Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 11:18:06 11/08/00
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On November 07, 2000 at 07:48:19, Uri Blass wrote: >[D]3rr1k1/1bq1b1p1/pp1ppnnp/2p5/2P1P3/1PNBBN1P/P2Q1PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1 >This position is from the ssdf games >The target is to avoid Bxh6. > >The program that are called "bean counters" have no problem to solve it and >never consider Bxh6 as best. > >Gandalf is not a "bean counter" so it played Bxh6 and lost against >Shredder2(p200) after gxh6 Qxh6 Nf8 Ng5 e5(I think that Ng5 is another bad move >and e5 is a better because it wins a pawn) > >I bought Gandalf4.32 and I decided to see if Gandalf can avoid Bxh6 at longer >time control(I read that gandalf is better at longer time control) > >I use Gandalf as an engine for Hiarcs7.32. > >Unfortunately after more than 100 minutes on my pIII450 Gandalf continues to >consider Bxh6 as best when the main line begins with Bxh6? gxh6 Qxh6 Nf8 Ng5? >N6h7? with 0.64 pawns for white at depth 13 and 14. > >I hope that Gandalf can see the problem with the main line with more time. > >Uri Lambchop liked Bxh6 (with score close to zero) at depths 9 and 10. At 11 and 12, it prefered Rac1. Cheers, Peter
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