Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:16:42 06/08/01
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On June 08, 2001 at 01:53:58, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote: > >Hello Bob, > >I have been examining games on my tournament among winboard engines >and found this position which Crafty should have not played. > >Comet B.33 - Crafty 18.9 >[D]8/8/1n6/2b2B2/5B1k/3p4/5P2/5K2 b - - 0 62 >Here Crafty played 62...Bxf2?? with an evaluation of 0.0 >on P3 668mhz. > >My Nalimov EGTB which is from Hiarcs 7.32 CD >does not include KBBKN, which I think not even related >here because it is clear that the two bishops >will win against a knight. Sorry, but 2B's don't always win against a knight. If you take the position after Bxf2 Kxf2, and remove the final pawn, this is a dead drawn tablebase ending. The KBBKN tablebase will show this pretty easily. > >I disabled the EGTB and still Crafty likes to play >Bxf2. I have tried the Chessbase Crafty 18.08 with the same result. > >Maybe someone will verify this on their unit. > > >Regards, >Dinan
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