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Subject: Re: do you know of any other deep blue moves that i can test

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 16:44:59 09/09/01

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On September 09, 2001 at 19:26:03, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On September 09, 2001 at 16:18:36, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>game 2  deep blue moves
>>
>>26. f4
>>37. Be4
>
>Be4 is a bad move. 37.Qb6 is winning there because it goes to a won
>opposite bishops endgame (if you toss pieces with black) which directly
>explains why some programs want to make this move.

Anand seems to disagree with you.  You can disagree with me all you want, but I
think an arguement on the best chess move against Anand is going to be a short
one.

>
>Just tune higher in crafty for example opposite bishops, recompile and you'll
>see.
>
>Diep 1997 wanted to play Be4 too up to 10 plies. from 11 ply and further
>it preferred the better Qb6. Nowadays version has better opposite bishop
>code and prefers Qb6 pretty soon.
>
>There is only one shot in the deep blue - kasparov games (there are
>many in the log files visible though) and that's
>in game 6 where DB played Bf5! winning a queen.
>
>IN contradiction to what some non-analyzing dudes post here, nearly
>all programs play that move after seeing the same tactical line.
>
>Deep Blue plays it at 8(6).
>
>>
>>so far both of these moves have been found by two or more of todays
>>programs, in very short time.  i can post more eval of both positions, if
>>requested.   deep fritz does not choose these moves.  my point was that
>>if deep fritz was able to choose these moves with a change in parameters,
>>then i would have to assume it would be capable to play these two moves
>>if the overall strength was not decreased from the change.
>>
>>junior7
>>shredder5
>>gandalf
>>goliath light
>>gambit tiger  finds f4   not Be4
>>these are just some that find these moves.
>>
>>conclusion: these two moves can be found by todays programs.
>>
>>kburcham



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