Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 07:51:27 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 10:34:43, Omid David wrote: >Just today we had a discussion regarding the importance of blockade draw >detections http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?255950 > >Had Fritz implemented such a scheme, it wouldn't have stepped into the drawing >variation. Yeah, throwing away a winning chance like that is pathetic. What good does it do to search 3.5 kNps, reach depth 21 and be a masterful tactician when you are _blind_ to such obvious "positional" tricks. It's back to the old drawing board for team Fritz, tsk tsk tsk. >My engine instantly announced draw based on its blocked-draw detection >heuristic. While Fritz never realized the draw... Nice, looks like the next generation of chess programmers are going to make things a little harder for the GMs :) How far back does it see the draw, far enough to avoid it, what other moves does it suggest? I'm not sure Fritz ever had a win, but if the pawns had been played differently in the end, then who knows. -S. >Omid.
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