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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:53:28 11/12/01

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On November 12, 2001 at 08:02:07, Jouni Uski wrote:

>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

One of the players who lost against me(Abir Har aven) is in the top 200(ICCF
rating of 2587)

I believe that my performance in the final is not enough to challenge Timerman.

It is only almost 2700(I calculate it by adding 250 elo to the average of the
rating of my opponents)

2587,2516,2501,2488,2466,2372,2322,2295 are the ICCF rating of my opponents in
the final when I am the only unrated player because this tournament is the first
tournament of me that is considered for ICCF rating.

Uri



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