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Subject: Re: A test position for chess programs - please not default for CM!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:18:25 12/16/00

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On December 16, 2000 at 12:45:33, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On December 16, 2000 at 11:18:04, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2000 at 11:00:12, Andreas St. wrote:
>>
>>>On December 16, 2000 at 10:11:31, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>[D]4rrk1/5ppp/p2b4/1p1Q1b2/3P4/2P3Pq/PP1B1P1P/RN2R1K1 b - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>The problem is to find Bf4
>>>>
>>>>I tried 2 programs Chessmaster6000(ss=10) and Gambittiger and both of them found
>>>>Bf4 in less than an hour on my pIII450
>>>>
>>>>Chessmaster6000 needed 18 minutes and 31 seconds when Gambittiger needed more
>>>>time but less than an hour(I do not remember the exact time).
>>>>
>>>>Is there a program that is better than the old program chessmaster6000 in
>>>>finding Bf4?
>>>>
>>>>I am interested in the results of Deep Fritz and Chessmaster8000
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>again i see as always default settings in Chessmaster 6000/7000 arent very good.
>>
>>ss=10 is not the default setting for chessmaster(ss=6 is the default).
>>
>>I know that tests did not prove significant difference between
>>chessmaster6000(ss=10) and other personalities.
>>
>>It is possible that chessmaster6555 is better at test positions(I do not know)
>>but there is no clear evidence which personality is better in games.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I am sure I am missing something. Bf4 looks like a horrible positional
>blunder (1..Bxf4). What is the point of Bf4?
>
>Ed

You missed the fact that black is the side to move and not white.

Uri



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