Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: WAC.230 -- is it Whacked.230 ?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 00:51:47 06/24/00

Go up one level in this thread


On June 23, 2000 at 13:25:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:
[snip]
>Several months ago I posted some analysis from Crafty.  On Tim's EV6 it was
>solving 230 in under 1 minute (it got 300 right on his alpha in < 60 seconds
>per move.)  It took 16-17 plies as I recalled, but I did get a fail high on
>Rb4.  I think my quad (at one point) took about 3 minutes to get this move.
>I haven't run it recently, but it seemed to be correct (to me).

Thanks to Peter McKenzie's graceful analysis, I actually understand this
position now [there is hope!].

I think any program that can find the answer in tournament time control is
working a miracle.  _The pedagogic_ anit-computer position (puzzled me pretty
well, too).

1.  It is a closed position
2.  It calls for a positional sacrifice
3.  The benefit is *way* down the road.

I am guessing that the programs that did successfully choose this move did not
choose it because of a material gain.



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.