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Subject: Re: Averno 0.30 - Faile 1.4: Two interesting fights!

Author: Adrien Regimbald

Date: 16:50:22 06/28/00

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Hi,

>  Two interesting games, IMHO.

They were nice battles, yes ;)

>  The first one is an even fight, but at the end, Faile outsearched Averno.
>  In the second game, both programs leave their books very soon. Averno has
>sacrificed a pawn from his book, and evaluates the position close to zero all
>the time, due to white weaknesses. Finally, he can prove that black position is
>better with a straight attack.

I am not so sure that the black position is any better.. Fritz is evaluating
White as better for most of the game, and even in the later stages, it takes
Fritz a fairly length search before the search goes from +/= to = .. however,
35. Bg2 was a blunder on Faile's behalf :P  I think that if Faile had been able
to consolidate the k-side position (possibly trading off some of the heavies
would have helped a lot), it likely would have reached a won endgame position -
I don't think either program truly understood the position (I don't think Fritz
did either :P)


>  Good luck, Adrien, with your program. It's good to have another interesting
>opponent on the court.

Heh .. Faile isn't exactly a new program .. but 1.4 has been the first public
release for a very long time :P

Good luck to you as well with Averno :)


Regards,
Adrien.



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