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Subject: Re: WHY does Gandalf reject Qxg7 ?? (was: Position that

Author: Hans Christian Lykke

Date: 05:16:45 08/25/98

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On August 25, 1998 at 07:28:29, fca wrote:

>On August 23, 1998 at 19:44:09, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>On August 23, 1998 at 16:24:37, Ilya P. Kozachenko wrote:
>
>>>K6-233:
>>>F5 - Qxe7 after 1 hour and 14th ply
>>>Virtual Chess  II - Qxe7 after 1 hour and  266.000.000 nodes seen
>>>Hiarcs -  not found after 1 hour also...
>
>For "Qxe7" I take it was meant "Qxg7" ???
>
>N98, CG3/5, R9, CM5xxx, J in F, even given much more time, also fail to avoid
>grabbing that loose pawn.
>
>>>>On my P200MMX 64MB Gandalf 3.0 is playing Qe2 af 7 min. 32. sec.
>>>>with the score 0.30 for white!
>
>But the question is:  WHY does it reject Qxg7.
>
>i.e. given say 1 hr/move, playing for both sides, what line and evaluations (for
>each move) does it produce after Qxg7 is played ?
>
>>>Is Gandalf the best PC Chess Program ? :)
>
>>please no smiley ! Don't underestimate Gandalf.
>
>To estimate Gandalf we need the answer to the question.
>
>If the answer suggests it is simply because open lines to the castled king are
>given a big no-no in the static evaluation, then I may be able to produce
>positions where Gandalf **should** grab a pawn (or similar) but does not do so.
>
>Please do reply!

I will check that

Venlig hilsen

Hans Christian Lykke


>
>Kind regards
>
>fca



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