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

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 05:02:07 11/12/01

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On November 12, 2001 at 07:50:26, Uri Blass wrote:

>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

So You must challenge World Champion Timmerman next! Or may be not? I don't see
any players from Israel in world TOP200, even if there is 7 from Finland!

Jouni



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