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Subject: Re: Stupid chess programs!!! And that goes for most of them!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 10:08:20 12/15/99

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On December 15, 1999 at 11:44:52, Torstein Hall wrote:

>Take the following position and setup on your PC:
>
>4b3/1r4k1/p3pr2/1p1pPp2/PPpP1Pp1/2P3Pp/K6P/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Every human would play 1.a5 without thinking, but your chessprogram plays
>1.exf6+??? It may be wrong to call a program stupid but.....
>
>Torstein
>
>( So far I have only tried it on Fritz 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 )

I tried for about half a minute most of the programs I have and they all take
the rook. They are incredibly stupid, but they think the same of us for not
seeing instantly that this position is a mate in 74.

8/8/8/8/2R1k3/2K5/1P6/3r4 b - - 0 1

Enrique





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