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Subject: WM test bugs

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 01:04:07 06/27/02


Hello,

Several positions in WM test the solutions given aren't the
objective best moves.

For example i get impression that at position 16:


r1k4r/1b1q1pp1/p6p/3n4/1B3Pn1/1P1B4/P1PQ3P/2KRR3 w - - bm Ba5; id "CSS WM-Test
16) Lb4-a5 (K)";

Undoubtfully Ba5 is a good move, but completely material
winning is c2-c4 here. You get directly a rook at the 7th rank,
swallow f7 + g7, and black is completely immobilized the rest of
the game. Soon also Rd1-e1-e7 happens and it's a mate in XXX soon
then.

I can imagine why a human plays Ba5 here and doesn't take a risk (note
the chessprograms want this all initially too), but let's look objective
to the position. Not finding c4 soon means a program is a tactical joke.

As a human i wouldn't find c4 so soon either. I would go for Ba5, because
i know how much i suck in tactics.

Best regards,
Vincent



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