Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:30:37 12/15/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 13:08:20, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >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. You're right. Most humans would have looked at it and thought offhand it was a mate in 87, but that was just offhand.... ;-) Albert Silver > >8/8/8/8/2R1k3/2K5/1P6/3r4 b - - 0 1 > >Enrique
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