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Subject: Re: Rebel vs Ferret on ICS

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 13:08:36 12/11/97

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On December 11, 1997 at 15:08:24, Howard Exner wrote:

>On December 11, 1997 at 14:00:29, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On December 11, 1997 at 05:49:33, Howard Exner wrote:
>>
>
>>>4n3/3n4/1P1b3k/P7/3R4/5K1P/8/8 w
>>>Would any Rebel 9 owners care to run this position?
>>>When does it play this move and when does it decide to trash it?
>>
>>I analyzed Rxd6+, on depth 15 : the score is 0.86 for rebel

Oops : I've forgotten de minus sign :((( --> the score is -0.86 for
rebel !!!!!

>>and the best line for rebel is 54.Rh4+ Kg6 55.Rg4+ Kh6 56.Rd4 Nb8 57.Re2
>>+0.44
>>
>>Apparently the operator wanted to draw the game, leaving 2 knights to
>>black but what a surprise ...
>
>I'm not sure I follow this. Are you saying that Rebel 9 wanted to play
>Rh4 but that the operator over-rided Rebel and entered Rxd6? I'm curious
>because Rebel 8 never considers the move Rxd6 at all. It prefers Rh4+
>also.
>
>Even so the mate announcement in 100 and something is still
>providing me with a good laugh. Announcing mate was a tradition
>at the turn of the century. Imagine someone saying, "Mate in 104"
>back then!



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