Author: Pat King
Date: 10:36:32 01/06/03
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On January 06, 2003 at 03:20:32, Terry McCracken wrote: >This position arose in a casual game tonight. I played the "Human" Rd7+ to >quickly reduce it to a simple winning King & Pawn Ending. > >Computers like to keep it more complex with Rf6!? I think, rather, they are keeping it simple, holding onto an extra pawn. > >How long will it take, if ever, for a top programme to find and play the "Human" >Rd7+, winning with simplicity? An advantage of a single pawn is not all that simple. Simple rules I have considered using in my program don't encourage exchanges until there's an advantage of 3 pawns. This type of position takes raw depth for the computer to understand, at least until a few more men are gone, and we're down to EGTBs. > >How much effort is put foward by the programmers, to tell the computer, >"Reduce & Simplify"? I think, not much. Rf6 is not losing, just longer. I don't think many programmers are devoting a lot of time to winning positions. > >[D]8/p1r1k2p/2PR2p1/6P1/8/8/P4P1P/6K1 w > > >Terry Pat (mediocre player, mediocre programmer, but stubborn)
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