Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:05:53 12/16/00
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On December 16, 2000 at 11:40:05, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 16, 2000 at 11:12:40, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Can someone tell me how Shredder can lose the following game? How can it make a >>22 ply search (58 Bc2), get a score of 0.00 (probably correct) and then lose a >>pawn and essentially the game 11 ply later? Why would it abandon the center and >>essentially it's pawns for a walk on the Kingside with no opportunities there? >>Jim > >I do not know but I think that the 0.00 is not correct. > >Maybe shredder saw the following line when it calculated move 59 > >59.Bd1 Kd5 60.Bf3+ Kc4 61.Bc6 Kxb4 62.Be8 Ka3 63.Bxg6 b4 64.Bf7 Bd5! 65.g6 b3 >66.g7 b2 67.g8Q b1Q when white is in big trouble because black can get a mate >attack with the queen and the bishop. > >Maybe there is a more simple reason. >I do not know. > >Uri I can add that 0.00 score may be correct for another move (58.Bd1) when the white bishop can prevent the king from going to d5 I guess that shredder can find 58.Bd1 at longer time control. Shredder seems to have some knowledge that caused it to get wrong evaluation for the endgame. It believed at moves 40-54 that white is better because white has all the pawns in black squares when the bishops are in white squares. Uri
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