Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 00:51:47 06/24/00
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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.
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