Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 09:40:38 06/26/05
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>> And I do think you need to give more than one example to support your claim. >>If it was truly a 150-point bug, it should be easy to find several positions. > >By mistake part of the program was deleted. This bug could not be seen at blitz >level and was effecting the game only at high depths. >It was related to pieces exchange handling info, this is why it was not able to >see deeper on tactical combination if involving pieces exchange and was giving >away pawns without compensation in some positions. > >> >>It is strange that Stefan makes no mention of such a serious bug in his >>post-match report. > >Well, he was not pround to discover that, but you can ask him. > >I found this problem after the 2004 WCCC and he did not believed me as all he >did to the program was improving something. Yes, but by mistake he removed part >of the program. >So, the same version got 2nd at the 2004 WCCC and I really don't know how that >was possible...I guess a lot of luck. > Or maybe the bug wasn't quite as harmful as you think? What you describe above sounds a like a problem with a recapture extension, not something that would reduce playing strength by 150 ELO. -Peter
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