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Subject: Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:53:44 03/27/02

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On March 27, 2002 at 05:28:28, Jouni Uski wrote:

>[D]8/B5pp/4k3/P7/6n1/8/P6P/7K b - - 0 41
>
>Crafty as black played Nxh2!!(??). Yes the game ended draw so the move is
>probably correct, but I doubt, that Crafty's evaluation really understand this.
>E.g. if white plays a6 then black has no way to a8 square...
>
>Crafty 18.14 is clever endgame player, but still I am disappointed, when version
>17.14 solves 4 positions more in my 40 position endgame test and also 17.14
>is on average about 30% faster in all postions!
>
>Jouni

It is just using endgame knowledge to go into a forced draw due to bishop
plus wrong rook pawns...


>
>PS.
>
>Here's whole game:
>
>[Event "Computer chess game"]
>[Site "USKI"]
>[Date "2002.03.26"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Yace 0.99.56"]
>[Black "Crafty-18.14"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[TimeControl "60/900"]
>
>1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
>Nf3 Bg4 9. Nd2 Bc8 10. O-O Na6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14.
>Bd2 Bf6 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Ne3 Qc8 17. b3 Be5 18. Nc4 Qe8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
>Qxa6 f5 21. Rae1 f4 22. Qd3 Rf6 23. Ne2 Rbf8 24. Rf2 R6f7 25. Ng1 Re8 26.
>Nf3 Qf6 27. Bc3 Qg6 28. e5 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 dxe5 31. d6 Rd7 32.
>Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Kf7 34. g4 Ke6 35. d4 cxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd6 37. Bxa7 Nf6
>38. Rxf4 Ra6 39. Ra4 Rxa4 40. bxa4 Nxg4 41. a5 Nxh2 42. Kxh2 Kd5 43. a6 Kc6
>44. a4 g5 45. Kg3 Kc7 46. Kg4 h6 47. Kf5 Kc8 48. a5 Kc7 49. Kg4 Kc8 50. Kh5
>Kc7 51. Kxh6 g4 52. Kg5 g3 53. Kh5 g2 54. Kg6 Kd7 55. Kg5 Kc8 56. Bg1 Kb8
>57. Kf4 Ka8 58. Kf3 Kb8 59. a7+ Kb7 60. a8=Q+ Kxa8 1/2-1/2

• Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14! Roy Eassa 09:07:12 03/27/02
  • Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14! Robert Hyatt 18:59:23 03/28/02
  • Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14! Torstein Hall 11:59:02 03/27/02
    • Re: What stupid things I say sometimes Torstein Hall 14:55:31 03/27/02
      • Torstein, I think you were correct the first time Roy Eassa 15:03:47 03/27/02
• Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14! Joshua Lee 07:06:09 03/27/02
  • Re: Look at this !!(??) move by Crafty 18.14! Robert Hyatt 07:29:07 03/27/02

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