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Subject: Re: cct2 position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 23:17:03 11/07/00

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On November 07, 2000 at 18:51:38, Paulo Soares wrote:

>On November 07, 2000 at 14:53:20, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On November 07, 2000 at 11:16:06, kurt wrote:
>>
>(snipped)
>>>>The reason why Rfc1 is quite logical.
>>>>1.Computer sees Pawn loss on a2.
>>>>2.Can not find a defencive move for it.
>>>>3.Accepts loss and searches for continuation after the loss of pawn.
>>>>4.Finds Queen trap after Qa2 Rba1.Qb2 Rfb1 would force a draw.
>>>>5.Evaluation of other line comparision gives Rfc1!
>>>>regards,Kurt Widmann
>>
>>[ kurt, I don't understand how you can post an original message with quotes.
>>How do you do that, and why? ]
>>
>>You are right.  My thinking was that Rfc1 would, in most cases (read, Amateur
>>programs with about 40 seconds to move) cause black to take the a2 pawn with the
>>Queen, thus allowing white to force the perpetual.
>>
>>As it turns out, crafty and rebel both like Rfc1 because it saves the a2 pawn
>>with a better resulting position than you get from Qe2.  But my original just
>>concerned the idea of finding the rep draw.
>>
>>I guess it would be interesting to see how many programs (non-commercial) would
>>avoid Qxa2 after Rfc1.
>>
>>Will
>
>Thanks to
>> Kurt  :)
>and to you for the explanation about the position.
>Why you don't think interesting that commercial programs analyze
>the position?
>
>Paulo

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that commercial output is uninteresting.  Thanks
very much for your contribution, it was very enlightening.

I think it's also important for amateur progs to see if they can solve the
position.  It's kind of on the edge of discovery for mine, so I was interested
to compare to others.



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