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Subject: Re: Smyslov Study - test position

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 00:29:02 01/22/01

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On January 22, 2001 at 03:19:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>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

This makes sense. The solution posted by H. Exner is incomplete and there are at
least a couple of zugzwangs further down (17th ply is one).



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