Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 18:41:26 01/03/01
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On January 03, 2001 at 19:51:25, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >[D] 8/5p2/8/4P1p1/4bk2/8/8/4BK2 b - - 0 63 > >This position was reached in a comp-comp blitz game on my computer between >crafty 17.14 and little goliath. I was surprised that crafty (black) did not >play Kxe5, which wins, and instead played g4, which eventually draws. > >Later I let crafty analyse the position, and it doesn't really seem to settle on >Kxe5 until ply 16 or thereabouts (about 2 1/2 minutes on my computer). 1...Kxe5 2.Bd2 any 3.Kf2 followed by 4.Kg3 is an easy draw. Maybe Crafty has it hand coded into its eval that the type of KBPPKB ending that results after Kxe5 is a dead draw. Regardless, it's no big deal whether it takes or not in this position. A draw is a draw.
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