Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:09:02 08/13/00
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On August 13, 2000 at 13:01:27, Jon Dart wrote: >>This is an interesting move IMHO as the bishop doesn't get lost at all , it >>simply can't participate in the game anymore ; in fact it lasts until the 46th >>move when white finally wins the bishop . It seems to me without special code >it is impossible to avoid this ( for example Fritz 6a would play like that >> too) . > >Crafty has had special-case code to avoid this kind of move for some >time. > >--Jon Even more interesting, because it understands that problem, it will leave the pawn 'hanging' because it thinks no one is silly enough to take it. If a program doesn't have that bit of knowledge, it almost looks like Crafty tries to 'tempt it'. :) I see that against more than one program on ICC, pretty regularly...
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