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Subject: Re: Smyslov Study - test position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:19:37 01/22/01

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On January 22, 2001 at 03:06:09, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 22, 2001 at 02:10:07, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>Bf6 draws. Does any program snare this one?
>>
>>[D]r7/4p3/7K/p4p1P/6pk/5Pp1/PB4P1/8
>>
>>1. Bf6+ exf6 2. f4 Rh8+ 3. Kg7 Rxh5 4. a4 *
>>
>>The rook cannot escape its prison.
>
>1)This position exposes a bug in Deep Fritz.
>
>Deep Fritz cannot see the draw after 4.a4 and only after 4...Rg5+ 5.Kh8 Kh5
>6.Kh7 Rg6 7.Kh8 Rh6+ 8.Kg7 it suddenly see the draw.
>
>Does Fritz6 suffers from the same bug?
>
>2)Deep Fritz has no problem to see 1.Bf6+ in a few seconds but not with the
>correct 0.00
>
>
>Uri

I see that the bug is null move bug because Deep Fritz with selectivity=0 has no
problem to see the draw.

Deep Fritz cannot find 4.a4 in the default setting so inspite of the fact that
it has no problem to see Bf6+ it cannot solve the position with selectivity=2.

Uri



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