Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 16:04:44 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 >>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! I can remember about 2 years or 2 1/2 years ago that when I logged on to ICC the thing was buzzing... Crafty had been playing a GM, and in a blitz game announced a mate in 10... and it was big news. Now everyone ho-hums when it announces mate in 30-40-50... Bruce's is now the new high-water mark, although it probably won't stand for a long time. But when you think about it, mate in N where N is > 10 is pretty amazing... :)
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