Author: Howard Exner
Date: 09:41:04 01/02/98
These two positions from Crafty games saw some bold moves made by crafty in the recent CSCC tournament. These are speculative moves that seemed to backfire in this case but may well work in other situations. Do other programs consider these moves? r2q1rk1/1bp2pp1/pb1p1n2/1p2N1p1/4P3/1BP5/PP1N1PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - id"Crafty 14.2 - Comet-A.75"; bm b3f7; r2q1rk1/5ppp/p3bb2/1ppn4/8/1BPP2P1/PP1N1P1P/R1BQR1K1 b - - id"Comet-A.75 - Crafty 14.2"; bm d5c3; bm here means move made by Crafty. How does Crafty evaluate these positions on longer time controls? This active play style seems geared towards keeping human opponents on there toes. Anyway so as not to be perceived as picking on Crafty it won a nice endgame from this position: 8/8/1b6/4kN2/P5KP/4p3/8/8 w - - id"Crafty 14.2 - M-Chess 7"; bm f5g3; Some programs might have played the poorer drawing move, Nxe3. Thanks for the tournament and posting of the games.
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