Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 12:04:22 04/20/03
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On April 20, 2003 at 03:23:11, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>[D]8/r7/8/5bk1/8/5B2/5RPP/6K1 b >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>>Crafty sees this instantly: >>> >>> 4-> 0.05 2.00 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Ra2 3. g3 Rd2 >>> 5 0.05 ++ 1. ... Ra1+!! >>> 5 0.06 0.00 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Bh3 >>> 4. gxh3 Kg6 5. Kf2 >>> 5-> 0.07 0.00 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Bh3 >>> 4. gxh3 Kg6 5. Kf2 >>> 6 0.08 0.00 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Bh3 >>> 4. gxh3 Kg6 5. Kf2 Kg5 >>> 6-> 0.09 0.00 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Bh3 >>> 4. gxh3 Kg6 5. Kf2 Kg5 >>> 7 0.24 0.01 1. ... Ra1+ 2. Rf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Bh3 >>> 4. gxh3 <EGTB> >> >>Good Job! I should test all my chess software on this ending, to see if they >>"understand" the draw with a passed pawn or doubled pawns on the h-file with the >>wrong coloured Bishop. >> >>But remeber, the Mach III is slow and old, with no EGTB and solves this position >>quickly! >> >>Dan Spracklen had to give it some endgame understanding in the code; Which to me >>says what could he have come up with, had he remained creative in the world of >>CC? I believe he ended his chess programming career in 1994 when his last >>programme was for Saiteck. >> >>Terry > >I think that every programmer can teach his(her) program to have that knolwedge >if (s)he is interested in it. All you have to do is to support the egtbs. I doubt Crafty will solve this one "on its own". -S. >The only question is if it it is important enough for the programmer. >I guess that a future movei will have this knowledge but I have no specific date >that I promise to do it. >Uri
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