Author: Omid David
Date: 08:06:36 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 10:51:27, Sune Fischer wrote: >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? [D]3k4/2p1b3/1p2p1p1/p1p1P2p/P1P3P1/1P5P/5P2/2B3K1 w - - 0 25 After 25.h4, my engine shouted "draw"... > >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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