Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:17:31 08/22/02
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On August 22, 2002 at 16:06:34, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]8/1ppr1kp1/p1p4p/8/8/5P2/PPP1RKPP/8 w - - 0 1 > > Just finished a little tourney from the above position. > The possible pawn ending is lost for black. So trading > rooks is a definite no-no. Except in rare cases like > when white pawns are on f4,g2,h3 and black has played > pawn to h4. > > The following programs participated (in alphabetical order): > > Aristarch > Chess Tiger 14 > Fritz 7 > Junior 7 > Shredder PB > Yace > > 2 games were played vs each opponent (white/black) > 40 moves in 1 hour - PIII 800 - 64MB hash (96 for Tiger) > > 2 programs showed a very solid play and went through the tournament > without losing a single game. The other 4 programs showed a somewhat > dubious knowledge about this ending and went for rook trading several > times. With severe consequences... > > A little quiz: In what order would you rank these programs when it > comes down to this special rook ending? Which 2 programs > could have played this tourney without losing a single game? > Here's my guess: 1. Fritz 7 2. Shredder PB 3. Junior 7 4. Chess Tiger 14 5. Yace 6. Aristarch jm
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