Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 03:44:08 11/12/01
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On November 12, 2001 at 06:22:04, Uri Blass wrote: >This position could happen in my crrespondence game > >[D]2r2rk1/p3q1pp/1p6/2bp1p2/4n3/1P2P1P1/PB3PBP/1QR1RbK1 w - - 0 25 > >If your program plays Bxe4 then it is materialistic(Bxe4 is the only move that >does not lose material) > >If it plays Rxf1 then it is not materialistic > >It seems that most programs are not materialistic based on the test that I did. >I guess also that most humans are not materialistic here and are going to prefer >Rxf1 > >Uri Yes at least Yace and Crafty likes to take Rxf1. I quess the reason is, that after Bxe4 fxe4 Rxf1 f3-square is very weak. And this weakness is more than giving rook against bishop and pawn. BTW have You lost any corr game lately?! Jouni
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