Author: Roland Pfister
Date: 03:38:27 10/14/02
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On October 13, 2002 at 17:13:44, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >On October 13, 2002 at 16:57:04, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>On October 12, 2002 at 18:38:58, Robin Smith wrote: >> >>>How does Patzer manage to solve this position? The solution is an unusual >>>fortress which involves putting black's king into a cage from which it cannot >>>escape. Does patzer have special knowlege for this type of position? Do any >>>other programs have this knowlege? I would think no program would ever see a >>>near draw score here. >> >>I think, it should be Roland Pfister's honour, to tell this. I can say, that >>when I implement an idea of Roland (which is disabled in my engine by default), >>Yace will find Kc6 in reasonable time. To implement the idea, needed only 5 >>lines in the source code, but makes the engine a bit slower in general. >> >>Regards, >>Dieter > >Can you tell what is that idea? :) If the king is on a border square and king's mobility is zero and the only officer is a queen, reduce the material value by queen value. Roland
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