Author: José Carlos
Date: 05:54:37 11/12/01
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On November 12, 2001 at 08:02:23, Gian-Carlo Pascutto 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 > >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? > >-- >GCP Averno agrees with Sjeng here. José C.
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