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Subject: Re: YACP (Yet Another Chess Problem)

Author: Klaus Friedel

Date: 13:08:11 10/16/03

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On October 16, 2003 at 10:02:58, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 16, 2003 at 09:18:27, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 2003 at 09:08:15, Lyn Harper wrote:
>>
>>>  Why should it be moderately difficult?
>>
>>Simply because the combination is not really that deep.
>>
>>>Well, Chessmaster9000 could'nt solve it, just kept wanting to take the knight on
>>>e5 after glancing at the correct
>>>move for a nanosecond. Same with Ruffian. Good thing I did'nt offer $1 million
>>>to the first solver. :)
>>>  And you come up with some obscure chess program, that I've never heard of,
>>> and get the solution.
>>
>>It's not so obscure to me, as it happens to be my own program.  :-)
>>
>>I would guess that most strong programs finds the right move rather quickly,
>>but that CM9K and Ruffian have one of their few blind spots in this particular
>>position.
>>
>>Tord
>
>Your guess is wrong.
>
>most programs are different than your program and your program has some
>advantages relative to the top programs so the top programs cannot see the
>following line in a reasonable time:
>
>1. Nf6+ Kg7 2. Nh5+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kxh5 4. d8=Q Nf7+ 5. Ke6 Nxd8+ 6. Kf5 e2 7.
>Be4 e1=N 8. Bd5 c2 9. Bc4 c1=N 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Bxc6 Nc7 12. Ba4 Nc2 13.
>Bxc2 Ne2 14. Bd1 c4 15. Bxe2#
>*
>
>They probably assume that black is winning because black has a big material
>advantage.
>
>I guess that your program extend moves that threat mate in 2 like
>10.Bb5 when other programs do not do it(even if they extend mate threat they may
>not do it in positions when the side to move has only a bishop and pawn because
>they were not designed to solve studies and in games it may be better not to
>waste time on checking it).
>
>
>Uri

Whatever makes Gothmog special, Aristarch uses it as well. I wasn't able to find
any other programm being able to solve this one.

Bye,
Klaus Friedel.



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