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Subject: Re: 40.. Bc7 [was Re: Deep Blue--Part III]

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 03:11:31 05/11/98

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On May 11, 1998 at 05:07:16, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>On May 11, 1998 at 02:50:40, Howard Exner wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>I applaud the move B-c7 which I doubt any other computer program
>>would ever consider.
>
>"DarkThought" locks onto Bc7 in iteration #12 after roughly a minute
>on a 600MHz Alpha-21164a and feels slightly positive (+0.3).

Dark Thought has once again proven me wrong (as it did in my endgame
suite).
I'll have to quit with the sweeping generalizations ("any other
program").

Would Dark Thought have gone into the exchange sac variation had
black played as my sparring partner (Rebel 8)?



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