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Subject: Re: Draw due to lack of blockade detection...

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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