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Subject: Re: endgame position

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 09:53:27 04/07/00

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>This occurred in a game tonight on ICC.  A program that considers king position
>and pawn majorities should be able to solve it quickly (mine doesn't).
>Might be a good test position for amateur programs.
>The winning move appears to be hxg4.
>
>[D]8/1p1k4/8/1Pp2p2/2P2Ppp/P3K2P/8/8 w - - 0 45

Hi Will,

My guess is that it has more to do with evaluation of Pawn races
and extensions for pushes of passed Pawns.

"DarkThought WCCC'99" locks onto hxg4! with a winning score in
iteration #12 after 9 sec.

=Ernst=



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