Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:14:04 08/02/02
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On August 02, 2002 at 04:01:17, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On August 01, 2002 at 18:59:28, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>I suspect that no engine besides the Junior in the contest will find it without >>tweaking parameters off from optimium. I mean, even after a 1 week search on a >>stupendous machine they will not find it. >> >>I suspect (further) that even *after* Rxc4 it will take 24 hours for Crafty's >>score to improve to the point where the move will be understood as better than >>having moved Ra6 previously. > >It's probably blasphemy, but did I miss the proof that Rxc4 is the best move in >this position? I mean something different than 'But it surely looks nice! Just >play some further moves with different engines and see!' Sheesh, I guess I'll >never let Sinan try to solve positional tests - I'm way too sceptical. :) > >Sargon The only thing that we know is that Junior won a game with that sacrifies. Can it win with it other engines? I do not know. Is the sacrifice correct? I do not know. If Junior can win other engines with Rxc4 then it is going to support the conjecture that the sacrifice is correct. Uri
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