Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:09:15 04/23/05
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On April 23, 2005 at 20:34:15, chandler yergin wrote: >On April 23, 2005 at 19:56:19, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 23, 2005 at 15:57:10, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On April 23, 2005 at 13:43:10, Günther Simon wrote: >>> >>>>On April 23, 2005 at 10:40:50, chandler yergin wrote: >>>> >>>>>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? >>>> >>>> >>>>I really don't understand your strange posts in the last time? >>>>It is draw anyway, if you want it to play otherwise here, just >>>>disable the tablebases and it will remain materialistic. >>> >>>You can try to explain it.. you can try to defend it.. >>> >>>I say.. >>> >>>It's BUG! The Programmers should fix it! >> >>It is not in any conceivable way a bug. No matter whether the program takes the >>Bishop or not, the game is a draw. How, then, can one move be better than >>another? >> >>First you say that computers are materialistic (which sounds like a derogatory >>comment), then you complain when they DON'T play materialistically? > >Not at all... Material is everything! You can't win a game without a material > >advantage or positional compensation equal to or better than. > >> >>According to you, White MUST capture Black's Queen in this position: > >Not according to me! That's just an even trade! > >What don't you understand about that? > >Do you think a Grandmaster would not have taken the Bishop? > >Or a Beginner? > >Or any Human Chess Player? > >> >>[D]k7/1q6/8/3Q4/P7/K7/8/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>But it's a draw anyway, so why should it matter if White plays Qxb7+ or any >>other drawing move? >> >>The answer is that it doesn't matter at all. >> >>jm > THe point is that humans and Computers do not play the same. >Computers don't have intelligence! > >It shows! I think John knows the machine isn't intelligent....but it isn't intelligent to make such a fuss either.
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