Author: James T. Walker
Date: 22:50:29 11/29/00
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On November 29, 2000 at 22:21:21, Mike S. wrote: >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 I gave the "elegant computer move" to Chess Tiger 13.0 and it plays Kb7 instantly and announces mate in 4? Jim
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