Author: Mark Young
Date: 21:39:23 07/11/00
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On July 11, 2000 at 20:34:15, Amir Ban wrote:
>On July 11, 2000 at 18:19:36, Graham Laight wrote:
>
>>On July 11, 2000 at 15:12:00, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On July 11, 2000 at 11:08:27, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 11, 2000 at 08:53:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 11, 2000 at 08:20:36, blass uri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>[D]2r2rk1/4ppb1/1p2n3/4P1B1/1p6/5P2/PPP1BP2/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Crafty found 22.Be3 in 24 seconds(PIII450)
>>>>>>How much time do other programs need to see Be3?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>Crafty seems to have a very good understanding of this position, when most of
>>>>the other programs do not. Is this because you have seen this type of opposite
>>>>color bishop ending ("trap") before playing so many humans online and have taken
>>>>steps in your program to counter it.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Or maybe even faster: :)
>>>>>
>>>>> (3) 10 2.15 1.74 1. Bxe7 Rfe8 2. Bxb4 Nd4 3. Bd1 Nxc2+
>>>>> 4. Bxc2 Rxc2 5. f4 f6 6. Kd1 Rxb2
>>>>> 10 6.28 2.01 1. Be3 Rxc2 2. Bd3 Rxb2 3. Bh7+ Kh8
>>>>> 4. f4 b3 5. Bc1 Rxa2 6. Bb1+ Kg8 7.
>>>>> Bxa2 bxa2 8. Rxa2
>>>>> 10-> 6.78 2.01 1. Be3 Rxc2 2. Bd3 Rxb2 3. Bh7+ Kh8
>>>>> 4. f4 b3 5. Bc1 Rxa2 6. Bb1+ Kg8 7.
>>>>> Bxa2 bxa2 8. Rxa2
>>>>> 11 8.63 2.01 1. Be3 Rxc2 2. Bd3 Rxb2 3. Bh7+ Kh8
>>>>> 4. f4 b3 5. Bc1 Rxa2 6. Bb1+ Kg8 7.
>>>>> Bxa2 bxa2 8. Rxa2
>>>>> (2) 11-> 11.63 2.01 1. Be3 Rxc2 2. Bd3 Rxb2 3. Bh7+ Kh8
>>>>> 4. f4 b3 5. Bc1 Rxa2 6. Bb1+ Kg8 7.
>>>>> Bxa2 bxa2 8. Rxa2
>>>
>>>
>>>Hard to say. I definitely have code for opposite bishop positions, and I have
>>>seen crafty play such positions with some degree of 'sense'. But it is hard to
>>>say whether that is "the reason" here... I will look tonight to get an idea of
>>>what it is seeing/avoiding...
>>>
>>>In any case, humans exploit such holes all the time if you don't "fill them".
>>
>>If the loss of 0.5 points against Khalifman was avoidable by trying to manouvre
>>away from an opposite colour bishop ending, then I think that the Junior
>>programmers, while still proud to have gained such an advantage over the FIDE
>>world champion, will be kicking themselves for ultimately letting him off the
>>hook so lightly!
>>
>>-g
>
>We are not kicking ourseslves.
>
>Anyway the argument here is simplistic IMO. There are other tries for a win
>besides Be3, such as Bxb5 rather than Bd7, or Ba6 rather than Bd3. Not taking on
>g5 to avoid the queen exchange is also possible. It's just that Be3 looks like
>the best try for a win.
>
>Opposite colour bishop endings with the rooks on are quite winnable. The point
>of this one was that black's doubled pawns facing the pawn majority are not a
>gross weakness, while white's doubled f-pawns are nearly worthless.
>
>Amir
Kicking yourself, you must be doing handstands. I know from your interview at
Kasparovchess.com you expected Junior to perform well. But I never thought
Junior 6 even playing on a 8*PIII 700 could find such good positional moves.
This can not be the hardware alone, but instead a well written chess program,
maybe the best ever written.
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