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Subject: Re: Is Kf3 really a winning move?

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 07:21:48 10/13/99

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On October 13, 1999 at 02:05:08, Howard Exner wrote:

>On October 12, 1999 at 20:56:46, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>
>>What about this line, given by my modified Crafty 16.18 after 440 minutes:
>>
>>15   440:54   0.00   1. Kf3 Rd3+ 2. Kg2 Bxf4 3. Rh7 Rd1
>>                     4. Kf2 Rd2+ 5. Kf3 Bd6 6. Re7 Be5 7.
>>                     Re8+ Kg7 8. Rd8 Rd3+ 9. Kg2 Rd2+ 10.
>>                     Kf3
>>
>>Is this really a draw, or can White improve?
> Yikes, that's quite a long think by your modified Crafty!
>Why does it reject 2. Ke2 in favour of Kg2?

I really don't know. :)
I'll make the first two moves, and let it think again, but I didn't have time to
do it yesterday.  :)

Jeremiah



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