Author: Erkki Malkamaki
Date: 23:42:54 09/16/98
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On September 15, 1998 at 08:12:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 15, 1998 at 05:56:02, Erkki Malkamaki wrote: > >>Wcrafty 15.18 without endgame tables can´t win as white from the following >>position: >> >>White: Kg6,Ne5,ph6 >>Black: Ke7 >> >>Crafty moves Knight or King aimlessly and "forgets" the pawn at h6. >>Versions < = 15.17 move the pawn almost immediately. >> >>I have tested this with P90,P200MMX and AMD K6-2 300 with same results. > > >I assume that you have some sort of either (a) set up problem here, >or (b) a hardware problem. I tried this and my version plays either >Kg7 or h7 depending on the time limit. But it certainly doesn't >"wander around aimlessly." > >Something is wrong on your machine, what is unknown, With 60/5 time limit I can survive 50 moves against Pentium 90 which searches about 24000 Nps from this position. AMD k6-2 300 ( about 200 000 Nps )makes first a few knight moves then finds correct moves. In analyze mode AMD k6-2 300 finds h7 in about one minute. Erkki >however...
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