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Subject: Very odd play here.. Is this a Bug?

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 07:40:50 04/23/05

Programmers help me out here please.

Computers are so materialistic, why wouldn't Fritz capture the Bishop?

Very Odd play

[D]8/6k1/7p/7p/2K5/4p3/3B1b2/8 w - - 0 1

New game,
[D]8/6k1/7p/7p/2K5/4p3/3B1b2/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 8:

1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd5
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00  1kN
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd5
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00  1kN
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd5
  µ  (-0.97)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00  1kN
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd5 h4 3.Bf4 Kf6 4.Ke4
  µ  (-1.16)   Depth: 7/11   00:00:01  6kN, tb=2
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd5 h4 3.Bf4 Kf6 4.Ke4
  µ  (-1.16)   Depth: 7/11   00:00:01  6kN, tb=2
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd5 Kf4 5.Bd4
  µ  (-1.00)   Depth: 8/13   00:00:02  14kN, tb=5
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd5 Kf4 5.Be5+ Kf3 6.Bd4
  µ  (-1.00)   Depth: 9/15   00:00:05  29kN, tb=25
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.Bf6 Kf5 4.Kd3 Kf4 5.Ke2 Ke4 6.Bh4
  µ  (-1.00)   Depth: 10/18   00:00:06  53kN, tb=55
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd5 h4 3.Bf4 Bf2 4.Ke4 h3 5.Kf3 Bg1 6.Bh2
  µ  (-0.84)   Depth: 11/17   00:00:10  121kN, tb=162
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bf4 h4 3.Kd4 Kg6 4.Ke4 Kh5 5.Kf3 Be1 6.Be5 h3 7.Ke4
  µ  (-0.81)   Depth: 12/17   00:00:15  236kN, tb=285
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bf2 h4 3.Kd3 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  ³  (-0.59)   Depth: 13/19   00:00:22  536kN, tb=864
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Bf2 h4 3.Kd3 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  ³  (-0.59)   Depth: 14/19   00:00:23  797kN, tb=1393
1.Bxe3!
  ³  (-0.31)   Depth: 15/21   00:00:32  1754kN, tb=3140
1.Bxe3!
  =  (-0.03)   Depth: 16/21   00:00:33  2424kN, tb=4555
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 17/21   00:00:36  3211kN, tb=7269
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 18/21   00:00:38  3872kN, tb=9522
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 19/24   00:00:43  5301kN, tb=15314
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Bf6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 20/24   00:00:47  8341kN, tb=23421
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Kf3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 21/25   00:01:02  13559kN, tb=39189
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Kf3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 22/26   00:01:16  24273kN, tb=60151
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Kf3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 23/29   00:01:54  42568kN, tb=114394
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Kf3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 24/30   00:03:11  91351kN, tb=191512
1.Bxe3 Bg3 2.Kd3 h4 3.Bf2 h5 4.Ke2 Kf7 5.Kf3 Bd6 6.Bxh4 Ke6 7.Ke4 Be5 8.Kf3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 25/30   00:05:56  150027kN, tb=307376

(,  23.04.2005)

Why would the Program not capture the White Bishop?

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