Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 10:55:14 05/08/03
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On May 08, 2003 at 05:49:23, Richard Pijl wrote: >On May 07, 2003 at 22:32:31, Will Singleton wrote: > >>On May 07, 2003 at 17:46:45, Richard Pijl wrote: >> >>>On May 07, 2003 at 04:40:43, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>> >>>>King majority wins in this game Pitschak - Foerder played in 1930. >>>> >>>>[D]1R6/p3k1p1/7p/2b1pP2/P1r3P1/B7/7P/7K w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>1.Rc8! Kd6 2.Rxc5! Rxc5 3.h4!+- 1-0 >>>> >>>>Enrique >>> >>>The Baron finds Rc8 in 10 seconds, but it takes much longer to show convincing >>>scores (AMD MP 2000+, single CPU version): >>> >> >>Hi Richard, >> >>Looks like you've been working. The latest Baron I'm aware of takes over a hour >>to find Rc8, might've been several hours for a good score. Did you add specific >>eval code for this type of position? >> >>Will > >The last few weeks I've been working a lot on (passed) pawn evaluation and also >added some more general endgame knowledge. The job is far from finished though >as I suspect my recent changes may have some negative side effects in game play. >I hope I get it stable before Leiden ... > >I think the 10 seconds for Rc8 might be a little luck though. >Richard. No need for modesty here. We are discussing facts :) From what I've seen of Baron it is an excellent endgame player, relative to most WB engines... Coupled with faster search it could boost its strength a lot, hopefully before Leiden. Even though the hour glass is speedily running out... -- Djordje
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