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Subject: Re: Ferret's stunning 23.Ne6!! against Crafty

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 22:08:17 05/28/01

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On May 29, 2001 at 00:58:44, Jouni Uski wrote:

>[D]r1b1Rbk1/pp3p2/2np3p/2qp2p1/3N4/1QPB3P/PP3PPB/6K1 w - -
>
>(Sorry if this is discussed already.)
>In this position Ferret played Ne6!!, which I found really stunning. I tested
>position with many engines and long time - no one including Gambit Tiger plays
>it...
>Was it book? Is may be Nb5 even stronger.
>
>BTW Congratulations for Bruce to win with outdated hardware CCT3!
>
>Jouni


I was there and it was NOT book.  After it played, Bruce reported a score of
+2.86 for him.  I remember this position too, because EVERYONE was stunned.
Everyone was expecting Nd5.

I tried to get it repeated in several engines of mine.  None of them played it.
Deep Shredder, even after 3,000,000,000 nodes, never considered a single move
expect Nd5.  (Which is kind of boring, I think.)  However when I move as Ferret
did, it almost doubles the score for immediatly.

In other words, within 1 second it realizes it's the better move.  However never
even thinks of it.  This would probably be ONE of the problems in computer chess
that needs solving.


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