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Subject: Re: Why this move is so difficult for engines ?

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 10:19:09 10/17/02

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On October 17, 2002 at 04:51:28, Christophe Drieu wrote:

>[D] 8/4k3/4p3/pp5p/6p1/2P2rP1/PPK2R1P/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Rxf3 !

I think, this is not easy at all for engines. Sure - some code that takes into
account that far away passed pawns (or candidates) can't be stopped by a K while
some connected passed pawns can, would help here. But, is such code correct?
Can't it also lead the engine into some trap, and make it thereby less objective
(for example for long analysis)?

If I look at the position after 1. Rxf3 gxf3 2. Kd3 e5

Now a5, h3 or Ke3 win. But b3 (with the obvious idea to create the passer on
Q-side, and later one on K-side) only seems to draw. I fear, it is almost
impossible without any concrete (and in this case probably rather deep)
calculation, for an engine, to give the position after b3 a drawing score, and
the position after h3 a winning score (for white). Wouldn't many intermediate
strength chess player move b3 here?

Regards,
Dieter



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