Author: Uri Blass
Date: 17:18:00 09/16/04
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On September 16, 2004 at 19:48:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 16, 2004 at 18:18:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 16, 2004 at 12:52:43, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 2004 at 07:37:01, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>> >>>>Your post is a good example of what happens when one jumps to a conclusion >>>>without taking the minimum amount of effort needed to understand what is really >>>>going on. >>> >>>I disagree completely, also with everyone else. >> >>Taking a _longer_ path to win is counter to a tactical test idea. Clearly the >>move given is bad, because it just extends the game and reaches the same >>position a second time where the _real_ solution has to be played. That is >>pointless... >> >>Otherwise a mate in 3 might turn into a mate in 40 if one side takes every >>opportunity to first repeat a second time before making progress... > >The pv shown by Arasan leads to a win. >If it lead to a draw or some other problem I would agree. The problem is that arasan may miss some draw in a different position because it evaluate repetition of the root position not as a draw. It may happen that the second repetition is too deep in the tree so it will be able to see only the first repetition and not get the right conclusion to return draw score. Uri Uri
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