Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:24:15 11/30/00
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On November 30, 2000 at 01:40:04, James T. Walker wrote: >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 believe that there is an error in this position because Kb7 is not the only winning move. When I look at the diagram I cannot find a move for white that is not winning. Uri
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