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

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 11:06:01 12/23/02

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On December 23, 2002 at 10:14:47, Sune Fischer wrote:

>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.
>
>If you extend along the pawn pushes I guess it can be found at 8-9 ply.

I think it's fairly crazy to try to solve this statically.

This problem used to be a very good test.  Strong programs would take hours to
find this, back when hardware wasn't quite so hot as it is now.

bruce



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