (0.00): 8...Nxd5 9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Qb3 Nxe2+ 11.Kd1 Nexd4 12.Qe3 Be6 13.Bxc7 Rc8 14.Bf4 Kf7 15.Kc1 Na5+ 16.Kb1 Rhd8 17.Be2 Bc4 18.Bh5+ g6 19.Rd1 gxh5 20.b3 a6
2. +/- (1.20): 8...Qxd5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 f4 11.Ng2 fxe3 12.fxe3 Bd7 13.Be2 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 0-0-0 15.0-0 h5 16.Rxf6 Qg5 17.Qf1 h4 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.Rxf4 hxg3 20.hxg3 Ne7 21.Rxe4 Nd5 22.Rc1 Rh3 23.Kf2 Rg8 24.Rh4 Rgxg3 25.Rxh3 Rxh3 26.Bf3 Nf6 27.e4 Ng4+ 28.Ke2
3. +- (1.78): 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxd5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.e3 f4 12.exf4 Qa5 13.Rc1 Be6 14.Be2 0-0-0 15.0-0 Qxa2 16.Rc2 Qb3 17.Qd2 Kb8 18.Ng2 Na5 19.Ne3 Nc4
4. +- (3.68): 8...h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.dxc6 g5 11.Ng2 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ne3 f4 15.Nd1 e3 16.Rg1 0-0-0 17.Bg2 Qa6 18.Rb1 Ba4 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.exd3 Rhe8 21.Bh3+ Kb8
So what? In the testrun, the engines have to play fast (3min+1sec) and are running slow (singlethread). So, a queensac is very hard to find. And a queensac so early in the game is very rare. I have not seen such an early queensac in an enginegame before as far as I remember.
Show me just one other enginegame with a queensac in move 8 or 9...