Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:01:49 05/03/98
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On May 03, 1998 at 15:53:36, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote: >On May 03, 1998 at 15:09:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 03, 1998 at 14:32:55, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote: >> >>>I'm the operator of Crafty against cm5500. The score on my last move >>>(69. ... Rd1+) was -17.23 at depth 15. It looks like a loss, I'm pretty >>>sure of it. But I would need a final word from someone else, before I >>>resign the game. >>> >>>Here's the position after move 69. ... Rd1+ >>> >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 8 | | | | | | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 7 | | N | | P | | *K| *P| | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 6 | | N | | | | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 5 | | | | K | | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 4 | | | | | | P | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 3 | | | | | | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 2 | | | | | | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> 1 | | | | *R| | | | | >>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >>> a b c d e f g h >>> >>>Crafty says: 69. ... Rd1+ 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kd6 Re8 72. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 73. >>>f5 Kf8 74. Nd7+ Kg8 75. Nd8 g6 76. f6 Kh7 77. f7 Kh6 78. f8=Q+ Kh5 79. >>>Ne6 Kg4 80. Ne5+ >>> >>> >>>Jan-Frode >> >> >>certainly looks resignable to me... >> > >Was that a definit "yes", or should I play on? > > >Jan-Frode It's your call, since it's your machine. were it me, I'd resign. CM5500 is not *nearly* so weak as everyone thinks. I doubt anybody can come back from -17.x... :)
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