Author: Mike S.
Date: 19:21:21 11/29/00
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On November 29, 2000 at 21:42:50, Joshua Lee wrote: >Any more opinions as to best endgame play? How does Shredder compare? I cannot talk about the most recent program versions, but I used to think that Crafty, Chessmaster (King) and M-Chess Pro are, or were, best in the endgame. But this opinion was built mainly upon results from the following few test positions (tested without! tablebases): 8/3Np3/7P/1p3P2/1k6/5K2/1b6/8 w - - bm f6 8/6k1/8/5PK1/4b1B1/7P/8/8 b - - bm Bxf5 3k4/p7/K3BP2/8/7p/8/2P4P/8 w - - bm Kb7 6k1/2R2p1p/5rp1/8/6P1/P2bRB2/1r5P/7K b - - bm Rxf3 8/4p3/1K6/8/2k1P3/6N1/7p/8 w - - bm Ka5 8/5pk1/5pnp/8/4BPP1/4K2P/8/8 b - - bm h5 Maybe some of you want to try out the new programs, or version, with these. Btw. the third one, Kb7, is one of my favorite computer moves I witnessed in a game. Machine style, but very elegant as well in this case (played by WChess 1.04). The last one could cause some discussion, but Crafty has "acknowledged" the move h5 by 2 billion nodes (thanks to Dann Corbit). It is a blind bishop position. Regards, M.Scheidl An elegant computer move: [D]3k4/p7/K3BP2/8/7p/8/2P4P/8 w - - bm Kb7 1.Kb7!! © WChess 1.04
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