Author: Peter Berger
Date: 14:14:41 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 16:29:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 14:15:12, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On February 03, 2003 at 12:32:19, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On February 03, 2003 at 02:12:30, J Mike wrote: >>> >>>>On February 03, 2003 at 00:13:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>This is an opening that worked 20+ years ago. David Levy used it to beat >>>>>Chess 4.x, and then Cray Blitz, in his much-publicized "wager". But it is >>>>>no longer something that a program can't handle, if it understands anything >>>>>about blocked pawns at all. >>>>> >>>>>He was fortunate that this didn't go nuclear in his face... >>>>> >>>>>I'd be surprised if he tries it again in game 6. >>>> >>>>The comp actually played the position very badly. h3 and latter a3??? What the >>>>hell was that? Even an 1800 won't play moves like h3 and a3 ... Kasprov should >>>>have tried b5 after a3 or maybe b5 one move before a3 .. The comp was lucky that >>>>this didn't go nuclear in it's face ... >>>> >>> >>>I was wondering when anyone would notice that Deep Junior was offering a piece >>>for two moves in a row. >> >> >>Sound or unsound (i.e. bug)? >> >>Matt >> > >Sound. Most programs agreed. Crafty did, others didn't - I haven't analyzed the position in depth but it looked _very_ dubious IMHO.
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