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Subject: Re: How many programs can .. , another position maybe more interesting

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 13:52:59 05/05/03

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On May 05, 2003 at 16:44:38, Richard Pijl wrote:

>>[D]8/1p1k4/4p2p/1PP2pp1/2KP4/7P/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>This is a draw (I hope ;) ).
>>Peter
>
>The Baron doesn't seem to agree on that:
>
> 14(45).   1856 509122289    298  d4d5 e6d5 c4d5 d7c7 d5e6 f5f4 e6f5 c7d7 f5g6
>h6h5 g6g5 d7e8 g5h5 e8f7 c5c6 f4f3 c6b7

No doubt. Fritz even has +5 after more than an hour of search - as I explained,
computers don't understand this motive. But I am pretty sure I am right :)

It's much easier to understand for a human.

A sample line:

1. d5 e5! 2. b6 e4 3. Kd5 h5 4. g4 fxg4 5. fxg4 h4 and the draw is quite
obvious.

Peter



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