Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:22:03 05/02/02
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On May 02, 2002 at 12:13:48, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >[D]8/6p1/5pk1/8/2r5/4PP1P/R1p3PK/8 w - - 0 47 >Pocket ChessPartner v1.0 - CENTURY 4.0 > >Here Century pondered 47. Ra1 c1Q 48. Rxc1 for it's white opponent instead of >47. Rxc2 Rxc2. > >I wonder why: is it because Century might think (in a twisted computer chess >way) "swapping a rook for a queen is more valuable than swapping a rook for a >pawn", or because it pondered the chance that black makes a mistake, doesn't >promote, and white can play Rc1, disabling promotion for the time being? probably neither of these reasons. It simply evaluated the line Ra1 c1Q Rxc1 as slightly better than Rxc2 Rxc2. both lines lose the same material from human's point of view. Uri
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