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Subject: Re: endgame blunder by DeepFritz7

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:12:27 11/25/02

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On November 25, 2002 at 11:02:01, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 25, 2002 at 10:48:11, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On November 25, 2002 at 01:08:27, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On November 24, 2002 at 13:22:46, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 10:23:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 23, 2002 at 19:16:23, Jay Hysenbeg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 23, 2002 at 08:17:02, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On November 23, 2002 at 00:32:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On November 23, 2002 at 00:13:32, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On November 22, 2002 at 23:45:01, Jay Hysenbeg wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>[D]8/4p3/4Q3/8/8/k1p3PP/1q3P1K/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>>>>>>>wKh2,Qe6,Pf2,g3,h3/bKa3,Qb2,Pc3,e7
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>is this a problem with my deepfritz7 or does this happen with your df7 too. mine
>>>>>>>>>>fails to see that Qxe7 is a loosing line
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Is it certain Qe7 loses?  All I can see is a long series of checks and I don't
>>>>>>>>see how black can find a safe haven from them to promote the pawn...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I let Crafty run a while and it says 0.00...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Bob White can't lose, I just inserted the [D] to look at the position.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It looked totally uninteresting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Terry
>>>>>>chesstiger 15/14 and gambit tiger both see that Qxe7 is losing for white score
>>>>>>jumps by 5 pawns
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Would you post the "losing" line?  I don't see how black can ever escape the
>>>>>checks.
>>>>
>>>>Bob I looked at it again and it appears I really underestimated the position!
>>>>
>>>>After 1.Qxe7+?? ...Ka2!! going to b1 and it really goes down hill for White
>>>>quickly!
>>>>
>>>>I should have seen this...arrghh! getting rusty...."creak"....sigh...
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>P.S. 1...Kb3 is ok I think but Ka2!! and White will have to resign, Black will
>>>>get out of check and promote his pawn.
>>>>
>>>>Try it yourself, you'll see White starts to lose ground for grabbing the pawn.
>>>>
>>>>It's a tricky endgame and Fritz 7 is slower than Tiger to spot the loss.
>>>>HIARCS 8, Junior 7, Shredder 6 all see a lost position but not straight away.
>>>>
>>>>Only Tiger spots it instantly! Bravo Christophe!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Juni
>>>
>>>I guess that tiger see is based on evaluation and it may see a wrong win when
>>>there is only a draw(I do not know if this is the case).
>>>
>>>I expect intelligent programs to see that black is better(unless they can see
>>>that white can force a draw) but I also expect them not to evaluate the position
>>>as +5.
>>>
>>>As a human I think that only black can win the endgame so the score should be
>>>better for black unless I see a forced draw.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>You rely too much on computers....Qxe7+?? loses for White and Qa6+!! draws for
>>White.
>
>How can you be sure without testing it with computers?
>
>Yace latest line is
>
>New position
>[D]8/8/8/8/4Q3/6PP/1qp2P1K/1k6 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Yace 0.99.56:
>
>4.Qe4-f5 Qb2-d4 5.Kh2-g2 Kb1-a1 6.Qf5xc2 Qd4-d5+ 7.Kg2-g1 Qd5-g2+ 8.Kg1xg2
>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 17   00:18:04  397608kN
>
>(Blass, Tel-aviv 25.11.2002)
>
>Uri

Yace is Wrong You are Wrong!



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