Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:14:28 09/02/01
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On September 02, 2001 at 12:18:53, Sylvain Renard wrote: >>Positon 1: >>Deemed the easiest by Chop which finds Nxh6 in just over 3 minutes compared to >>about 6 hours for DT-2. After an hour though, Chop's score is still slightly in >>Black's favour (-0.6). Chop's pv is: >>Nxh6 c3 Nf5 cxb2 Qg4 g6 Re2 Qd7 Nh4 Nf4 Qxf4 Nd5 Qd2 >>I haven't played thru. this but apparently Kh2 is better than Re2. > > Hello Peter, >the problem with Pierre Nolot's tests is that a program might find the >good move for bad reasons. 1.Nxh6!! is supposed to be a winning move. >If a program finds this move but thinks that black is better, it might change >its mind after one hour, 24 h or even one month...(don't laugh, Pierre is >very patient and has already seen that!). Even if the evaluation is positive, >the program may change its mind after. For instance, my program Capture finds >Rxf7!! (test n° 10) in less than 2 minutes with a positive evaluation. >But if you let it run, you'll see that the evaluation goes down later and >Capture wants to play another move. You have to wait a long time until >it wants to play Rxf7 again. > Best regards, > Sylvain Has Pierre Nolot collected more positions (Nolot-2)? Dave
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