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Subject: Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 09:31:19 05/13/01

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On May 13, 2001 at 03:50:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>...when it could happen to you.
>
>On ICC my program reached the following position:
>
>[D]2k2r2/2P3R1/1P6/P7/8/1K6/8/8 w - - 0 56
>
>Convinced it was winning, it now played a6??
>after which black draws easily.
>
>I remember having seen this theme before in problems,
>but not in a real game. Ouch!
>
>Most other programs don't seem to have a clue about
>this position either, though :)
>
>--
>GCP


I've tested this position with Fritz 6, Junior 6, Shredder 5 and GambitTiger 2
and they all avoid a6 within 30 seconds.  I didn't leave the analysis running to
see if they would switch back.  I'm using an Athlon 1.1 Ghz.

Gordon

• Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Gian-Carlo Pascutto 06:54:06 05/14/01
  • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Gordon Rattray 08:24:33 05/14/01
    • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Miguel A. Ballicora 09:47:32 05/14/01
      • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Dieter Buerssner 15:53:34 05/14/01
        • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Miguel A. Ballicora 08:33:27 05/15/01
  • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Uri Blass 08:02:29 05/14/01
    • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Gian-Carlo Pascutto 10:31:16 05/14/01
      • Re: You'll never know... F6, J6, S5, GT2 results Miguel A. Ballicora 11:27:07 05/14/01

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