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Subject: Re: position, avoid move

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 15:31:14 12/11/01

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On December 11, 2001 at 10:59:55, Will Singleton wrote:

>[D]4k2r/1nrqbppp/p3b3/1pppP1NQ/8/1NP1B2P/PP3PP1/R4RK1 w k - 0 1
>
>Most programs don't immediately see that Nxh7 puts the knight in a bad spot.
>Can this problem be addressed by root analysis?
>
>(Beowulf might be doing something like that, since it never considers Nxh7.)
>
>Will

PM doesn't do any root analysis or anything like that. It loses interest
in Nxh7 after 17 seconds on my Athlon 1200. Too long to avoid it in ICC
blitz games, I fear.


Andrew



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