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Subject: Re: Sixteen EPD rows that need a good pounding! [Soszynski 80 test set]

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 18:31:38 03/17/00

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On March 17, 2000 at 21:03:40, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>Hi Dann,
>
>>In order to create an accurate tactical suite, I would like to have these rows
>>crunched by alternative software tools.  The current analysis does not get "the
>>right answer" so the question is, will other programs see it?
>
>Most of the positions you posted do *not* seem to be tactical but
>rather positional in nature (e.g. "Soszynski 80 #13" is actually
>from the positional subset of LCT-II).
>
>>[D]r1r3k1/5p2/p3p1p1/b6p/Pp2N3/1P2P3/5PPP/2R1K2R w K - acd 18; acn 1259897193;
>>ce -32; pv O-O Bd8 Rfd1 Be7 Kf1 Kf8 Ke1 f5 Ng3 Rc3 Rb1 Kf7 Ne2 Rc5 Rbc1 Rac8
>>Rxc5 Bxc5 Nd4; pm O-O; bm Ke2; id "Soszynski 80 #8";
>
>Positional -- "DarkThought WCCC'99" never chooses 0-0 as best. It likes
>Ke2 from the beginning and even switches to Kd2 in iteration #15.

Which brings the question to mind: why would anyone want their king on g1
instead of d2 or e2 here?  Playing O-O looks like a serious mistake to me.

Dave



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