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Subject: Re: What does your engine see???

Author: Mridul Muralidharan

Date: 16:45:38 08/24/04

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On August 23, 2004 at 17:55:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 23, 2004 at 15:59:36, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On August 23, 2004 at 15:51:33, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2004 at 13:16:34, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 22, 2004 at 03:51:11, Nolan Denson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In the below diagram my Pro Deo Engine plays at the winning move instantly.
>>>>>What does your eng see?
>>>>>
>>>>>[D]6k1/1q3ppp/r7/1rp1P1n1/3p1P2/1P1R2PP/2Q4K/B4R2 b - f3 0 1
>>>>
>>>>My Pro Deo sees Nxh3. I tried several strong engines and they all like Ne6. I'm
>>>>not sure Nxh3 is the winning move, or even the best move. :-)
>>>
>>>1..Nxh3 is a move any human chess player will play instantly. Mind you, the
>>>white king on g4 surrounded by black's heavy pieces, what more do you want, it's
>>>paradise.
>>>
>>>My best,
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>Hi Ed
>>
>>Maybe any human chess player will play Nxh3 instantly, but ProDeo is the only
>>engine i have found that will play this move. :-)
>>
>>See this post:
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?383771
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>
>I asked a very strong human and he thought about 30 seconds and said Ne6.  I
>asked about Nxh3 and he said, "looks interesting but after .. .. .. (a few
>checks and replies) I don't see any progress and I am down a piece."
>
>Whether he is wrong or right is open to debate so far...  But that is two humans
>that didn't like it very much.  Me and "X".  Only difference is that X is over
>2500 FIDE. :)


Thanks !!
And /me was starting to try to force my engine into playing Nxh3.
It was playing that move until 15 s of search or so , when it switched to Ne6

Mridul



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