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Funny Test Game
« on: Apr 30th, 2008, 11:52pm » |
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Just a funny game for anyone interested.
I was testing sharp offline against itself at 5 ply + quiescence, and I encountered quite a game where, in a messy tactical fight, one side blockaded the other's elephant on a trap square, and a move later, proceeded to capture it! It reminds me of the WC game, except the position was absurdly more messy in this game. A big chunk of the blockade was actually frozen pieces, held by the 'm'.
Even so, the elephant-less side was still able to severely complicate (thanks to a goal threat), and probably could have won too, if it had been more aggressive about advancing additional rabbits. The horizon effect is also quite prominent: 5 ply + quiescence really isn't much depth at all.
Unfortunately, I was not logging the game, so I was only able to save the last portion of the game, as the rest of it overflowed the console window. Very sad.
For those interested in a laugh at the mess that sharp can make against itself at low plies, the portion I managed to save is below. It starts a few moves after the elephant blockade and capture, which occurred at c6. You can see some remnants of the blockade. Since then, the m and the h have moved south to take over the c3 trap. Be aware that the board is vertically flipped compared to normal.
Code:
+--------+
1|...R...R|
2|.Dh....R|
3|RH*..*C.|
4|.RmR....|
5|.dC.....|
6|cH*h.*..|
7|D.eR...r|
8|r.Mdc.r.|
+--------+
abcdefgh
Rd1e Re1n Re2n Re3w
rg8w hc2e hd2w Rd3s
Rh2w Rg2w Rf2w Rd2n
Rd4n mc4e md4w Rd3n
Cc5n Re2n Re3w Rd5w
rf8s hc2e hd2w Rd3s
Cg3s Cg2w Cf2w Rd2n
mc4s Rc5s Rd3s mc3e
+--------+
1|.......R|
2|.DhRC...|
3|RH*m.*..|
4|.RRR....|
5|.d......|
6|cHCh.*..|
7|D.eR.r.r|
8|r.Mdc...|
+--------+
abcdefgh
Rd4e Re4e Cc6s Ce2e
md3w Rc4e mc3n
Cf2w Rd2n Da7e Db7n
Rd4n mc4e md4w Rd3n
Ce2n Ce3w Cc5n Rd5w
rh7s rh6s rh5s rh4s
Cd3e Ce3e Cf3e Rf4n
mc4s mc3e Hb3e Hc3x rf7e
+--------+
1|.......R|
2|.Dh.....|
3|R.*m.*Cr|
4|.R.R....|
5|.dR..R..|
6|cHCh.*..|
7|..eR..r.|
8|rDMdc...|
+--------+
abcdefgh
Rf5e Rg5n Rg6e Rh6n
ce8e cf8e cg8e md3e
Ra3e Rd4w Db2w Da2n
rg7s rg6s rg5w rf5s
Cg3n Cg4s rf4e Rb4w
Rh7s ch8s ch7w cg7s
dd8e Mc8e de8s Md8e
hd6e Rd7s Rd6s he6w
+--------+
1|.......R|
2|..h.....|
3|DR*.m*Cr|
4|R.R...r.|
5|.dRR....|
6|cHCh.*cR|
7|..e.d...|
8|rD..M...|
+--------+
abcdefgh
Me8e Mf8s Rd5e Re5e
cg6s rg4w hd6e cg5n
Cg3n Cg4s rf4e
cg6s rg4w cg5n rf4s
Rh1w Rg1n Rg2w
hc2e hd2e Rf2e he2e
Mf7e Rg2e Cg3s rf3e
rg3w hf2w rf3s rf2s
+--------+
1|.....r..|
2|....h.CR|
3|DR*.m*.r|
4|R.R.....|
5|.dR..R..|
6|cHC.h*cR|
7|..e.d.M.|
8|rD......|
+--------+
abcdefgh
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