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Subject: Re: Simple position - no understanding for many chess programs

Author: J. Wesley Cleveland

Date: 15:58:01 02/14/02

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On February 14, 2002 at 17:01:58, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 14, 2002 at 10:44:56, Hans van der Zijden wrote:
>[snip]
>>You are right. Fritz7 on my Athlon 1200 needs 20 ply in 2 seconds to see it is
>>better not to take on e6.
>
>Now how long does it take:
>
>[D]r7/3k2p1/3bqpPp/p1p1pP1P/PpPpP3/1P1P4/4K3/8 w - -

crafty sees that taking on e6 is bad at ply 13 (38 secs on my slow machine) and
sees at ply 14 that black can sac the queen for a pawn and win.

• Re: Simple position - no understanding for many chess programs J. Wesley Cleveland 12:39:41 02/18/02
  • Re: Simple position - no understanding for many chess programs Roy Eassa 13:57:10 02/18/02

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