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Subject: Re: Start Your Engines.. TestPostion

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 14:08:53 07/11/03

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On July 11, 2003 at 16:58:10, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On July 11, 2003 at 16:53:06, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>On July 11, 2003 at 12:35:49, Rex wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Junior 8 makes a great move 36...Rb2 against Deep Sjeng 1.5 during the RK 2003
>>>Tourney.
>>>
>>>How long does your program find Rb2!!
>>>
>>>[D]6k1/pp6/7p/P2P1Rp1/1Bb5/1qP5/4r1PP/2Q3K1 b - - 0 1
>>>
>>
>>Less than a second, maybe it's not so hard? :)
>
>I think it depends a lot on the static evaluation of the position. If I enforce
>Rb2 in Comet, the engine immediately signals draw. "Unfortunately" Comet
>estimates the position as slight advantage for Black und so it won't go for the
>draw. Frenzee thinks that White has an advantage; this helps a lot here, because
>it selects the right move early.

That's true, it doesn't "see" anything until ply 9.

But that's okay, I'm a great believer in "making the right move for the wrong
reasons" ;)

>Nevertheless I think that seeing this in one second is impressively fast.

Well mind you, it was on a xp2400+. :)

-S.



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