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Subject: Re: A test position to see if your program is materialistic(most are not)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:50:26 11/12/01

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On November 12, 2001 at 06:44:08, Jouni Uski wrote:

>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

No

My result in the Israeli correspondence championship are:
1/2 final
+4 =2
3/4 final
+7 =0
final
+5 =3
[it is +4 =3 but I am sure that I win the last game(I have more than a queen
advantage based on the evaluation of programs)]

Uri



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