Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 08:22:02 06/27/02
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On June 27, 2002 at 04:04:07, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >Hello, > >Several positions in WM test the solutions given aren't the >objective best moves. > >For example i get impression that at position 16: > > >[D]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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