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

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 05:02:23 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

Sjeng plays Bxe4 here. The difference between that and Rxf1 is 0.20 pawns.

Basically, it does not believe f3 is a significant enough weakness if
black does not have the right bishop.

Is being materialistic intrinsically 'bad' here?

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GCP

• Re: A test position to see if your program is materialistic(most are not Uri Blass 06:13:54 11/12/01
• Re: A test position to see if your program is materialistic(most are not José Carlos 05:54:37 11/12/01

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