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Subject: Re: Two WCCC questions

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 02:36:55 07/30/02

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On July 30, 2002 at 02:24:34, martin fierz wrote:

>On July 30, 2002 at 01:21:46, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>1. What's wrong with Quest/Fritz - no wins against pro's? And still this program
>>is leading SSDF list and will soon challenge Kramnik.
>
>the null-hypothesis is "nothing is wrong with quest/fritz". and there is not
>enough statistics to reject it :-)
>
>
>>2. Was Junior's -Rxc4 sac against Brutus really correct? I doubt a lot
>>personally.
>
>to me as a 2200 player this sac looks terrific. i don't doubt it is correct.
>unfortunately, there was no discussion here. if you post any stupid "mate in X"

Would you mind posting it again, I haven't seen the position yet.  I have just
returned from my holiday so missed the posts about it, and was way too busy at
WCCC to see much of the other games.

>here, you will find lots of people answering. i've asked for analysis by other
>engines on this position twice, and nobody responded... i guess no other program
>can find the sac, and of course, it's more fun to say "my program found it in
>0.0001 seconds" than "my program can't find it even after a day" :-)
>
>aloha
>  martin



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