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Subject: Re: Is Crafty 18.10 the final version?

Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes

Date: 13:18:23 09/04/01

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On September 04, 2001 at 15:39:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 04, 2001 at 15:03:24, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>>     By the way,speaking of blocked positions,I would like to call
>>     your attention to the game Quest-Pharaon,Maastricht 2001:
>>     [D]8/rrpb2k1/5q2/pP1Pp1p1/P3Pp1p/2RB1P1P/1Q4PK/2R5 b
>>     And here Black played 42...Qe7,White replied 43.d6 and won quickly.
>>     Why did Pharaon fail to play 42...Qd6,keeping the position blocked?
>>     Is it such a difficult move for a chess program to find? Regards,JAFM
>
>
>That is a different problem altogether.  Trying to prevent a position from
>becoming blocked is a tough problem.  Teaching a computer how/when to block
>a position is even more complex.
>
>However, if you play Qd6 can't white respond with Rc6 and push her out of
>there?

 That's right,maybe Black is lost already,but at least White
 would be forced to sac the exchange to try to penetrate.



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