Author: Michael Fuhrmann
Date: 16:15:02 03/16/01
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On March 16, 2001 at 17:34:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 16, 2001 at 16:36:45, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: > >>[D] 8/8/1pk1prp1/p6p/2PP1P1P/4P3/3K4/6R1 b - - 0 42 >> >>Crafty reached this position as black vs. little goliath in a game (pondering >>off). After about 8 seconds thinking on my 350 MHz box, crafty played b5. This >>had the effect of losing the a pawn a few moves later, and the game was quickly >>lost after that. Crafty may be lost anyway, but b5 doesn't help. >> >>Later, I let crafty analyze the position. It liked b5 for about 4 seconds, then >>switched to Kc7. So my question is, why did Crafty stick with b5 for 8 seconds >>in the game, but realized in half that time during analysis that the move was >>inferior? > > >Don't forget "position learning". Delete position.bin and try it again >to see if it takes longer to see the problem... > Seems to have no effect. I deleted position.bin (& position.lrn) and it still switches from b5 to Kc7 after about 4 sec.
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