Author: Mark Young
Date: 18:20:19 05/03/98
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On May 03, 1998 at 20:01:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... :) -------------------------------------- The only thing I found weak about CM5500 is its opening book. Its to bad that many people think that you need to pay a high price for a good chess engine. Crafty and Chessmaster are good examples of this not being true.
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