Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 14:21:06 02/25/01
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On February 25, 2001 at 17:01:25, Chessfun wrote: > >On checking the pgn of game 10 of my Valentines Tourney >between Fritz 6 (12-16-2000) and Junior 6a, I came across >the following ending. > >This is the position after 65....h5 > >[D]8/5r2/6k1/3R1p1p/5P1p/3B1K2/8/b7 w > >Fritz white played 66. Rxf5 eval as -0.28/14, then the very following >move scored -5.09/17. So at some point it must have seen that the resultant >position after the rook comes off is drawn to have played 66. Rxf5. But then >later scores it as a large -. As can be seen from the pgn's Junior for a long >time 70 odd moves felt itself as more than +5.00 wheras Fritz 6 after the rook >came off knew it was drawn. Yes, for a human it's easy to see that this position is a clear cut draw and nothing else. Black's rook and king are tied up in defence of the f-pawn. If the h-pawn moves it gets eaten. Of course the black bishop can move around and have a look at the views, but the programs really look stupid with these evaluations. And furthermore, white can force the draw by chopping off the wood on f5 and put the king on h1... Sune
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