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Subject: Re: Test Move For Engines

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:16:33 06/06/02

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On June 06, 2002 at 05:28:02, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>
>uh ? Bob, did reply to the wrong message ?? ;)


I am not sure how I did that.  This was supposed to be a reply
about the KBP vs KPP ending position.  :)





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>On June 05, 2002 at 23:36:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On June 05, 2002 at 12:15:38, Art Basham wrote:
>>
>>>Here the correct move is 1. RxN..!
>>>
>>>[D]rnbq1rk1/pppp1ppp/5n2/2b5/2B4Q/5R2/PB3PPP/3R1K2 w - -
>>>
>>>Mach 3 finds RxN in  about 62 sec.
>>>
>>>Most engines I have play BxN...? etc.
>>
>>
>>Crafty actually isn't handling this specific case very well.  But I am
>>working on a fix so that it will.  Black's king is controlling the
>>queening square, and white's king isn't close enough to the pawn to rip
>>it before it "connects" to the black king.  The black pawn promotes.
>>
>>This isn't hard to fix..



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