Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:35:49 03/07/02
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On March 07, 2002 at 00:37:22, Slater Wold wrote: >On March 06, 2002 at 23:37:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 06, 2002 at 19:18:16, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>Hyatt said in an earlier post that TB's don't take into account the ability to >>>castle because it would be a waste. >>> >>>However, when I feed this position into any engine, it solves it in 0.00 as a TB >>>win. >>> >>>[D]5Q1Q/5Q1Q/5Q1Q/5Q1Q/8/6P1/6k1/4KR1R w K - >>> >>>It shows 20 possible moves, all from TB's I am guessing. >>> >>>I cannot cut and paste the eval, because there isn't one, but I have: >>> >>>1.+ - (#4) Rf4 >>>2.+ - (#4) Kd1 >>>3.+ - (#4) Kd2 >>>4.+ - (#4) Ke2 >>>5.+ - (#4) Rf5 >>>6.+ - (#4) Rf6 >>>7.+ - (#4) Rf7 >>>8.+ - (#4) Rf8 >>>9.+ - (#4) Rhg1+ >>>10.+ - (#4) Rh4 >>>11.+ - (#4) Rh5 >>>12.+ - (#4) Rh6 >>>13.+ - (#4) Rh7 >>>14.+ - (#4) Rh8 >>>15.+ - (#5) g4 >>>16.+ - (#5) Rh2+ >>>17.+ - (#6) Rfg1+ >>>18.+ - (#5) Rf2+ >>>19.+ - (#10) Rh3 >>>20.+ - (#11) Rf3 >>> >>>_Several_ of these moves take castling into accout. >>> >>>After Rf4 Kxg3 my TB's show 28 moves. The first move is 1. + - (#2) O-O, the >>>last is 28. + - (#15) Rh8. >>> >>>I am 100% sure TB's do indeed take castling into consideration. >> >> >>You are also 100% wrong. >> >>Ask Eugene... he wrote the code. Castling is _not_ included. > >All I know is that without using an engine, (yes, in CB you can do that) TB's >return o-o. Or _something_ does. > >EUGENE......................... The engine does that. TBs don't give _moves_. They give a score if you give them a position. Nothing more.
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