Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 10:06:12 01/22/98
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On January 22, 1998 at 12:39:58, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On January 22, 1998 at 08:48:08, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: > >>On January 22, 1998 at 07:30:35, Amir Ban wrote: > >>>>>ECM #070 >>>>>original solution = [ e4 ] >>>>>"DarkThought" says = [ Rf3 ] Kh1 g5 d4 exd4 Re6 Qg7 ... >>>>> (score = +1 after iteration #13, >>>>> g5 directly seems to be a transposition) >>> >>>I tend to disagree. e4 is positional, and the point is that it's >>>possible. It prepares a pawn storm through d5, g5 and eventually e3, but >>>white is not dead yet. Rf3 doesn't seem to do much. >> >>Rf3 fixes the white f-pawn on f2, thus preventing White from advancing >>it. >>"DarkThought" thinks that the E file will be opened anyway -- in its PV >>White plays d4 and then Black takes exd4. > >Of those you guys are following in this thread, I think this one has a >large potential to be correct with more search. I think ... e4 might >put white into some very deep trouble that could resolve as material >gain. > >I don't know if the other moves are cooks, but this might not be >"positional". Okay Bruce, Good point -- I will let "DarkThought" compute thsi problem over night on one of our 600MHz Alpha-21164a LX164 machines. BTW, what does "Ferret" say about the positions raised so far as inconsistent or wrong? =Ernst=
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