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Subject: Re: Yet another practical endgame...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:09:05 09/25/99

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On September 25, 1999 at 15:28:47, Andrew Dados wrote:

> Below position occured in a blitz 5 5 game my program played against
>PostModernist on ICC today:
>
>6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - bm g5xh6 id MissSilicon-PostModernist
>
>I wonder how long does it take for your program to find gxh here... I am not
>sure if g6 does not win, however after g6 the above game ended in a draw, while
>gxh wins 'easily'. On a K6-450 it takes mine 11 seconds at depth 13 to find gxh
>(unfortunately only 8 seconds were allocated for search during game). I have a
>feeling that even 1800 player would play gxh in no time... that's why I ask your
>oppinion here.
>
>-Andrew-


g6 doesn't look as good as gxh6...  crafty likes gxh6 from the 1 second mark
on, by the time it gets to depth 14, 12 seconds, +2.73. By the time it gets
to depth=17, 47 seconds,it is up to +10 and still climbing every iteration...



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