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Subject: Re: WAC 002, again... :)))

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 08:59:29 12/23/02

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On December 23, 2002 at 11:54:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:

I remember for years how you proudly posted that you
solved this trick at 9 ply or so with old crafty
versions :)

So if we dig up a few old versions from a few years ago
that should be not so hard to proof :)

>On December 23, 2002 at 10:57:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On December 23, 2002 at 10:14:47, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>
>>>On December 23, 2002 at 10:05:20, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 23, 2002 at 09:59:44, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>what i meant to say is that it's a peanut to solve WAC 002
>>>>if you do not have the in quadrant rule. with the pawn on e3
>>>>still the white king is within the quadrant of the pawns.
>>>>
>>>>So it is amazing for me how some programs can solve this at 8 or 9
>>>>ply. Most commercials only solve this when they actually see a queen
>>>>on the board for black which can't get captured (or gets recaptured
>>>>to queen again).
>>>
>>>Even if you give a high score for passed pawn duos you are a whole rook behind
>>>because of the sacrifice, I doubt any program will find it for positional
>>>reasons.
>>
>>==> Crafty
>
>Wrong again.  Why don't you try this stuff _first_???
>
>
>>
>>>If you extend along the pawn pushes I guess it can be found at 8-9 ply.
>>
>>definitely. more important is extending the checks though ;)
>>
>>>-S.
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>Vincent



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