Author: Howard Exner
Date: 12:38:04 12/31/00
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On December 31, 2000 at 15:13:46, William Bryant wrote: >On December 31, 2000 at 02:40:56, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On December 31, 2000 at 02:30:15, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>On December 30, 2000 at 21:21:09, William Bryant wrote: >>> >>>>Howard, >>>> >>>>Screamer likes g5 by 4 seconds with a draw score. >>> >>>If you let it run a bit longer does it get a positive score. >>>After g5, hxg5, fxg5 what is screamer's line? thanks. >> >>OK, I see that black must avoid hxg5? and then most likely >>there is a draw. > > 7/01 265788 4.645 ++ g5 > 7/01 284899 5.011 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 Re8+ Kf7 >Re7+ > 8/00 312318 5.479 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 Re8+ Kf7 >Re7+ > 9/00 421998 7.119 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Na4 Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 >Re8+ >10/00 540730 8.834 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Na4 Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 >Re8+ >11/00 1304504 20.103 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Nd3 Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 >Re8+ >12/00 2203478 33.168 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Rd1 Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 >Re8+ >12/00 11355689 180.321 +0.00 g5 hxg5 fxg5 Rd1 Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ Kg8 right here, after entering in all the moves, some programs switch to Rc7 instead of the repeat checking of Re8. > Re8+ Also, Nd3 looks like it will also draw for black. So I believe screamer is doing fine here. When LG faltered in the game it must have thought there was still a draw to be had. I recall Uri mentioning this about LG, that it finds draws sometimes that do not exist. Of course on the occasions when LG is correct it looks brilliant. > >Howard, > >This is Screamer's output. >I have 3 & 4 man EGTB's (Not enough disk space for 5 man) > >Let me know if this is not the right line. > >William >wbryant@ix.netcom.com
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