Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 21:26:30 11/20/05
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On November 21, 2005 at 00:21:20, A. Steen wrote: >On November 21, 2005 at 00:01:48, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>>>Simply put, you need a more complex example. :) >> >>I completely agree. > >Thanks for your support (btw and apparently relevantly when discussing EGTBs, >your marital status and trouser preference lines are missing from your profile - > before you are reminded by someone else!). It's nice to know who you are talking to -- if they've made any contributions to computer chess (no matter what size), written any programs or any other useful (interesting) information or perhaps just another anonymous joker in the forum. > >By "complex" I mean chessically complex, of course. Not necessarily more on the >board. Here, from the game later provided by the OP, is a good enough one (for >Fruity, apparently): > >[D]2r5/8/5K2/3k4/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 93 > >Even a beginner knows that R-c4, R-f8+ are 2 fastest wins. Less obviously, but >due to the geometries of the position, K-d6 is equally fast. > >But Fruity (per the game: replication may be hard for the usual reasons re hash, >also exact timings) manages only the scenic R-c3. Worse, that is just part of a >bigger pointless circuit. > >As I said, all the OP needed was a more complex example. The simplest EG >algorithm would yield Ke3 in the example the OP first gave. > >Perhaps the OP could try out the other programs, sans EGTBs, on "my" position >and find other culprits? F9 > >Best, > >A.S. > >Note to Graham: OP = Original Poster.
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